In August 2008, FPSO Sevan Hummingbird became the first cylindrical FPSO to be installed in the North Sea. FPSO owner Sevan Marine decided to install Elastopipe for a number of reasons - not least of which was the material's corrosion-free properties. While the original specification for steel piping calls for system tests every three months, Elastopipe's properties mean that testing is only required every 24 months -and this only due to the limiting factor of peripheral materials.
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