Canadian Firm Bags $50M Contract for Pipe Coatings Offshore Brazil
Canada-based Mattr has secured a purchase order for the provision of thermal insulation coating for an offshore project in Brazil.The purchase order is valued over $50 million and will be executed from the company’s Serra facility in Brazil.According to the company, the deliver is set for the first half of 2026.Mike Reeves, Mattr’s President and CEO, said: “While it is unlikely we will own the Brazilian facility while this project is underway, this award demonstrates the facility’s strong reputation in the Brazilian market. The facility will execute on its robust backlog in the
Freire Shipyard Inks Deal to Build Oceanographic Research Vessel
with teachers and students on board.The oceanographic research vessel stands out for the wide range of energy savings technologies and low-consumption solutions implemented: from the hull design, the design of the power plant, the power distribution system, the heat recovery system, the level from thermal insulation to the efficiency of air conditioning.The diesel electric propulsion system will combine three main variable speed generator sets (suitable for operation on biodiesel), two shaft lines driven by electric motors and a DC electric distribution system, which together with a battery pack will offer
Lander Lab #4: Underwater Releases
nylon fishing line can directly attach an anchor weight to a lander frame. Crossing the monofilament like a bow on a cello, is a length of Nichrome wire. Current through the wire causes the nichrome to heat up, slicing its way through the nylon. Performance may be improved with thermal insulation from the environment.IceIce has a very high compressive strength, as evidenced by Titanic’s head-on collision with that iceberg, or a USAF C-130 cargo plane landing on an Antarctic ice sheet. Figure 14. Standard 1” sch 40 PVC pipe makes an ice release that will hold
Keenan Named President of Phoenix
the University of Pennsylvania, and an MS in Materials Engineering and Naval Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research relating to waterborne ship repair was published in the Naval Engineers Journal. He holds a U.S. patent for his invention Method and Apparatus for Thermal Insulation of Wet Shielded Metal Arc Welds and was the 2000 American Society of Naval Engineers Claude A. Jones Award winner for excellence in the field of Naval Engineering. At sea Keenan held deck and engineering officer positions aboard ATF and ARS class salvage ships, and was the Seventh
Using Subsea Technology to Drive Down Costs
PipeLogger The Seatooth PipeLogger can be used to measure the internal temperature, corrosion, flow, leaks and vibration of subsea pipelines without the need to physically penetrate the pipe wall. The system can be easily installed or retrofit, even on pipelines incorporating up to 50mm of thermal insulation. Based on wireless technology, the logger can store 400,000 time stamped readings. This data can then be automatically harvested by simply flying a low cost remotely operated vehicle within 5-10m of the sensor. Major cost savings can be accrued by not having to use subsea jumpers or
Trelleborg Signs Framework Agreement with Statoil
Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway, signed a framework agreement with Statoil for the supply of Elastopipe, corrosion protection, Passive Fire Protection (PFP) as well as Thermal Insulation (Vikotherm R2, S1 and P7). The framework agreement is signed for six years. Hans Leo Hals, Managing Director for Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway, commented: “We are very proud that Statoil has chosen to sign a framework agreement with us for our core products and solutions. Our proven technologies, leading materials and long experience have made us an important supplier in the
Shell Selects Materia's Thermal Insulation System
were rigorous. We were charged with supplying pipeline insulation materials that met their performance requirements, while greatly reducing the complexity of the system.” Nitin Apte, Materia’s president and chief executive officer, stated, “Materia’s thermal insulation provides a simple and cost-effective solution to the challenges of deepwater oil and gas production. We greatly value this relationship with Shell and Aegion, and look forward to solving the thermal insulation challenges for future deepwater projects.&rdquo
WFS Cuts Cost of Monitoring Pipeline Temperature
WFS Technologies (WFS), producer of underwater wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the offshore oil and gas and renewables industries, announced the launch of Seatooth PipeLogger Thermal Insulation (TI), an asset integrity monitoring and flow assurance product designed to reduce the cost of monitoring process temperature of subsea pipelines and jumpers with up to two inches of thermal insulation. The Seatooth PipeLogger TI incorporates an RTD (Resistance Temperature Device) housed in a novel mount designed to trap heat from the insulated pipeline. Process temperature is measured
New Sales Manager for Contraflex
Gloucestershire-based Advanced Insulation, a manufacturer of specialist passive fire protection and thermal insulation for the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Richard Lane as Sales Manager for its Covertherm business unit. Lane's UK-based role makes him responsible for the sales and development of Advanced Insulation’s ContraFlex range of bespoke insulation and passive fire protection jackets, which are used to provide high-performance thermal insulation and protection from jet and/or hydrocarbon fire to equipment requiring frequent maintenance access. Established in 2009
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