MATERIALS | PRESSURE PIPE
Built-in tension resistance
Blueforce RJ – a PVC pipe from Fitt with a built-in tensile resistant jointing system – was a main winner at the recent Inovyn awards. The Inovyn awards take place
every three years – and the latest ceremony took place during K2022. It attracted more than 130 entries, according to the organiser. Blueforce RJ pipe was developed
for pressurised water distribution. It has been fitted in a number of applications – including a drinking water pipeline in Normandy, France, and to replace an asbestos piping system in Tresigallo in Italy. In another
operation, it took a single morning to install 100m of Blueforce RJ pipe using horizontal direct drilling (HDD). Other pipe-related winners at the
awards included: Molecor, for its 1200mm PVC-O pipe; and Pipelife for its ‘Hoppet’ project – which supplied sewage pipes made from ‘bio-attributed PVC’ to a pre-school in Gothenburg, Sweden. �
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Right: Fitt’s Blueforce RJ pipe was a winner at the 2022 Inovyn awards
preceded by several years of planning. The first construction phase comprises around 16km of 710 mm Egelen pipe. For around 2km, the SLM 3.0 protective layer pipe system will be used and installed using HDD. This method will be used to preserve some historical hedgerows along the pipe route or in order to cross under roads and water. Cooperation between Arge project manage- ment and Egeplast allows for just-in-time manufac- turing and freight-optimised deliveries to the construction site, as well as optimal utilisation of the limited onsite storage capacities. The next two construction phases will follow the first construc- tion phase, with completion and commissioning of the pipeline scheduled for 2024.
Right: Strohm has won a contract to provide
thermoplastic composite pipe for a green gas terminal in Germany
Hydrogen hub Strohm has won a contract from Econnect to provide more than 11km of thermoplastic compos- ite pipe (TCP) for the TES Wilhelmshaven green gas terminal in Germany. The project aims to provide clean energy in the form of green hydrogen, green gas and green power. In the initial phase, due to start in the second
half of 2023, the terminal will be used to import natural gas. TCP is an integral part of the solution, being used for the transfer of gas between the floating storage and regassification unit (FSRU) and the onshore terminal – a distance of about 2km. Strohm will provide six 8in flowlines with a length of approximately 2km each, qualified for transfer of natural gas and prepared for CO2
.
In the second phase of the project, its TCP will be repurposed for liquid CO2
transport. Using TES’s
approach to clean hydrogen production, CO2 is a designated circular carrier to enable cost-effective transport of green hydrogen in the form of syn- thetic methane. Following capture of the hydrogen, the CO2
is returned to the green hydrogen produc-
tion source using the TCP flowlines. “Our TCP is perfectly suited for this project as it is
field-proven in the harshest offshore environments in the world : it does not corrode and is compatible with CO2
,” said Martin van Onna, CEO of Strohm. “Its low carbon footprint compared to steel pipe further enhances its suitability for the project.”
Flexible installation Delegates at last year’s Oil & Gas Non-Metallics conference – organised by AMI – discovered several benefits of composite pipe.
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