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Industry news PLASTIC PIPES 2022

GOVERNMENT ATTENDS TO

APPLICATION FOR PLASTIC PIPES

IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

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n 15 January 2020, Yuriy Borisov, for the construction of oilfield pipelines. stages of production, testing, application
O Deputy Prime Minister, overseeing He said that LUKOIL had had a positive and diagnostics. Yuriy Borisov suggested
industry and energy sectors, held a meet- experience when operating oil pipelines this should be resolved by the end of 2021.
ing to discuss “The possibility of the ap- made of plastic pipes; he also believes us- It was decided to create an interdepart-
plication of plastic pipes in the oil and gas age should be scaled up. This initiative mental working group involving all in-
industry”. was supported and proposals from oil sec- terested departments and companies, as
The meeting was dedicated to dis- tor representatives were included in the well as developing a roadmap indicating
cussing the problems preventing the minutes of the meeting. the stages and completion deadlines for
widescale application of polymer and The following month everyone inter- all necessary work.
composite pipes in the oil and gas sector ested and responsible for implement- Maxim Kovyazin, General Director of
and was attended by the representatives ing the process met with Yuriy Borisov, POLYMERTEPLO Group, presented the
from the Government of Russian Federa- Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian manufacturers perspective at the meet-
tion, federal ministries, departments and Federation, to discuss and bring about the ing. He introduced POLYPLASTIC Group
supervision bodies – Ministry of Energy, measures required to enable the wider ap- (which POLYMERTEPLO Group is a part
Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry plication of plastic pipes in the oil and gas of) as a leader in the plastic pipe prod-
of Construction, Rosstandart, Emergency sector in the shortest possible time. ucts market and spoke about the pipes
Control Ministry of Russia, Rostekhnad- The participants agreed that the wid- the company produces for the oil and gas
zor, Glavgosexpertiza of Russia and re- er application of polymeric materials in sector.
search institutes. The leading Russian oil and gas production in Russia is long The company has gained expertise
oil and gas companies also took part in overdue. Leading oil and gas companies in the production of flexible polymer-
the discussion – LUKOIL, Transneft, NK around the world have already been using reinforced pipes since 2005. These are
Rosneft, Tatneft, Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, polymer solutions for two decades and pipes reinforced with high-strength, high-
Messoyakhaneftegaz – as well as manu- have achieved a significant reduction in modulus fibres. The advantages of flex-
facturers of polymer and composite pipes, production costs. ible polymer-reinforced pipes are high
and polymer raw materials. Representatives from Russian oil and flow capacity, hydroabrasive resistance,
It should be mentioned that on 1 De- gas companies expressed their great in- light weight and flexibility. Flexible poly-
cember 2020, the President of the Russian terest in increasing the application of mer-reinforced pipes are also resistant
Federation held a meeting in Tobolsk on plastic pipes in pipeline construction. The to corrosion, which causes around 70% of
the strategic development of the petro- price of steel pipes grew by 30% over the failures in metal pipelines. The pipes are
chemical industry. Vladimir Putin called past 4 years, so they considered cost opti- produced from PE 100 polyethylene, poly-
for more active use of plastic pipes in misation as well as reducing the cost of oil ester threads or glass roving which are
housing and utility services, noting that and gas products by deploying polymers. highly resistant to aggressive substances
they save up to 50% of maintenance costs Currently in Russia, the main limiting transported in oilfield pipes. Pipes with
for water supply and sewerage pipelines, factors are the absence of the required diameters of 63–165 mm and lengths of
and also have a significantly increased approvals and regulatory documentation, 100–500 m can be supplied in coils. This
service life. and the restraints on the use of polymers reduces the number of seam joints ten-
Vagit Alekperov, Head of LUKOIL oil in the oil and gas industry. As a result, the fold, which in turn reduces installation
company, was present at the meeting and first priority is to accelerate the develop- time and increases pipeline reliability.
noted the need for the wider application ment of state standards for polymer pipes Due to their flexibility, plastic pipelines
of polymers in oil and gas production, i.e. in the oil and gas industry regulating all withstand soil movements during heav-

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