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Materials Technology Symposium

Background

With the continued pressure on oil and gas prices, materials technology is playing an ever increasing role in ensuring the economic development and safe operation of the offshore and arctic industry. The symposium addresses topics such as improvement in weld metal and heat-affected zone properties, new technology in underwater welding and inspection, recent advances in steel technology, application of aluminum and titanium in offshore structures, fatigue life prediction, threaded and tubular joints, fracture control, oil-field elastomers, and composite materials.

Titanium and composite drilling risers that were used on Heidrun TLP in the Norwegian North Sea. The composite drilling riser joint represents the first ever application of a composites riser joint and it is so far has successfully been used for drilling 4 wells.


First ever carbon fiber composite TLP tendon prototype as it is being spooled. 

Some Technical Areas of Interest

 Materials Performance & Applications: High Strength Steels, Composite, Aluminum, Titanium, CRA, Concrete
Fabrication: HAZ and Weld metal properties, Underwater welding and cutting, Inspection, NDT, Manufacturing defects
Integrity Assessment: Fatigue, Fracture, Inspection, Repair, Surface treatment, Aging, Impact, Fire
Design: Tubular joints, Threaded joints, Risers, Mooring, Vessels, Pipeline, Structural components, Smart structures
Corrosion Control: CP, Coating, Cladding

Special Topics

Materials

  1.  Experience and limitations for High Strength Steels in sub sea Applications (Effect of CP, Welding requirements).

  2. Hydrostatic pressure effects on thermal insulation coatings.

  3. Pressure and temperature challenges at deep water.

Structural Integrity

  1.  Ageing structures and life cycle integrity

  2. Structural integrity of Jack-Ups.

  3.  In-service integrity monitoring for subsea equipment

  4. Reliability of underwater Inspection 

  5. Novel joining & Repair Techniques

Components

  1. Steel Catenary Risers (SCR)

  2. Flexible pipes

  3. Tie back connections

Industry projects

  1. DEEPIPE Project 

  2. X-Pipe Project 

Symposium Coordinator:

Dr. Mamdouh Salama

 

Dr. Mamdouh M. Salama, ConocoPhillips, 600 N. Dairy Ashford (OF 1018), P.O. Box 2197, Houston, TX 77252-2197 USA, Tel: +1 281-293-3132 Fax: +1 281-293-5529, Eml: Mamdouh.M.Salama@conocophillips.com

 

 

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