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Headquartered & Subsea Technology Center in
Houston, TX USA
Privately Held Corporation
Manufacturing Facility in Manitowoc, WI USA
& Expansion under development on US GOM
Sales Office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sales Office/Representation in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Total workforce approximately 110 people,
growing to ~180 in U.S. by 2015
Only manufacturer of composite unbonded flexible
pipe for subsea (deep water) applications
Strong patent portfolio and leader in publication of
composite armor technology
Products in service for more than 6 years with
outstanding performance
Company OverviewAbout us
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New plant capacity expansion on US GoM in progress
o Product line enhancement
o Over 300% capacity increase to 102 km/yr
Comprehensive product qualification program
completed with DNV Statement of Compliance to
API17J/B received
Awarded Phase II of Ultra Deep Water Qualification
project sponsored by TOTAL, Statoil, Shell, BG Group,
and the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for
America (RPSEA)
Petrobras Qualification Programs focusing on light
weight ultra-deepwater risers and flowlines
Company OverviewRecent Milestones
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2.5 to 10 inch Internal Diameter
Up to 5,000 psi
Up to 60C
Up to 2500 m WD
Smooth Bore
Static and Dynamic Service
Sweet or Sour Service
Riser, Flowline and Topside Jumpers
Light well intervention
Ultra deep water service lines
Shallow water multiphase production
4 to 12 inch Internal Diameter
Up to 10,000 psi
Up to 120C
Up to 3000 m WD
Rough (Carcass) and Smooth Bore
Static and Dynamic Service
Sweet or Sour Service
Riser, Flowline and Topside Jumpers
Ultra deep water multiphase production
Product CapabilitiesFFRP and FHRP
All Composite FFRP Flexible Hybrid Reinforced Pipe
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Anti-Extrusion Layer
Liner Extrusion
Hoop Reinforcement
Anti-Wear Layer/Permeated gas flowpath
Membrane Extrusion
Tensile Reinforcement
Anti-Wear Layer
Tensile Reinforcement
Jacket Extrusion
DeepFlex Products
Flexible Fiber Reinforced Pipe (FFRP)
All Composite/Smooth Bore
Applications
Low pressure production
Downlines
Export
Injection
Subsea mining
6+ year service history
Applications up to 2500 mwd
Composite FRP tapes stacked and bonded into helical
laminates
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DeepFlex ProductsFlexible Hybrid Reinforced Pipe (FHRP)
Applications
Flowlines Risers Export Lines Topside Jumpers Subsea Jumpers
Applications up to 3000 mwd DWP 10K psi & Temp up to 120 C
Composite FRP tapes
stacked and bonded into
helical laminates
Flexible Hybrid Reinforced Pipe
Stainless Steel Carcass Steel and/or Composite Pressure Armor
Composite Tensile Armor
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Value PropositionProduct & Installation
Optimize the floating production system cost through:
Reduced costs of new build FPSOs
Disconnectable turret optimization
Lower payloads on existing hubs allowing for more
production within tension capacity limits
Extended service life for dynamic applications
Expand the operating envelope of existing technologies
(FPSO, TLP, SPAR, semi-submersibles)
Expand the availability of installation vessels with the
required top tension capability
Field architecture flexibility
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Value Proposition
More cost-efficient development of deepwater
reserves
Optimize the floating production system cost
Lowers installation costs and project schedule risk
Resistance to corrosive environments
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Company OverviewProducts-FFRP and FHRP
Current Product
FFRP
DFX Flowline 1
FHRP
PB Flowline Oil 1
FHRP
PB Flowline Oil 2
FHRP
RPSEA
FHRP
4 inch, 4200 psi, 1600
mwd, 60C
6 inch, 5000 psi, 1000 mwd,
60C, sweet
6 inch, 5000 psi, 2000
mwd, 90C, sour (5% CO2)
6 inch, 6000 psi, 2500 mwd,
90C, sour (25% CO2)
7 inch, 10000 psi, 3000
mwd, 120C, sour
Aramid Composite Anti
Extrusion, All glass
composite pressure and
tensile armours
SS Carcass, CS Z-interlock
pressure armour, Glass composite
tensile armour
SS Carcass, CS Z-interlock
pressure armour, Carbon
fiber composite tensile
armour
SS Carcass, CS Z-interlock
pressure armour, Carbon fiber
composite tensile armour
SS Carcass, CS Z-interlock
pressure armour, Carbon fiber
composite pressure backup
armour, Carbon fiber
composite tensile armour
Downline
Water injection
Surface jumper
Low pressure, shallow
water production
Multiphase production flowline
Extend qualification to dynamic
riser
Multiphase production
flowline
Multiphase production flowline
(Pre-salt field)
Multiphase production riser
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Ultra Deep Water QualificationPipe Characteristics
Parameter Value
Inner Diameter 177.8 mm (7 inch)
Design Temperature 120 C
Water depth 3048 m
Design Pressure 68.9 MPa (10,000 psi)
Outer Diameter 348.4 mm (13.7 inch)
Weight Empty in Air 159.8 kg/m
Weight Empty in Seawater 62.0 kg/m
Storage Bend Radius 2.62 m
Operating Bend Radius 3.94 m
Burst/Design Ratio 2.0
Collapse/Design Ratio 2.1
Failure Tension 19879 kN
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Ultra Deep Water Qualification
Design-Riser Structure and System
Governing Standards
API 17J
API 17B Annex H
DNV OS-C501
Agree
Design
Premise
Pipe
Design
Global
Analysis
Pipe wall
stress
analysis
Pipe
Design
Freeze
End Fitting
Design
Service Life
Analysis
Bend
Stiffener/
Bouyancy
Design
Design
Report
Permeation
/Venting
Analysis
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TechnologyEngineering & Qualification - Design Criteria
Products are designed to comply with offshore oil and gas
industry standards for unbonded flexible pipe and use of
composites
API 17J Applies to polymer layers, carcass, steel pressure
armor, functional tapes, end fitting structural components, pipe
response to global loads
DNV OS-C501 Applies to composite armor and anti-extrusion layers
and composite armor anchoring in end fitting
API 17B DeepFlex led the development of a major revision to
include composite armored flexible pipe design, manufacture and
qualification (Annex H) which has been adopted by the API 17
Flexible Pipe Task Group and will be published in the 2014 API
Revision
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Technology
Pipe Design Methodology
PipeDesigner
DeepFlex in-house design
tool
Base properties
Moduli Strengths Poissons ratios Physical properties
Variation of Properties
Time Environment Temperature Load duration Cyclic loading
Material
qualification data
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Steel
clamp
shaft
Right stand
Screwed to the
table
Bearing
Inclinometer Sensor
(Read out by
PC/DAQ)Steel plate
Screwed to stand
Left stand
Screwed to the
table
Tape stack
Torque Sensors
(Readout by DAQ)
Or
Torque transducer
Table
Square plate
Torsion Test on Reinforcement Stack Calibrate Model Property
Model
Full Bend Back Simulation Full Scale Test
Technology
End Fitting Design Methodology
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FacilitiesUSA Houston - Subsea Technology Center
Ageing tanks
MTS with temperature control
Optical microscopy
Grinder/
Polisher
DSC
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FacilitiesUSA Houston - Subsea Technology Center
Autoclave for 110C
Material Ageing
Creep Test Rigs
MTS Fatigue Test Machine
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FacilitiesUSA - Full Scale Test Equipment
Burst test
Crush test
Collapse test
Axial compression and mid-scale pressure tests
Tension/combined bending with tension tests
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FacilitiesUSA - Full Scale Test Equipment
Dynamic Fatigue Test Rig
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FacilitiesManitowoc Plant - Current
Pipe Finishing
Reinforcement
Line
Extrusion
Line
Reinforcement
Tape
Conversion
Carousel 2
Carousel 1 Carousel 3
Current Product Range Capacity:
o 3 to 10 in ID; Up to 5,000 psi
o Smooth Bore Pipe
o Up to 25 Km per year, 9.2m Reel
Capability
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FacilitiesUS Gulf of Mexico Plant
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FacilitiesUS GoM Plant Main features
Capacity: 102 km/yr based on 6 in normalized hybrid pipe
Product Range: o 2.5 to 12 ID Flexible Hybrid (FHRP) and All
Composite (FFRP) Pipe
Manufacturing Capability
o Maximum pipe OD = 18
o Continuous length up to reel capacity (9.2 & 11.4
Reels)
Manufacturing Characteristicso Near navigable water way
o Aproximately 60K m2 Land
o Reel based manufacturing
o Capability for load out directly to installation vessel or
barge
Product & Processeso Close proximity to Houston Research
Center
o Consolidation of qualification test rigs at manufacturing
site
o Enhancement of robust process technology with product
development teams
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FacilitiesUS GoM Plant & Laboratories
Purchased New State of the Art Flexible Pipe Manufacturing
Equipment
Stainless Steel Carcass
o 4 to 16 inch Internal Pipe Diameter
o 8 step profiling process, 6 spiraling/closing winding
rolls
o Capable of all sweet and sour service materials
Super Duplex 2507 Duplex 2205 All grades of Stainless Steel
o Strip Size 24mm-144mm Width, 0.6mm-2.4mm Thick
Z Shape Pressure Armor Equipment
o 2 to 16 inch Internal Pipe Diameter
o Strip size
4.8 x 10.6 mm minimum
32.0 x 14 mm maximum
o Sweet (150 Ksi) and Sour (
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Project History
Afren Riser/Flowlines 4, 6 & 8 inch
Worlds Shallowest FPSO (13m WD) Three Risers (2 Prod and One Gas
Lift)
Afren Project in 13
meters of water
Tensioner
Over-boarding Chute
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Project History
Arthit Gas Export Riser 8 inch
Afren Project in 13
meters of water
Tensioner
Over-boarding Chute
EMAS Offshore Lewek Arunothai FPSO
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Project HistoryPetroSA Oil Export Riser 4 inch
4 Oil Export Riser Flexible Replacement PetroSA South Africa
Installation
Installation Complete
Paying out DFX Pipe
with Buoyancy Modules
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3 inch ID, 1400 m WD, 200 bar (2900 psi), 1580 meter long
downline
Deployed with powered reel and tensioner
Repeated use in extremely harsh environments
o Urugua-Brazilian Winter- vessel lost DP and weather vaned
o Usan-Offshore Nigeria
o Liwan-South China Sea-30 named storms during campaign
Over 130 deployments to date over 4 years
Damaged with dropped spreader beam X2 and repaired by DeepFlex
patent pending repair procedure (outer jacket and outer tensile
layer)
Project History
Saipem Deepwater Downline 3 inch
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Project HistorySaipem Deepwater Downline 3 inch
3 PreCommissiong Downline Deployment on Normand Cutter
Afren Project in 13
meters of water
Tensioner
Over-boarding Chute
18 Gas Export Pipeline approximately 174km longDeepwater end:
Urugu FPSO Cidade de Santos
1,279 meters WD, Block BS-500
Commissioning from deepwater end
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3.5 inch ID, 1600 m WD, 4000 psi, 1800 meter long downline
Packaged on a 9.2 x 5m operational reel
System engineering including dynamic and installation analysis,
deck layout, subsea
configuration all performed by DeepFlex
Sold to IKM Testing Australia for pre commissioning activities
on the Allseas
installed gas export pipelines for the
Chevron Gorgon/Janz LNG project.
Shipped from DeepFlex to Houston by barge and transloaded to
ocean going
vessel for journey to Dampier, Australia
Currently Offshore
Project History
IKM Australia Deepwater Downline, 3.5 inch
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Four 9 inch ID, 100 m WD, 2500 psi, 70C, 195 meter long
downlines
Downlines for Oil Recovery from Sunken Vessels
2 downlines for water flooding sunken tanker hulls and 2
downlines for returning the
hydrocarbon/water mix to a oil
water separation spread based on a
support vessel
Shipped from DeepFlex to Oman by Antonov heavy cargo air
transport
airplane
Project History
E3 Energy-9 inch downlines for Oil Recovery
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8 inch ID, 70 m WD, 2200 psi, 60C, 1500 meter production
riser/flowline/riser
Petronas Carigali Anjung Kecil (AJK) extended well test (EWT)
field development project in Block SK315,
approximately 200 km North-West offshore Bintulu
DeepFlex supplied the full well stream riser/flowline
engineering including global, local, service life, on
bottom stability and riser configuration analysis; bend
stiffeners, buoyancy and ballast modules; as well as
reel rental and transportation from the DeepFlex
factory to Singapore where the mobilization for
installation will occur
Project History
MTCE/Petronas Riser/Flowline 8 inch
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Tarpon WHP Calm Buoy EWT Vessel Shuttle tanker
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Project HistoryWorldwide Footprint
/ Marcessa
Supplied 2
flowlines
Supplied 4 replacement
riser
Repaired gas
export riser
Supplied 4 jumper
Supplied 8 gas export riser for
FPSO
Supplied and installed 3
(4, 6 & 8) riser/ flowlines *
Supplied 1.6km 3 deepwater
downline
Supplied 7
topside Jumpers
Supplied 1
flowline
* In continuos production for over 5 years
Headquarters / Subsea Technology Center
Manufacturing Facility
Sales Offices
Future Manufacturing Facility
Major Offshore Basin
Supplied1.8km
3 deepwater downline
Supplied 4 x 0.2km
9 downlines
Repairing gas
export riser
(2Q 2012)
Supplying 1.5km
8 riser/flowline(4Q 2013 delivery)
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Project HistoryWorldwide Footprint
