WFS Technologies and Stork Technical Services unveiled their Seatooth Smart CP, a subsea wireless cathodic protection (CP) monitoring system designed for retrofit to existing fields. The system monitors the effects of corrosion by measuring anode current wirelessly in “real-time” using a Seatooth S100 device and a wireless enabled ROV.
It also enables wireless monitoring of the condition of the anode to verify that it is functioning and the rate of depletion. The CP Engineer can extrapolate what weight of anode material is required to optimize levels of protection based on actual conditions on the structure.