OFFSHORE REGION LATIN AMERICA
World’s most advanced project set to transform deepwater riser market STROHM HAS ANNOUNCED A GAME-CHANGING JOINT INDUSTRY PROGRAMME (JIP) WITH PETROBRAS AND SHELL FOR ITS THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PIPE (TCP) FLOWLINE AND RISER TECHNOLOGY. ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF STROHM.
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he contract has the potential to revolutionise the deepwater flowline and riser market in Brazil and beyond with a corrosion-free solution that has a 30-year design life. It is the world’s most advanced programme to bring TCP Flowline and Risers offshore under actual field conditions. The four-year award coincides with a large plant expansion which is well underway at Strohm’s premises in the Netherlands as part of its ongoing growth strategy. The JIP
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has also extended its footprint in Brazil, triggering a raft of local engineering appointments and a new Rio de Janeiro office.
Corrosion-resistant
The region’s prolific pre-salt provinces have some of the most productive wells in the world. Typically, deepwater fields such as these are produced through dynamic risers connected to floating production storage
and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Recently, conventional flexible flowline and risers have been reported to exhibit premature integrity issues due to corrosion, leading to regular replacement which is costly and leads to deferred production. Strohm’s TCP Flowline and Riser is a disruptive new product that is corrosion-resistant with a three-decade design life. It has a superior fatigue performance and is light weight compared to steel resulting in a costeffective free-hanging catenary configuration once installed.
Proven and available
TCP was introduced to the market by Strohm in 2010 and since then, the company has built the world’s largest track record for TCP Flowlines and Jumpers. The
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