Both Airborne and Magma have naturally been pushing hard to advance this.
They are energetic participants in the most immediate and important work going on in this area — a joint industry project aimed at “simplifying the specification and qualification of thermoplastic composite pipes” that is being managed by DNV GL.
Among the other 17 participants in this exercise to develop a new design guideline are six major operators, including steering committee chair Shell, along with 2H Offshore, installation contractors Subsea 7 and Saipem, established non-bonded flexpipe producers Technip and GE Wellstream, and several polymer materials suppliers.
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