Thermoplastic Composite Pipe News

 

Clever composites

Mar 01, 2016

Sometimes, new materials and new manufacturing processes fortuitously emerge, just at the time they are needed. At least Magma Global hopes that’s the case. Elaine Maslin reports. m-pipe in production…

Airborne secures Chevron investment

Jan 15, 2016

Airborne Oil & Gas, a composite pipe manufacturer, has secured an investment from Chevron Technology Ventures, the technology investment arm of Chevron Corp. The Dutch manufacturer has developed a range of composite pipe products that offer unique benefits for offshore oil and gas operations…

Deeper, hotter umbilicals

Dec 01, 2015

Materials technology is being challenged to its limits in the deepwater and high-temperature applications the oil industry is heading into. Technip’s Alan Rutherford outlines work to make umbilicals fit for purpose in this area. Thermoplastic hose…

Airborne inks latest composite pipe contract

Nov 27, 2015

A West African operator selected Airborne Oil and Gas’s thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology as the preferred solution for injecting large volumes of stimulation fluids offshore in deep water offshore West Africa. Airborne Oil & Gas will supply a 1450m-long…

Shell invests in composite pipe firm

Oct 22, 2015

Shell Technology Ventures has invested in Dutch thermoplastic composite pipe firm Airborne Oil & Gas alongside German specialty chemicals firm Evonik and HPE Growth Capital (HPE). How much the three firms have invested in Airborne Oil & Gas (AOG) is undisclosed…

Magma Global, BP, Subsea 7 in joint development deal

Sep 14, 2015

Magma Global entered into a joint development agreement with BP and Subsea 7 to qualify Magma’s carbon fiber m-pipe for subsea pipelines. The program is also supported by the National Composites Centre (NCC) and Innovate UK, the government…

Rising to TCP demands

Sep 01, 2015

Airborne Oil & Gas is taking a staircase approach to introducing new thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology to the oil and gas industry, with TCP risers in its sights. Elaine Maslin reports. A 6in TCP flowline…

Airborne inks Petronas TCP first

Aug 17, 2015

Following the successful completion of a three-year qualification program of subsea flowline for hydrocarbon service, PETRONAS has requested Airborne Oil & Gas to supply a TCP (thermoplastic composite pipe) Flowline for a pilot project, intended to be installed later this year…

Pushing limits on the line

Jun 01, 2015

John Bradbury reports on new equipment designs for risers and umbilicals from DeepFlex and Technip, which the two top-tier players say can stretch the performance envelope. Umbilical spools on Technip Umbilicals’ quayside in Newcastle…

Trelleborg launches new MPU

Apr 29, 2015

Trelleborg’s offshore operation has launched its new mobile production unit (MPU), a portable coating facility that will enable onsite coating of thermal insulation, passive fire and corrosion protection. The MPU will provide advanced…

Magma, MDL in well intervention JV

Jan 09, 2015

Magma Global and Maritime Developments (MDL) entered into a partnership to develop a well intervention solution for the offshore oil and gas market. Image from MDL.   This partnership…

2H teams up for TCP JIP

Jan 08, 2015

2H Offshore teamed up with oil and gas industry leaders to develop a new design guideline for thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) to advance the understanding and use of composite materials in the offshore industry. The joint industry…

Aging infrastructure under wraps

Nov 03, 2014

Simon Frost explains the role of engineered composite repairs in late life asset management. A tubular brace, having suffered wall loss through external corrosion, was reinstated to its original…

Preventing damaging vibrations for long term pipeline protection

Aug 01, 2014

The J-Lay test rig applies a 20 te vertical load via the rollers whilst pulling the product through. Image from Trelleborg Offshore. Specifying the right vortex induced vibration…

DeepFlex new Florida facility

Jul 11, 2014

DeepFlex has signed an agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, Inc. (OIMO) to set up a new unbonded flexible pipe manufacturing and qualification testing facility in the Port of Pensacola, Florida. The industrial complex will have direct access to the existing deep water quayside…

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