Reeline RTP Pipeline Solutions

Last week I announced that I had joined Reeline Ltd a leading RTP Pipeline solutions provider, after 25 years in the Insurance industry, in fact I have gone back to my Oil and Gas roots joining up with Eugene Butler in the United Kingdom and Tiago Cardoso in Brazil. Together with a multinational technical board with over 60 years, combined O&G experience! All that coupled with world-class installation and training crew ready to deploy anywhere on the planet at a moment’s notice.

Together we are working with the leading manufacturer of RTP – SAFDAL. Our monthly production capacity of 1400 kilometres of API certified pipe from two brand new and state of the art factories is unique. Our spooled pipe can be delivered anywhere in the world faster than any competitor and at possibly the best price on the market, with certification and training and a patented connector that allows for a completely smooth pipe bore.

Over the coming months we will be looking, to add to our team and we will be posting exciting job opportunities for the best in the business to join our family as we keep up with demand. We will also post about some of our installation successes with current projects ranging from such diverse locations as Manchester England to offshore Congo Basin!!

About RTP

Reinforced thermoplastic pipes (RTP) are pipes reinforced by high strength materials, often-synthetic fibres (such as glass, aramid, or carbon fibre). RTP is best known as being a spoolable (delivered to site on a roll or spool), and is now a sought after, reliable solution for transporting hydrocarbons, refined fuels, and chemicals especially because of its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, chemical compatibility, and paraffin build-up resistance. The strength of the pipe is its reinforcement.

RTPs have been replacing steel in many applications with great success, including oil and gas pipeline projects both upstream and downstream as a result of the products versatility and durability, abrasion resistance, inert hydrocarbon resistance and ability to withstand high pressure and extremely corrosive or abrasive environments and high temperatures.

RTP is certified by two principal globally recognized specification standards set out and audited by the American Petroleum Institute – API.?They are:

API 15S. This specification provides requirements for the manufacture and qualification of spoolable reinforced plastic line pipe in oilfield and energy applications, including transport of multiphase fluids, hydrocarbon gases, hydrocarbon liquids, oilfield production chemicals, and non-potable water. Also included are performance requirements for materials, pipe, and fittings.

These products consist of a liner, a reinforcement layer consisting of helically wrapped steel or non-metallic reinforcing elements, and an outer cover. The spoolable reinforced line pipe under this specification is capable of being spooled for storage, transport, and installation. For offshore use, additional requirements may apply and are not within the scope of this document.

This specification covers the pipe itself as well as end fittings and couplings. Products manufactured and qualified to this specification are eligible for participation in API Monogram Programs.

API 17J defines the technical requirements for safe, dimensionally and functionally interchangeable flexible pipes that are designed especially in an offshore application and manufactured to uniform standards and criteria.

The applications addressed by API 17J are sweet and sour service production, including export and injection applications. Production products include oil, gas, water, and injection chemicals. API 17J applies to both static and dynamic flexible pipes used as flowlines, risers, and jumpers. API 17J does not apply to flexible pipes for use in choke and kill line applications.

We use oil and gas products every day and pipelines are the safest way to deliver those products. RTP has been steadily replacing many steel pipelines for some time and this is down to costs of steel, width of the rights of way time of delivery of steel products and most recently the geopolitical situation especially with the events occurring in Eastern Europe.

Steel pipes are corrosive requiring a corrosion resistance materials often very toxic and known to breakdown and require constant maintenance.

Steel suffers from fluid deposition inside the pipeline and thus fluid transportation speeds are limited due to the internal friction within the pipe bore.

Typically a single kilometre of steel pipe comprises of 166 welded joints each requiring NDT inspection and certification.

The installation of steel pipelines is heavy requiring specialist and expensive handling equipment and large crews, which at their most efficient will not normally exceed 2km of new installation per day.

Insurance contracts stipulate very limited open trenches exposing the pipe lay company to huge risks.

Steel needs annual maintenance, significantly adding to operators overhead.

Conversely:

RTP pipe never corrodes. They are made of non-metallic materials, which are naturally corrosion resistant.

The service life of RTP pipelines is usually above 20 years, almost twice longer than that of steel.

RTP pipe has a smooth bore, which promotes transportation capacity and eradicates deposition.

RTP pipeline needs fewer joints, which additionally, prevents leakage.

RTP pipes are much lighter than steel pipes so that the installation is significantly simpler with 10km + per day installation feasible, with a much-reduced workforce and far less heavy equipment.

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