TPI July 2013

Pipel ines

Subsea flow assurance insulation coating Bayou Wasco Insulation, in collaboration with The Dow Chemical Company, has commissioned a new facility to apply flow assurance systems for the offshore oil and gas market, including the award-winning Dow Neptune advanced flow assurance insulation system for application to line pipe. president – general manager, The Bayou Companies, LLC. Energy, Ltd that provides offshore insulation services to customers in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

“We built this plant with our offshore customers in mind, offering them favourable logistics with an accessible location near the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, we believe they will be very interested in the end-to-end and elevated temperature insulation performance of the pipes coated with Neptune technology that we produce. The input we received from Dow during the start-up phase has been invaluable in determining production needs for the Neptune system.” Neptune P insulation coating for line pipe produced at Bayou Wasco’s facility is intended solely for use with Neptune F insulation coating for field joints. The simple, reproducible field joint coating process for Neptune F insulation coating has been demonstrated to produce high-quality field joints with a competitive cycle time, high mobility, and a compact equipment footprint. Together with a component for subsea architecture coating, the complete Neptune system protects assets from wellhead to delivery point, and offers a wide end-to-end installation and operating temperature range. It remains highly flexible down to -40°C (-40°F) and retains thermal stability for service temperatures of at least 160°C (320°F). The system was developed in cooperation with leading industry coating applicators, including Bayou Wasco, a joint venture between The Bayou Companies, LLC and Wasco

“We are very satisfied with the line pipe coating application process at Bayou Wasco’s new facility,” said Alexander Lane, Dow global business leader for oil and gas transmission. “The Dow Neptune system offers next-generation performance in extreme installation and operating temperatures, and having a new plant like Bayou Wasco’s that is capable of applying Neptune P insulation coating to line pipes at full scale brings the Neptune system to the forefront as a true end-to-end flow assurance choice for customers.” Featuring a single, robust and easy-to- apply homogeneous layer of proprietary insulation over a layer of proprietary fusion-bonded epoxy, the Neptune system reduces the potential risks associated with bonding dissimilar and potentially incompatible materials. In cooperation with global manufacturer and industry coating applications specialist Trelleborg Offshore, Neptune C insulation coating for subsea architecture has also been recognised as a breakthrough technology for subsea insulation, winning the 2012 World Oil Award in the ‘Best Production Technology’ category.

Featuring a new proprietary insulation material, Neptune P insulation coating for line pipe is designed exclusively for use with Neptune F insulation coating for field joints and Neptune C insulation coating for subsea architecture, to provide a true end-to-end solution. The complete Neptune system eliminates the need for multiple materials and adhesive tie layers, contributing to a thinner coating profile and maintaining a consistent low K-factor from tree to line pipe to field joint. The newly constructed Bayou Wasco facility in New Iberia, Louisiana, is located in close proximity to the US Gulf Coast oil and gas market. The plant opening follows a successful application of Neptune P insulation coating to line pipe. Bayou Wasco and Dow collaborated on the full-scale qualification of the Neptune P insulation coating for line pipe and have worked to optimise the insulation application capability of the state-of-the-art plant. “We are very pleased with the progress that has been made to successfully and quickly bring this brand new facility on-line,” said Eldridge Indest, vice

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