Solef® 80 000 Series Expanded PVDF is ideally suited for Oil & Gas applications such as pipe, pump or manifold insulation and many other offshore structures.

Thanks to the inherent advantages of a high performance fire-retardant, chemically resistant, insulating foam - a complex pipe system, or pump housing for example can be readily and efficiently insulated and simply maintained.

With a history of excellent service without failure in some of the most demanding applications, PVDF foam is suitable for many applications in this industry.

Flexible risers and flowlines bring crude oil up from subsea wells to fixed or floating platforms. Solef® PVDF offers outstanding properties such as:

• High pressure resistance
• Wide operating temperature range: -20° to 130°C
• Outstanding chemical and blistering resistance
• Very low permeation to hydrocarbons and gases
• Excellent mechanical strength
• Good abrasion resistance at high temperature

Typical applications

• Barrier layer in unbonded risers
• Anti-wear tapes in flexible risers (Solef® PVDF is hydrolytically stable, is compoundable with PTFE and is suitable for HP/HT applications)

Umbilicals are used to hydraulically control valves and the tools which service subsea wells.

Solef® PVDF is the ideal material if you require:

• Excellent hydraulic stability
• Chemical and permeation resistance
• Flexibility

Halar® ECTFE provides a unique combination of characteristics:

• Excellent mechanical properties
• Chemical and permeation resistance
• Abrasion resistance

Hyflon® PFA/MFA® guarantee:

• High temperature service
• Virtually universal chemical resistance

Typical applications

• Chemical hoses
• Wire and cable
• Fiber optics

The harsh environments of the Oil & Gas industry demand elastomers capable of extreme temperature and chemical resistance. The Tecnoflon® family of fluoroelastomers offers a variety of grades tough enough to withstand the rigors of downhole and subsea challenges.

Tecnoflon® Bisphenol Curable FKM:

• Good resistance to heat and hydrocarbons
• Outstanding compression set resistance
• Good Rapid Gas Decompression (RGD) resistance

Tecnoflon® Peroxide Curable FKM:

• Improved chemical resistance
• High temperature steam resistance
• Excellent resistance to sour gases (H2S mixtures)
• Outstanding RGD resistance

Tecnoflon® Low Temp Peroxide Curable FKM:

• Extended low temperature service
• High temperature steam resistance
• Excellent resistance to sour gases (H2S mixtures)
• Outstanding RGD resistance<

>Tecnoflon® Base Resistant FKM:

• Excellent resistance to bases, amines, steam, hydrocarbons and sour gases

Tecnoflon® PFR FFKM are the ultimate choice for chemical and thermal performance:

• Resistance to nearly every chemical class
• Some grades offering heat resistance up to 300°C
• Good RGD resistance

High performance films, made of PVDF, ECTFE or PEEK are used as anti-wear tapes, thanks to their unique properties:

• High abrasion resistance
• Stiffness
• Hydrolysis resistance
• Chemical resistance

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High performance films, made of PEEK are widely used as submersible pump insulation, thanks to their unique properties:

• High dielectric strength
• Hydrolysis resistance for exposure to high humidity and steam
• Excellent chemical resistance

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Solef® PVDF, Halar® ECTFE and Hyflon® PFA offer good chemical compatibility with Supercritical CO2 at high temperature and in polluted mixtures, but can also protect the surrounding metallic structures.

Exposed to Supercritical CO2 at 130°C and 150bar to prove their chemical stability, test results on Solef® PVDF, Halar® ECTFE and Hyflon® PFA show:

• Low weight increase
• Low influence on mechanical properties