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The solution
One of the earliest opportunities presented to
Advanced Insulation to tackle this challenge was
BP’s Clair Ridge platform. The project was so
critically overweight at the design stage (10%)
that the operator started looking for new ideas,
challenging everything. In 2009, Advanced
Insulation was approached by BP, which was
looking for a quick solution for light-weight blast
panels to protect the platform underdeck from fire,
sea and low temperatures. The oil major had used
stainless steel previously, but found they were not
only expensive but heavy and easily-dented.

Benefits: US$12m in savings
for one client; 120-tonne weight the topsides of Equinor’s (then Statoil) Mariner
project on the UKCS. The qualification process
“reduction for MS400 – conducted by CB&I – took six
months and, as the contractors and operator
perceived the product’s advantages, its scope
Advanced Insulation had the ideal solution for in the project increased from 1,000 to 8,000
BP. Thanks to valuable insights provided by an square metres. Advanced Insulation enabled a
employee who had worked at a major South
Korean shipyard for years, the company pushed
for the development of a better blast protection Advanced Insulation at a glance
solution that would last longer, be easier to apply
on-site and weigh less. This led to the introduction Key products and services: engineering, manufacture and application of
of the MS400 light-weight syntactic phenolic insulation and passive fire protection systems in addition to buoyancy and
foam material. Featuring dry-fit panels that can SURF products
be installed on deck and bulkhead plates, they do
not require any welding, which removes corrosion Main industry served:
risk. After an extensive testing period by BP, • Oil and gas (85%)
which involved a four-month certification process, • Marine/buoyancy (10%)
the MS400 material showed impressive results: • Offshore wind (5%)
topside weight was reduced from 30kg to 14kg
per square metre. Headquarters: Gloucester, UK
After Clair Ridge, more and more O&G players Year established: 2007
became aware of the benefits offered by Number of employees: 315
MS400. One such company was the Daewoo Revenues: £50m (2017)
Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard, Revenue from exports: 97% (O&G), 50% (Marine/buoyancy)
which was working in partnership with CB&I on

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