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Next Geosolutions, an independent geoscience and engineering service provider, has shared lessons learned from the company鈥檚 involvement in the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline inspection activities.

In 2014, Next Geosolutions completed the first of a two campaign project of nearshore survey and inspection works of the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline, a natural gas pipeline system running from Algeria via Tunisia to Sicily, and then to mainland Italy.

The second campaign, due to be carried out by Next Geosolutions in September 2016, will involve further geophysical surveys and ROV inspections in the nearshore sections.

Earlier this month, on 2 June 2016, the Italian-based company presented its findings from the initial campaign at the event Workshop on Integrity Management of Offshore Pipelines, organised by AIG (Association Alg茅rienne de l鈥橧ndustrie du Gaz) in Algeria.

Next Geosolutions鈥� presentation, 鈥楢n integrated survey approach for underwater pipeline inspection: the TransMed landfalls case鈥�, provided attendees with an overview of subsea pipeline inspection techniques, and an insight into the analysis of integrated multi-discipline survey methods for the inspection of underwater pipelines in nearshore environments.

Francesco Fevola, Commercial Manager at Next Geosolutions, discussed the results obtained from the first Trans-Mediterranean pipelines survey campaign, which investigated overall asset integrity of the pipelines, identifying potential weakness points that required further inspection repair and maintenance actions, such as free spans and coating cracks.

Fevola said: 鈥淣ext Geosolutions has been involved in many challenging projects relying upon the company鈥檚 survey and inspection work knowledge and expertise. Sharing lessons learnt and experiences with the wider industry is so important to ensure projects can be completed in a more efficient and successful manner.

鈥淲e are delighted and thankful that AIG chose our company to present at such a well-attended prestigious event. We are currently involved in multiple key projects in different market sectors, including submarine cables, oil and gas, renewables and underwater archaeology, and have some significant workscopes coming up that we look forward to discussing in the future with the wider industry.鈥�

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