<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document provides general principles, requirements and recommendations for the assessment of stability of fibre-reinforced composite materials for service in equipment used in oil and gas production environments.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document describes the procedures for comparative testing of composite materials consisting of polymers (thermoplastics and thermosets) and re-enforcing materials e.g. glass, carbon, aramid and metals as continuous fibres or woven fabric used in equipment for oil and gas production.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">Testing and characterization of neat resins and fibre products are beyond the scope of this document.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The equipment considered includes, but is not limited to, non-metallic pipelines, piping, liners and downhole tool components.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">Blistering by rapid gas decompression, coatings and compounded particulate- and short fibre-reinforced composites are excluded from the scope of this document.</span></p>
Registration number (WIID)
84416
Scope
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document provides general principles, requirements and recommendations for the assessment of stability of fibre-reinforced composite materials for service in equipment used in oil and gas production environments.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">This document describes the procedures for comparative testing of composite materials consisting of polymers (thermoplastics and thermosets) and re-enforcing materials e.g. glass, carbon, aramid and metals as continuous fibres or woven fabric used in equipment for oil and gas production.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">Testing and characterization of neat resins and fibre products are beyond the scope of this document.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">The equipment considered includes, but is not limited to, non-metallic pipelines, piping, liners and downhole tool components.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB">Blistering by rapid gas decompression, coatings and compounded particulate- and short fibre-reinforced composites are excluded from the scope of this document.</span></p>
