Un-breaking barriers

摘要

Everything we touch is material, in both meanings of the word, and ever more so as the industry moves toward more challenging arenas, such as high temperatures and pressures, or more corrosive or erosive products. There is potential for new materials to help push these boundaries, from using graphene for subsea separation to using composites for flowlines and even risers, saving weight, material and manufacturing costs. Andrew Low, global technology director, Intecsea, says traditional materials and welds are being pushed to the limit of their operating envelope in some of the applications they're being used in today.