New insulation coating helps maintain product flow

摘要

For over four decades, oil and gas has been extracted from the United Kingdom continental shelf (UKCS) to provide energy. Oil and gas, which was once readily available not far from the coastline, now requires exploration much further from shore, at far greater depths, and at much lower temperatures. As a result, companies operating in the oil and gas sector have had to develop new technologies to fully develop mature assets which previously were too expensive to extract. To accommodate production from these depths, operators need a sophisticated and resilient pipeline system, one that can safely transport products above temperatures at which solids could fall from suspension and block the pipe. One way to help operators maintain those temperatures is an effective insulation system.