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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Lightweight Moorings - Synthetic Fibres

Teijin Aramid is a leading manufacturer of aramid yarn, fiber, and pulp under the trade names Twaron®, Technora®, Sulfron® and Teijinconex®. Their global sales and marketing network serves customers worldwide. The laboratories and technical service centers of Teijin Aramid are constantly improving the performance of their products and actively supporting customers. Visit Teijin Aramide Website

Leading industry suppliers in the offshore industry select Twaron and Technora to reduce costs and cut installation times while, at the same time, improving product performance and extending product lifetime.

UNIQUE PRODUCT PROPERTIES


Twaron and Technora offer excellent mechanical properties, like high tenacity, high modulus, resistance to high temperatures and good fatigue resistance. These properties are achieved at relatively low weight. Furthermore, they are very resistant to all sorts of chemical influences.

REINFORCEMENT FOR ROPES AND CABLES



This unique combination of properties makes Twaron and Technora the materials of choice for high performance ropes and cables with advantages over both synthetic yarns and steel.

REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC PIPES



Twaron Teinforced Thermoplastic Pipes (RTP) are characterized by their corrosion resistance, high-pressure rating, low weight and high flexibility. Combined with the availability on long lengths, reliable coupling, superior UV resistance and high durability, Twaron RTPs offer a state-of-the-art pipeline solution in applications for transport of oil, gas and water.

DEEPWATER DEVELOPMENT



Besides ropes and cables and RTPs, Twaron and Technora are excellently suited to reinforce the broad range of deepwater equipment such as umbilicals, flowlines, straps, slings, optical fiber cables and mooring lines.

Monday, August 31, 2009

New Player in Flexpipe

Italy's Prysmian Cables & System confirmed that its newly developed flexible pipe have been manufactured in full compliance with the required design and project specifications and testing is currently underway.

The company described this as 'a significant step forward' in its effort to offer a comprehensive range of SURF products for offshore industry

Last year Prysmian signed a four-year frame agreement with PETROBRAS for the design and supply of a range of dynamic risers and static flowlines up to 6in diameter for deepwater deployment. The company plans to begin full production of flexpipe in 2010 when a dedicated $100 million production facility is due for completion in Vila Velha, Brazil.

Ziebel AS acquires Knowledge Reservoir

Knowledge Reservoir is the largest upstream resource supplier in Houston, with offices in London, Aberdeen, Muscat and Kuala Lumpur. It delivers products and service solutions through three business lines. The first, Subsurface Asset Consulting, helps clients develop a richer and more accurate understanding of their reservoirs. The second, Production Solutions, maximizes reserves and asset value by improving recovery efficiency and through implementation of EOR/IOR methods suitable for mature and marginal field developments. Thirdly Knowledge Management, where teams of geoscientists and engineers work with clients to capture and transform data into knowledge.


Ziebel AS, wellbore technology company based in Stavanger bought Knowledge Reservoir in May 2007

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