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ENGINEERING

Advanced Insulation’s

MS400 panels

Enabling EPC companies Fabio Fusi - Sales manager, Advanced The challenge

to save 50% in topsides Insulation The weight of topsides is a major issue for
weight and enhance fire ow is Advanced Insulation oil and gas players worldwide. As market
dynamics require increasingly leaner
protection, insulation and thriving? projects and offshore platforms become
The company’s innovative
ever more complex, light-weight topside
blast resistance MS400 phenolic foam options are sought to guarantee that E&P
panel has enabled EPC projects remain safe as well as physically
Hcontractors and yards to and economically feasible. Moreover,
reduce topsides weight by 50% compared reduced weight not only enables more
to conventional steel-made products, equipment to go onto the platform itself
while providing greater fire protection, (e.g. to improve living conditions) but also
thermal insulation and blast resistance. reduces transport and lifting costs.

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