5. Strength in Europe &
High growth in the Middle East and Asia
European Customer
Service Centre
Sales and agents –
Middle East/Asia Pacific
Sales - Americas
Innovation Centre
Production
Borealis Head office
Joint venture centre
Our high quality pipe grades supplied to many countries,
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from South Africa to Australia & New Zealand
12. Onshore and Offshore
PE and PP External Coatings
3LPE Systems
Dominating systems for Gas and Oil pipelines
Onshore O&G - main market, growing in Water transport
Healthy growth, due to many new Onshore projects
HDPE 3LPE fulfils vast majority of projects’ technical requirements
3LPP Systems
Niche market, still project based (10% of 3LPE volumes)
Offshore - main market, Oil exploration
High Growth is in specific regions / projects
Opportunity of developing Multi-Layers PP system for elevated
Temperature and specific requirements
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13. Design Criteria for three layer PO Systems
Minimize risk of outer layer damage through :
Mechanical impact strength
Indentation Resistance
Resistance against UV degradation
Resistance against Thermal degradation
Resistance against Chemical attack
Low built in “extrusion stresses”
Avoid delamination between outer layer & epoxy
Maximize coating production speed
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25. Borcoat Density
0.962
HE3450-H 0.930
123.5˚C
Vicat
110˚C
Borcoat HE3450-H
>5000 h
ESCR
>1000 h
Draft ISO 21809-3
(class B) 60
Shore D
55
1050MPa
*Tensile
modulus 770MPa
*not part of ISO 21809-3 requirements
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