TPi November 2019

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75 th anniversary of D-Day and the first subsea flowline

Martin Jones, Magma Global CEO, said, “Today we commemorate the 75 th anniversary of D-Day, along with our local community, and pay respect to all those who lost their lives in the conflict. We pay particular tribute to the engineers for whom we have the greatest empathy and appreciation; the pioneering team behind the first subsea oil pipe. “We feel a real affinity with the PLUTO project, a subsea pipe linking our home county of Hampshire to Normandy in France – geographies that are again united in flexible subsea engineering through our work with TechnipFMC’s engineering team in Le Trait in Normandy. PLUTO was a huge feat of military engineering and provided fuel to facilitate the movement of front- line troops. Furthermore, it marked the beginning of a new industry delivering fuel around the world and from subsea reserves. This 75 th anniversary is

Magma Global paid tribute to the pioneers of the first spooled subsea pipe deployment as part of the commemorations of the 75 th anniversary of D-Day, which took place in June in the company’s home city of Portsmouth, UK. The pioneer spirit demonstrated by the military engineers who deployed ‘PLUTO’ under the English Channel resonates with today’s oil and gas industry as it tackles exploration and production in the harshest environments on the planet. During World War II, PLUTO (Pipe Line Under The Ocean) delivered 5mn barrels of fuel to front line troops between D-Day on 6 June 1944 and VE Day on 8 May 1945. It was considered one of history’s greatest feats of military engineering and is recognised for its contribution to the resolution of the conflict.

significant to our entire industry and the PLUTO engineers deserve to be remembered and appreciated.” Magma Global created m-pipe ® to solve problems that were a challenge to steel and flexibles: corrosion, high temperatures, high pressures and speed and ease of deployment. Made from PEEK and carbon fibre, m-pipe simplifies subsea architecture by its low weight, high strength, flexibility and standardised design. PLUTO engineers use a floating reel to deploy the first subsea flowline in 1944 from Hampshire, UK, to Normandy, France

Magma Global Ltd – UK sales@magmaglobal.com www.magmaglobal.com

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