Tube Tech International - Specialist Offshore Cleaning and Inspection Services

Tube Tech International provides unique solutions for in-situ offshore cleaning challenges, including rapid-response unblocking, descaling, cleaning and inspection services for the offshore industry.

Renowned for solving seemingly impossible cleaning challenges, Tube Tech is able to provide innovative alternative technology and techniques - offering a faster, safer and more effective cleaning and inspection service. 

Offshore high-pressure water jetting and mechanical cleaning

The varied services Tube Tech International provides to the offshore industry include:

• Offshore descaling and cleaning of tubes suitable for IRIS inspection
• Waste heat recovery unit (WHRU / hot oil heater) cleaning
• Offshore unblocking, descaling and cleaning of crude oil heater tubes
• Compressor - inter cooler and after cooler cleaning
• Offshore cleaning of U-tube hairpin exchangers
• Any heat exchanger tube cleaning
• Tanks and vessels
• Offshore cleaning of drill pipes and drill cases
• Specialist cold cutting

Offshore operators need to work with specialist industrial cleaning contractors who are able to deliver real-world results in the most demanding situations, on time and within budget. At Tube Tech, we pride ourselves on being able to do just that. In fact, we've been doing it for nearly 20 years.

Combined offshore mechanical, cleaning and inspection service

With the ability to respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of the offshore industry, Tube Tech is one of very few cleaning contractors who is able to provide a combined mechanical strip down, cleaning and inspection service to the offshore industry.

This combined service means the Tube Tech team can complete turnkey projects on all heat exchangers, from blind to blind saving on POB, platform transport and overall cost.

Tube Tech provides a variety of inspection services, including:

• Offshore eddy current, RFET, mag-bias and DIN search inspection
• Offshore IRIS inspection
• Offshore pipe camera and video probe inspection

Waste heat recovery unit (WHRU / hot oil heater) cleaning

Tube Tech International has developed unique WHRU cleaning technologies, which:

• Unblock WHRUs in-situ
• Clean WHRUs in-situ
• Keep the waste volume created by a WHRU cleaning to a minimum
• Considers safety and environmental factors
• Custom design to negotiate multiple bends during WHRU cleaning

Offshore heat exchanger cleaning

Offshore heat exchanger cleaning presents both logistical and technical challenges, including limited access, hard deposits, hairpin (U-tube) bends and, of course, remote locations. Tube Tech constantly designs and tests new technologies and concepts in order to reduce the time needed for cleaning operations. They out-engineer safety issues and engineer equipment to fit, plus ensure the heat exchanger is left far cleaner than would be the case with traditional cleaning techniques.

Versatile offshore cleaning technology and highly experienced technicians are the secret to Tube Tech International's success in offshore cleaning and inspection contracts. We are willing and able to research and develop dedicated solutions, which offer quantifiable ROI (return on investment) for our clients' applications where traditional methods are either unsuitable, ineffective or in need of improvement.

Gas cooler cleaning (inter cooler / after cooler)

Tube Tech's innovative cleaning techniques mean offshore operators no longer need to resort to traditional technologies in order to clean their platform gas coolers. Tube Tech's ability to configure bespoke nozzle designs and unique lancing systems has seen a number of challenging offshore gas coolers cleaned quickly and effectively.