Polymers used in the oil & gas industry, experience some of the toughest conditions on the planet and must be fit for purpose to ensure 100% integrity throughout the products lifetime as the cost of failure is so damaging both financially and environmentally.
Impact Laboratories was formed as a spin-out from BP Chemicals in Grangemouth and has over 30 years experience in the plastics industry, from high-performance engineering polymers to standard, commodity polymers.
Impact Laboratories has extensive experience of products for use in:
- Down Hole applications
- Flexible risers & Umbilical’s
- Pipe liners & liquid/gas pipe systems
- Complex multi layer pipeline systems
- Cables for use in aggressive environment
Some of Impact’s recent technical programmes include:
- Condition assessment, lifetime assessment and failure analysis of S
wage-lined crude oil pipe. - Material evaluation program looking at the reduction of stress cracking of PVDF grades used in risers.
- Material selection for down hole cables and lifetime cost : benefit summary.
- Condition assessment of PE100 coupons in gas pipelines.
- Environmental resistance of material used in data cables.
Impact’s laboratory is UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 0402 for the testing and quality assurance of pipe, packaging, containers and polymers.
To learn more about how Impact Solutions can help you with polymers for use in the oil & gas industry, contact us today.
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