In the demanding world of subsea operations, time is luxury. Operators face complex challenges alongside critical cables degradation. Water ingress and falling insulation resistance (IR) will halt production, threatening reliability, safety and profits.
Can we rewrite the narrative? What if operators anticipated and prevented faults over being reactive? Viper Innovations believes in a smart approach, one where readiness and resilience are within every system to proactively prepare for challenges.
With our advanced line insulation monitor (LIM), V-LIM, or subsea alternative V-SLIM, already installed, V-LIFE can be activated instantly, ‘healing’ low IR in cables and restoring system health before failure. This is the essence of being V-LIFE ready.
Why wait for a crisis?
Existing monitoring solutions allow only a reactionary response to cable faults: identify an issue, decide if the IR warrants attention, then fix it. This approach comes with the higher cost of unplanned downtime and last-minute intervention. There’s a narrow intervention window, depending on how low IR levels have dropped and when Viper Innovations is engaged. By the time IR reaches critical levels, the damage may be done.
With Intelligence Installed, Viper Innovations’ V-LIFE technology empowers operators to:
- Prevent faults before they occur
- Maintain healthy IR levels and avoid costly repairs
- Actively restore compromised cables, extending lifespans and safeguarding production
An advanced LIM in partnership with an active healing solution enables proactive maintenance and transforms how operators think about reliability.
Laying the foundation with monitoring
Underpinning this approach is V-LIM, Viper Innovations’ advanced precision monitoring technology that delivers:
- Real-time IR measurement, ensuring full system health visibility
- Early detection of faults, ahead of reaching critical thresholds, unlike traditional IMDs
- Unparalleled accuracy, differentiating V-LIM from competing integrity monitors
Should IR fall to critical levels, there’s no option for V-LIFE recovery unless the legacy LIM is replaced with V-LIM. That’s why installing V-LIM from the outset is recommended, ensuring systems are V-LIFE activation ready.
V-LIM2 takes these capabilities further. Designed for the energy sector, it delivers:
- Greater precision from enhanced IR monitoring ranges
- Power monitoring capabilities and insights
- An intuitive interface making data easier to interpret
For greenfield projects or brownfield assets, V-LIM2 meets the industry’s evolving needs. Combined with PlatformVi, Viper Innovations’ intuitive data platform, operators can monitor trends, identify risks early, and make informed decisions. Installation is all topside with no subsea intervention. For subsea applications, V-SLIM extends system health visibility downstream of subsea transformers. V-SLIM solutions are used for monitoring alongside being V-LIFE enabled, providing a suite of system health solutions—Intelligence Installed.
A holistic solution from monitoring to maintenance
Viper Innovations delivers a suite of seamless solutions to address the complete lifecycle of subsea cables:
- V-LIM: Precise monitoring and visibility via topside hardware
- V-LIM2: A future-ready version with advanced features
- V-SLIM: Subsea solution ensuring cables past subsea transformers are monitored
- V-LIFE: The only solution offering both active fault prevention and healing for cables with low IR
V-LIM, V-LIM2 and V-SLIM are essential V-LIFE enablers, with PlatformVi providing vital system health insights. This ecosystem gives operators unparalleled control, reliability and security when protecting new installations or extending infrastructure life. Intelligence Installed ensures optimal performance and long-term system health.
The power of proactivity
Timing and technology drive success in subsea operations. Knowing when to act can make the difference between uninterrupted production and costly downtime. With V-LIFE, operators make smarter decisions based on accurate data and actionable insights.
V-LIFE is easy to:
- Install V-LIM, V-LIM2, or V-SLIM: for real-time system monitoring of topside and subsea applications
- Use PlatformVi: accessing detailed insights, tracking trends and acting quickly
- Activate V-LIFE: active-healing technology restoring cable integrity and extending lifespan
Ideal for existing systems and new installations, V-LIM can be retrofitted to replace older LIMs. The V-LIM portable solution provides greater flexibility for different operational needs. Additionally, the V-SLIM Eurocard and V-SLIM canister variants are for subsea applications.
Why act now?
Delaying installation increases risks that Viper Innovations’ technology helps you avoid. By being V-LIFE ready, operators:
- Save costs: Mitigate against production loss, unplanned downtime and emergency intervention
- Increase reliability: Maintain uninterrupted production
- Enhance safety: Protect people and assets
Being V-LIFE ready is a strategy to adopt technology that safeguards operations for long-term success. V-LIFE has 12+ years of field-tested performance, 500+ years of operation, is trusted by 40+ global operators and is exported to 20+ countries across six continents. By choosing V-LIFE, you’re investing in the future of your assets.
The future of subsea
As the industry evolves, operators need solutions that evolve with it. Viper Innovations’ approach prioritises prevention over reaction. Join operators worldwide who are protecting supply and assets with Intelligence Installed. Don’t let faults escalate into operation-halting failure. Be V-LIFE ready.
Visit us at Subsea Expo, stand 69, to learn how our technology can support your operations.
