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London, England, 29-30 March 2006

Rapra Conference Proceedings, 2006

This fifth international MERL Oilfield Engineering with Polymers conference, organised jointly with Rapra Technology, provided a unique 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.

Contents

Session 1 - Trends in Oilfield Engineering with Polymers

• Meeting the increased demands of offshore developments - Steve Groves, BP Exploration, UK

Session 2 - Polymer Performance: Chemical Resistance of Elastomers and Thermoplastics

• Evaluating the retention of viscoelastic properties for extreme and long term service - Danny Hertz III, Seals Eastern, Inc., USA  

• Compatibility between elastomers and oilfield chemicals on the Kristin subsea wellhead structure - Håkon Nygård, Steinar Mollan & Dr Bjørn Melve, Statoil ASA, Norway  

• Perfluoroether elastomer for oilfield engineering - Hidenori Koshikawa, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd, Japan  

• Oilfield polymers and hydrogen sulphide - Dr Barry Thomson, MERL, UK  

• Seal selection for acid gas injection using an accelerated testing program - Dr Philip Abrams, Randall Harris, Tim Martin, ExxonMobil, USA, & Dr. Barry Thomson, MERL, UK  

• PPS for use in high temperature oil and gas sour 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

• Transport properties of gas mixtures in polymers: Measurement method, experimental data obtained on thermoplastics - Bruno Flaconnèche, Dr Marie-Hélène Klopffer, Institut Français du Pétrole, & Dr Carol Taravel-Condat, TECHNIP-Flexifrance, France  

• Novel gas detection method for permeability measurement - Zoltán Filus1, Tibor Ajtai1, Dr Zoltán Bozóki2, Gábor Pap3, Prof Gábor Szabó1, Imre Domonkos4, Dr Tibor Nagy4, Dr Tamás Katona4, 1University of Szeged, 2Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 3HILASE Ltd., 4Phoenix Rubber Ltd, Hungary  

• Specification of elastomeric materials for rapid gas decompression applications - Dr Chris Newlands, Kevin Monaghan & Dr Emily Ho, BHR Group Ltd, UK  

• Development of a test and failure analysis methodology for elastomeric seals exposed to explosive decompression - Dr Zoltan Major2, 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

• Multilayer insulation systems: Study of the thermomechanical behaviour of industrial prototypes for deep sea application - Nadège Bouchonneau1-2-3, Dominique Choqueuse1, Dr Valérie Sauvant-Moynot 2, François Grosjean2,Prof Dominique Perreux3, Dr Emmanuel Poncet3, 1IFREMER Brest, 2Institut Français du Pétrole, 3Université de Franche Comté, France  

• X-ray microtomography for a better understanding of syntactic foam performance and limits in ultra deep water - Dr Valérie Sauvant-Moynot & Nelly Gimenez, Institut Français du Pétrole, & Jérôme Adrien & Eric Maire, Groupe d'Etude de Métallurgie Physique et de Physique des Matériaux INSA Lyon, France

Session 5 - Advances in Polymer Technology: New Materials and Applications

• Novel materials with improved performance for pipe and wire and cable applications - Bilal Ghalaini, Simon Spence & Heinrich Maurer, DuPont Int. SA, Switzerland  

• Next generation HNBR grades – new materials for oilfield applications - John Dato, Billy Best & Dirk Achten, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Germany  

• The role of base resistant fluoroelastomer technology in oilfield seals - Steven Jagels, Solvay Solexis Inc., USA & Stefano Arrigoni, Solvay Solexis SpA, Italy  

• Perfluoroether elastomers for oilfield engineering - Hidenori Koshikawa, Shin Etsu Chemical Company, Japan  

• Advanced polymer architecture: sealing solutions with unmatched chemical and physical performance in oil and gas applications - Robert Fuller, William Stahl, DuPont Performance Elastomers, USA, & Maria Mayor Lopez, DuPont Performance Elastomers - Europe  

• Flow improvements within oil pipelines - Matthew McDonnell, Copon Pipelinings, UK

Session 6 - Advances in Component Design and Analysis: Seals, Hose and Umbilicals

• Use of analytic and finite element methods to evaluate umbilical cable designs - Mark Coates & Dr Alan Friday, ERA Technology Ltd, UK  

• Selection and design of resilient seals for oil and gas applications - Francis Lebeau & Geert Danau, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Belgium  

• The challenges of designing high pressure hoses for the oil and gas market - Graham Ford, Parker Hannifin GmbH, Germany  

• Fatigue-life prediction in offshore marine hoses - Dr Kambiez Zandiyeh, Dunlop Oil & Marine, UK

Session 7 - Moorings

• 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, Brazil  

Session 8 - Regulatory Case Studies

• HSE guidelines and case studies for use of elastomers offshore - Raman Patel, Health & Safety Executive, & Dr Bob Campion, MERL, UK