Hot Tapping & Line Plugging
Pipeline owners and operators are constantly looking to improve operational safety and reduce time and costs during pipeline maintenance and repair. STATS has extensive experience of providing hot tapping and line plugging services on piggable and unpiggable pipelines.
STATS BISEP® developed more than a decade ago, provides industry-first, leak-tight double block and bleed isolation technology for temporary line plugging, offering a leak-tight seal every time.
STATS BISEP® offers pipeline operators an industry leading technology solution for temporary line plugging. Achieved using patented and DNV Type Approved technology, the BISEP provides a fail-safe double block and bleed isolation deployed through a single full bore hot tap intervention, without the need for additional hot tapped bleed or vent ports. The BISEP offers significant safety advantages over traditional line stop technologies, with the hydraulically activated dual seals providing leak-tight isolation of live, pressurised pipelines.
DNV TYPE APPROVAL
The BISEP is the only hot tap installed double block isolation tool that satisfies the design criteria DNV to verify that the design criteria satisfies the requirements for Pipeline Isolation Plugs to provide dual seal and isolation in accordance with Offshore Standards; DNV-OS-F101 (Submarine Pipeline Systems) and recommended Practices; DNV-RP-F113 (Subsea Pipeline Repair) and in compliance with the following code; ASME BPVC Section VIII, Division 2.
Specifications
Size
3” to 56”
Pressure
153 bar / 2220 psi
Verification
DNV Type Approval
Applications
- Sectional pipeline replacement / repair
- Pipeline tie-in / re-routing / bypass
- Pipeline abandonment or decommissioning
- Valve replacement / repair
- Pressure testing, leak detection of repaired pipelines
- Dead leg removal
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