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overcome diffcult challenges. They can

SubseaEyebrow be used in a wide range of applications, including buoyancy-aided sealing, gas containment, and clamping/unclamping.

Among their principal advantages are fexibility in profles, compounds, work- ing loads and operating environments, i.e. the level of sealing and fexibility in extreme conditions including availabil- ity of custom seals for special applica- tions. Infatable seals minimize open/ close stresses, and provide pressure and vacuum capabilities, a broad temperature o o range (-30 C to +250 C), large selection of materials, and confgurations for valves and fanges.

Bruno Rouchouze is a senior product manager with the

Technetics Group, a

Figure 6: Anchoring drill rigs to the sea foor.

unit of EnPro

Cindy Krishna is products management for 17 years. For

Industries, Inc. Based senior oil and gas the past 10 years she has focused on the

Montbrison, France, market manager with oil and gas market, including control he has been with the the Technetics Group valves, subsea equipment installation company 34 years, where he has been based in the UK. and FPSOs. She is a chartered engineer involved in the design and development of

Previously she and holds a Master’s degree in engineer- infatable seals and rubber sealing devices. worked for Emerson ing and an MBA from the University of

He is a graduate of the Universities of in instrumentation Liverpool.

Saint-Etienne and Montpelier.

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