Benthic Solutions launches innovative Cuttings Pile Sampling Tool

The development of bespoke sampling equipment continues with the recent upgrade of the 1.2m ROV operated frame corer, initially developed in 2012, to a larger 2.2m device. Additional improvements include internal pistons, a robust chain drive and the inclusion of two independent core samplers within a single frame allowing multiple site visits or replicate samples from a single dive. The acquisition of duplicate samples allows for deeper penetration and recovery, up to 2.2m, as the cores themselves act as suction anchors. The device can be deployed independently from the surface or mounted on the ROV, it is therefore an ideal tool for environmental and geotechnical operations in precise locations amongst infrastructure, on cuttings piles, and for geochemical sampling around active seeps and vents.

Recent pictures from the successful deployment of the system in the North Sea to obtain deeper core samples of 2m from an extensive cuttings pile beneath infrastructure that is soon to be decommissioned.

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