Esk Offshore’s Recycling Inline Cleaner (ERIC) has completed a successful offshore tank cleaning trial onboard the Valaris 122, supporting TWMA – Adura over a 20-day end-of-well programme.
During the campaign, a total of 30 pits and tanks were cleaned using the semi-automated system.
ERIC has been designed to change the way conventional tank cleaning is approached. Rather than continually generating fresh waste fluid, the system recirculates the wash fluid, separates solids and allows the cleaner fluid to be reused throughout the process. The result is a more controlled operation that can significantly reduce the amount of slop requiring disposal.
Just as importantly, the system carries out the majority of the pre-clean remotely, reducing the amount of time personnel need to spend inside tanks to complete the final clean.
For Esk, the approach is deliberately straightforward. ERIC is a semi-automated system and is described as exactly that. It has been designed to reduce manual intervention and confined-space entry rather than make claims that remove them altogether.
The successful trial provides another important piece of operational evidence as Eskcontinues to build the track record behind ERIC and introduce the system to the wider offshore market.
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ERIC was developed specifically around reduced slop, reduced manual intervention and minimising confined-space entry; the recorded trial involved 30 pits/tanks over 20 days.
