Overview
This fifth international MERL conference, organised jointly with Rapra Technology, provided a unique two-day forum to discuss the latest developments in the selection, qualification and performance of polymeric materials. It brought together operators, contractors, equipment and component suppliers, materials suppliers and research organisations involved with polymers and their use in oil & gas sector applications.
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Author: Technology Limited Rapra Technology Limited
Publisher: Smithers Rapra Technology
Imprint: Rapra Technology Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 29.70cm
Weight: 0.744kg
ISBN: 9781859575659
ISBN 10: 185957565
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 29 March 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Table of Contents
SESSION 1. TRENDS IN OILFIELD ENGINEERING WITH POLYMERS Paper 1 Meeting the increased demands of offshore developments
Steve Groves, BP Exploration, UK
SESSION 2. POLYMER PERFORMANCE: CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF ELASTOMERS AND THERMOPLASTICS Paper 2 Evaluating the retention of viscoelastic properties for extreme and long term service
Danny Hertz III & H. Bussem, Seals Eastern, Inc., USA
Paper 3 Compatibility between elastomers and oilfield chemicals on the Kristin subsea wellhead structure
Hakon Nygard, Steinar Mollan, & Dr Bjorn Melve, Statoil ASA, Norway
Paper 4 Oilfield polymers and hydrogen sulphide
Dr Barry Thomson, MERL Ltd., UK
Paper 5 Seal selection for acid gas injection using an accelerated testing program
Dr Philip Abrams, Randall E Harris, & Tim G Martin, ExxonMobil, USA, & Dr Barry Thomson, MERL Ltd., UK
Paper 6 Linear PPS for use in high temperature oil and gas sour/acid fluid handling
Hansel Ramathal & Tom Baus, Ticona Polymers, Inc., USA, & Dirk Raudies, Ticona GmbH, Germany
SESSION 3. POLYMER PERMEABILITY AND RESISTANCE TO RAPID GAS DECOMPRESSION EVENTS
Paper 7 Transport properties of gas mixtures in polymers: Measurement method, experimental data obtained on thermoplastics
Bruno Flaconneche & Dr Marie-Helene Klopffer, Institut Francais du Petrole, & Dr Carol Taravel-Condat, TECHNIP-Flexifrance, France
Paper 8 Novel gas detection method for permeability measurement
Zoltan Filus1, Tibor Ajtai1, Dr Zoltan Bozoki2, Gabor Pap3, Prof Gabor Szabo1, Imre Domonkos4, Dr Tibor Nagy4, Dr Tamas Katona4, 1University of Szeged, 2Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 3HILASE Ltd., 4Phoenix Rubber Ltd., Hungary
Paper 9 Specification of elastomeric materials for rapid gas decompression applications
Kevin Monaghan, Dr Chris Newlands, & Dr Emily Ho, BHR Group Ltd., UK
Paper 10 Development of a test and failure analysis methodology for elastomeric seals exposed to explosive decompression
Dr Zoltan Major1,2, Klaus Lederer1, Manfred Moitzi3, Mario Mitterhuber3, Dr Thomas Schwarz3 and Prof Reinhold Lang1,2, 1Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, 2University of Leoben, 3ECONOMOS Austria GmbH, Austria
SESSION 4. INSULATION FOR DEEP WATER APPLICATIONS
Paper 11 Multilayer insulation systems: Study of thermomechanical behaviour of industrial prototypes for deep sea application
Nadege Bouchonneau1,2,3, Dominique Choqueuse1, Dr Valerie Sauvant-Moynot 2, Francois Grosjean2, Prof Dominique Perreux3, Dr Emmanuel Poncet3, 1IFREMER, 2Institut Francais du Petrole, 3Universite de Franche-Comte, France
Paper 12 X-ray microtomography for a better understanding of syntactic foam performance and limits in ultra deep water
Dr Valerie Sauvant-Moynot & Nelly Gimenez, Institut Francais du Petrole, & Jerome Adrien & Eric Maire, Groupe d'Etude de Metallurgie Physique et de Physique des Materiaux, INSA Lyon, France
SESSION 5. ADVANCES IN POLYMER TECHOLOGY: NEW MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS
Paper 13 Innovative material solutions for the oil and gas industry
Bilal Ghalaini, DuPont Int. SA, Switzerland
Paper 14 Next generation HNBR grades - new materials for oilfield application
Dirk Achten, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Germany
Paper 15 The role of base resistant FKM technology in oilfield seals
Steven Jagels, Solvay Solexis Inc., USA, & Stefano Arrigoni, Solvay Solexis SpA, Italy
Paper 16 Perfluoroether elastomer for oilfield engineering
Hidenori Koshikawa, Yasuo Tarumi, & Mikio Shiono, Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Ltd., Japan
Paper 17 Fluoroelastomers made with advanced polymer architecture for oil and gas applications
Robert Fuller, DuPont Performance Elastomers, USA
Paper 18 Flow improvements within oil pipelines
Matthew McDonnell, Copon Pipelinings Ltd., UK
SESSION 6. ADVANCES IN COMPONENT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS: SEALS, HOSE AND UMBILICALS
Paper 19 Use of analytic and finite element methods to evaluate umbilical designs
Mark Coates & Dr Alan Friday, ERA Technology Ltd., UK
Paper 20 Selection and design of resilient seals for oil and gas applications
Francis Lebeau & Geert Danau, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Belgium
Paper 21 The challenges of designing high pressure hoses for the oil and gas market
Graham Ford, Parker Hannifin GmbH, Germany
Paper 22 Fatigue-life prediction in offshore marine hoses
Dr Kambiez Zandiyeh, Dunlop Oil & Marine Ltd., UK
SESSION 7. MOORINGS
Paper 23 Socketing of polyester fibre ropes with epoxy resins
Prof Maria Madalena de Camargo Forte & Tiago de Medeiros Schmidt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, & Alexandro Voronoff, PETROBRAS/CENPES, Brazil
SESSION 8. REGULATORY CASE STUDIES
Paper 24 HSE guidelines and case studies for use of elastomers offshore
Dr Bob Campion, MERL Ltd., UK & Raman Patel, Health & Safety Executive, UK
