INDUSTRY NEWS Petrobras, Shell and Strohm Join Forces to Bring
TCP Flowline and Riser to Brazil’s Pre-Salt 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. The contract, which Strohm values as sizeable, 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 has also extended its footprint in Brazil triggering a raft of local engineering appointments and a new Rio de Janeiro office.
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
The TCP Riser can be installed quickly by existing flex-lay or reel-lay vessels
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 cost effective free-hanging catenary configuration once installed.
The TCP Riser requires no buoyancy modules and reduces total installed cost
TCP was introduced to the market by Strohm in 2010 and since then, Strohm has built the world’s largest track record for TCP Flowlines and Jumpers. The TCP Flowline and Riser JIP builds on earlier work performed in Brazil and commenced this August when the global pioneer will develop, qualify and test its composite pipe technology with the two operators to make it fully field proven and commercially available to the Oil & Gas Industry. The unique programme will manufacture and pilot the installation of two TCP systems, one for TCP Flowlines and the second for TCP Risers. This will result in the industry’s first programme to mature the TCP Riser to TRL-6 (API 17N), proving it is an enabling technology and ready for deployment.
The TCP Riser is low in its carbon footprint as it is spoolable and prepared in long lengths resulting in lower transportation and installation costs. The riser is installed using vessels currently available in the market, and as it does not require any buoyancy elements during installation, costs are significantly reduced leading to an overall saving. As a consequence, CO2 emissions are greatly reduced. It is also 100% recyclable.
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