TPi May/July 2020

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Swagelining delivers first ‘all polymer’ connector to trio of operators

same material as the liner, the innovative connector contains no CRA materials, removing the need for costly CRA weld- ing and unlocking the value of polymer lining.  LinerBridge uses robust and proven electrofusion welding technology adapted from the onshore gas industry to provide a continuous polymer corrosion barrier end-to-end for the pipeline system. This reduces connector procurement costs and schedule and allows for standard carbon steel welding procedures to be utilised for pipeline tie-ins. LinerBridge has been qualified by DNV GL for use in offshore and onshore applications including towed pipeline bundles and reel-lay. Swagelining www.swagelining.com

polymer lining’s cost-effective corrosion protection to other offshore pipeline systems such as deepwater flowlines, dynamic service risers and S and J-lay installation methods.” The technology has been designed to increase the cost-effectiveness and lower the complexity of polymer lining systems, enabling a step-change in tackling costly internal corrosion of pipelines and risers. LinerBridge is an alternative to conventional corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) connectors and creates a robust and fully integrated polymer barrier within the pipeline. One of the key components of a poly- mer integrated lining system is the connector technology. Connectors are required to join sections of polymer- lined pipeline together to form the overall pipeline length and to terminate the pipeline. Manufactured from the

Swagelining, the polymer lining specialist for subsea pipelines, has installed its LinerBridge ® connector technology for the first time. The LinerBridge polymer lining connectors within pipeline bundles has been installed for an Equinor development; a second project for reeled tie-ins for Wintershall Dea’s Nova water injection pipeline both in the Norwegian North Sea; and at the Ithaca Energy’s Cook Field in the North Sea. Liam Macintyre, managing director of Swagelining, said: “Our first installations of the LinerBridge connectors within offshore pipelines marks an exciting and significant evolution of our polymer lining technology. Not only does LinerBridge reduce the cost of today’s reel-lay flowline and towed pipeline bundle projects, LinerBridge is also the enabler in expanding the application of

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