NORSOK M-710 For Thermoplastic Sealing Material For Oil And Gas Industry Certified
Fort Wayne, IN - Busak+Shamban, part of the Trelleborg group and worldwide supplier of sealing solutions to the oil and gas industry for over twenty-five years, announced it has certificates of NORSOK M-710 compliance for a wide range of thermoplastic sealing material and is servicing companies around the world with their oil and gas initiatives.
Busak+Shamban has had a number of sealing materials tested to NORSOK standards, allowing the company to support companies that supply the Norwegian oil and gas industry like no other. Reaching compliance will allow Busak+Shamban to assist companies in successfully gaining NORSOK approval for their assemblies. Busak+Shamban is one of the few companies to have reached this level of compliance, making them the first manufacturer to offer the largest range of NORSOK M-710 compliant sealing materials on the market worldwide. NORSOK standards cover all aspects of working practice, equipment and materials used within the Norwegian oil & gas industry. These standards are important ones that are recognized throughout the industry, worldwide.
One of the main differences from previous approvals is that all individual components within an assembly must now meet and be approved to NORSOK standards, rather than just the complete assembly. Different grades of Busak+Shamban polymers were involved in rigorous independent tests, undertaken and supervised by MERL - Materials Engineering Research Laboratory, a respected independent laboratory in the United Kingdom. The main focus of the testing was to predict service life of the materials within an offshore working environment, as specified in NORSOK M-710 standard, Annex C. Ideally materials should exceed expected well production lifetime of an oil and gas facility of 30 years. Thermoplastic sealing compounds, PTFE based grades and PEEK based materials, were immersed in a sour (2% H2S) multi-phase fluid at 392-428°F (200-220°C), for periods of 7-70 days. After saturation in this liquid the mechanical properties were measured and used to predict ageing and estimated service life of the materials.
Eleven Busak+Shamban materials have now been certified by MERL as complying to NORSOK standard. The sealing materials are available in a range of seal types. The PTFE based and PEEK based materials are commonly used in the industry in the form of Turcon Variseal, back up rings and support rings.
SOURCE: Busak+Shamban