High-pressure flexible hoses – also known as FHAs (Flexible Hose Assemblies) – are critical assets on technical installations, rigs, and vessels. They play a key role in safety, production, and environmental protection, and their failure can lead to costly downtime.
Following a series of accidents in the Oil & Gas industry, increased attention has been placed on the management of flexible hoses on installations, rigs, and vessels. This has resulted in stricter regulations and requirements from both authorities and customers.
Keel performs visual inspections, registration, and tagging of flexible hoses in compliance with internal company procedures as well as international industry guidelines, such as those issued by the Energy Institute. We establish a comprehensive hose registry that meets all relevant industry standards.
All available master data is collected based on a thorough analysis of existing documentation, including manuals, P&ID drawings, and hydraulic diagrams. This is followed by physical inspection and verification on the unit, including tagging (with tag plates or RFID chips), identification and replacement of defective hoses, and registration of missing items in both technical drawings and documentation.
Our services also include performing criticality analyses of hoses based on customer specifications (safety, production, environment, cost), preparing work packs, creating task lists and maintenance items, and more. Additionally, our CAD engineers can produce dedicated hose management drawings (P&ID) that identify maintainable items, simplifying the maintenance planning process.
Keel developed a customized turnkey solution to manage high-pressure flexible hose assemblies (FHAs) on drilling rigs.
It covered the entire process from pre-inspection, FHA data collection, and pre-production of hoses before yard stay – to replacement of hoses during yard stay. The benefits we achieved compared to similar previous projects were: significantly improved data quality, a complete hose register, full traceability of each FHA, reduced time spent on project by 40%, and overall cost saving on project by 30%
– Per Christian Larsen, Senior Specialist, Maersk Drilling
Turnkey Solution
Our unique turnkey solution covers the entire process—from pre-inspection and pre-fabrication of hoses before yard stay to hose replacement during yard stay. This ensures that:
- All hoses are installed and properly tagged with physical tags and RFIDs,
- Master data is accurately collected, and
- Flush and pressure test certificates for each hose are correctly registered.
The main challenge lies in registering flexible hoses in the CMMS/ERP system in an optimal way, with complete and accurate master data (e.g., hose length, fitting type, vendor details, certificates). Keel brings strong SAP expertise and extensive experience in creating high-quality documentation and establishing maintenance frameworks for technical installations such as offshore drilling rigs.
Main benefits of the Keel approach:
- Reduce time spent on projects by 40%
- Reduce cost on projects by 30%
Other Benefits:
- Complete hose register;
- Optimal data quality, ensuring good traceability and documentation;
- Ensure asset integrity and reliability;
- Ensure full compliance with Energy Institute Guidelines for the Management of Flexible Hose Assemblies;
- Keep track of certificates and manufacturer documentation;
- Reduce cost by avoiding vendor locking to hose manufacturers/suppliers;
- Increase efficiency during the project by strategically pre-fabricating hoses before the project starts (based on collected data during operations).
See the Experience page for completed Hose Management projects.
