news Trelleborg adds pipe coating
Trelleborg has announced the expansion of its offshore operation in Norway with the installation of a new 3LPP production capability. The company said the new
production line will be built at its facility at Krokstadelvain in Norway. The investment will add FBE powder coating and PP material options to the site’s range of Vikotherm thermal insulation materials, which include rubber, silicone, glass syntactic polyurethane and solid polyurethane. It is expected to commence produc- tion in the first quarter of 2017. “We are very excited to
expand our offerings to our customers with additional materials and a wider product range. The new materials complement our current activities and ensure we continue to focus on our customers first, allowing us to
Trelleborg’s offshore facility at Krokstadelvain in Norway
Through this new service, the team will help advance our product development and design opportunities at the system level as well as bring innovative ideas and cost savings to our customers,” said Antony Croston, Trelle- borg’s Offshore Operation Business Group Director. Trelleborg’s offshore
offer the optimum solution based on customers’ project requirements, meeting their cost and performance needs,” said Hans Leo Hals, Managing Director of Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway. The company also an-
nounced two new appoint- ments: Eirik Simonsen takes up the post of Thermal Insulation Business Group Director while Adam Jackson is appointed Technical Manager. The move follows the
announcement earlier this year of the addition of a Global Riser Analysis team at the company’s offshore operation at Houston in Texas, US. The team consists of experienced local and global finite element (FE) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis personnel able to model equipment and system responses to environ- mental forces. “The Global Riser Analysis
team will be a great addition to our engineering group.
operation provides high integrity solutions for demand- ing offshore environments. Part of Trelleborg Group’s Offshore & Construction Business Area, it specialises in development and production of polymer and syntactic foam based seismic, marine, buoyancy, cable protection and thermal insulation products, as well as rubber-based passive and active fire protection solutions for the offshore industry. ❙
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ExxonMobil forecasts energy growth to 2040
Global population growth of nearly 2bn, a doubling of worldwide economic output and rapid expansion of the middle class in emerging economies are expected to contribute to a 25% growth in energy demand growth from 2015 to 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040. Growth in global energy demand will be led by greater elec- trification of the global economy, with some 55% of energy demand growth over the coming 25 year tied to power generation to support an increasingly digital society, according to the report. Average energy use per household will rise by 30% over the period.
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the world, energy demand will increase as more people seek higher standards of living,” said William Colton, vice president of corporate strategic planning of Exxon Mobil. “Humanity’s dual challenge is to meet growing energy demand while managing the risk of climate change.” Part of this risk management
will come from energy efficiency measures. These will keep energy demand growth in OECD member nations flat to 2040, while demand in non-OECD nations is expected to increase 40%. Read the full report here: ❙
www.exxonmobil.com/energyoutlook
PIPELINE COATING | December 2016 Global efficiency limits demand growth
Source: ExxonMobil
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