How Does FTC Work

At the heart of FTC is the sealing and connection technology that has over 8 years and more than 600 connections in the environmentally challenging West of Shetlands

FTC comprises compact lightweight connection modules. The inboard element of these modules can be introduced onto subsea trees, subsea structures, risers, control distribution structures, subsea manifolds etc. The outboard element is introduced onto subsea pipelines, umbilicals, risers etc. The inboard and outboard elements are connected together by the tooling element that is operated by any workclass ROV. There are three types of module, one for lightweight control umbilicals, one for flowlines and one for heavy and/or armoured control umbilicals.

Each module although physically different follows the same design principles

• Minimum footprint on the host structure’s
• All moving or fallible components retrievable
• Can be fitted onto most proprietary subsea hardware, e.g., Cameron or Vetco trees, trees with flow bases, trees, with guide bases, spool trees, ABB, KOP control systems, etc.
• Can be operated from a wide range of vessels.
• Can be operated by most modern workclass ROV’s

Lightweight compact inboard porch	Compact flowline pullhead with capacity for multi-bore configurations

	FTC facilitates delivery of the spool piece Vertically
Typical make-up sequence for flowline connections using a stab and hinge tool

	or Horizontally
Typical make-up sequence for flowline connections using horizontally deployed tooling. For horizontal make-ups the same tooling as used vertical stab and hinge over make-ups is utilised

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