Thermoplastic-Composite-Pipe Flowline Helps Reduce Project and Life-Cycle Costs

Thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) is a spoolable, fully bonded, thermoplastic pipe with glass or carbon-fiber reinforcements. The bonded composite pipe has a solid wall like steel pipe and is able to cope with corrosive environments without being affected. For its low weight and collapse resistance, TCP is most often associated with deep water. However, the combination of a solid wall, spoolability, and corrosion resistance makes TCP attractive for production-flowline applications in shallow water also.

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TCP uses a one-material design concept in which the internal liner, the composite layers, and the outer coating are all of the same polymer material (Fig.