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Plastic Composites as
Construction Material for
Offshore Oil and Gas
Light weight and non corrosive plastic composites
are only sparsely used on Danish
offshore platforms. This can be seen as
paradoxical, considering how widely used
plastics are throughout a long range of applications
onshore (buildings, cars, process
plants etc.) and considering the massive focus
the offshore industry has on corrosion and
weight issues at offshore installations.
The project works on identifying and describing
status, barriers and opportunities
for the use of plastic composites as construc-
tion materials for offshore installations. The
project will furthermore identify the needed
kinds of plastic composites offshore.
The project will result in a concrete proposed
solution for an alternative to a traditional
steel solution. This could be piping, gratings,
ladders or other topside structures. This will
be carried out in close cooperation with the
offshore industry.
The project runs from 2006-2008.■
Plastic composite structure
installed offshore.
Project Team:
Offshore Center Danmark
Plast Center Danmark
Fiberline Composites
Maersk Oil & Gas
COWI
Promecon
Aalborg University Esbjerg
Offshore Center Danmark
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