Strohm's TCP jumpers installed at Deepwater Sabah project offshore Malaysia

(WO) – Strohm, the world’s first thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) company, has overseen the successful installation of its TCP Jumper technology at the Deepwater Sabah project offshore Malaysia.

Installed by contractor McDermott on behalf of an international operator, it is the second time the firm’s TCP product has been deployed in Malaysia, after a TCP Flowline and static riser were installed at the shallow water West Lutong field for operator Petronas in 2017.

During installation the project team took maximum advantage of the flexibility of the Jumper on Demand concept; delivered in 2021, the two, 150-meter-long TCP Jumpers were stored until associated infrastructure at the field was installed.

The TCP Jumpers were spooled onto subsea pallets for installation from the transport reel, during which time the ancillaries were fitted by the Strohm field services team; that the Jumpers had been kept in storage for several years did not result in residual bends as the pipe does not have a strong memory effect.

Spooling from a vertical drum to horizontal pallet does not induce notable torsional effects, making installation subsea easy, fast and first time right. The TCP Jumpers were installed subsea from the pallets, with field service support provided by Strohm.

Strohm’s Vice President for Africa, Middle East & Asia-Pacific, Fabienne Ellington, said, “It is brilliant that we have been able to complete the installation phase of this project for an international operator, a success that reaffirms TCP as the ideal solution for deepwater projects and further strengthens our leading position in the market.

“We were able to extend the warranty for the two TCP Jumpers, as testament to the confidence we have in our technology, as well as the proven value that our products are delivering.”

A non-metallic, durable solution, TCP offers a robust, corrosion free and field-proven solution for operators. TCP Jumpers can be manufactured and shipped in long continuous lengths, stored onsite for long periods of time, cut to length when required and terminated within hours, with no change to its properties or lifespan. TCP for subsea jumpers as well as flowlines and risers have proven to reduce the CO2 footprint of pipeline infrastructures by more than 50%.