Facilities
Flexi France
The world’s most efficient manufacturing facility for high-technology flexible pipes
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Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction forthe oil and gas industry.
With a global footprint, our talents constantly offer the most innovative technologiesand best solutions to our clients to optimize their investments and meet the world’senergy challenges.
Our mission is to deliver safe, sustainable and quality projects across the world.
We operate in three main businesses:
Subsea Offshore Onshore
In subsea hydrocarbon fielddevelopment, Technip’s activitiesinclude the design, manufactureand installation of rigid andflexible subsea pipelines andumbilicals.Thanks to our portfolio oftechnologies, industrial andoperational assets on allcontinents and a state-of-the artfleet, we offer a unique verticallyintegrated model in the industry.
In the Offshore business, ouractivities include engineering,procurement, construction (EPC)and installation of fixed and floatingplatforms.We use a complete range of technological solutions to answerthe challenges faced by our clients.We are leveraging our expertise infull-range of offshore facilities, aswell as our strong know-how withadded-value process skills andproprietary platform design.
In the Onshore business, we deliver to our clients all the experience we have acquired for almost 60 years, combined with a large technology solutions portfolio. We are working on onshore facilities that the energy sector needs, in particular for oil and gas industry players.Technip is one of the global leader for the refining business and petrochemical units. We also reinforced our position on project management consultancy (PMC) activities, by leveraging our expertise in the management of complex projects.
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The world’s most efficient manufacturing facility for high-technology flexible pipes.
Flexi FrancePart of the Technip group and located in France at Le Trait in Normandy, Flexi France is the world’s most effective flexible pipe manufacturing facility. Flexible pipe manufacture, Research and Development and vessels mobilization are the main activities of this “all-in-one” unit, awarded “Best Factory of the Year*” by a professional respected French publication.
A leading companyFlexi France developed, in partnership with IFP Energies Nouvelles, the technology to extract subsea hydrocarbon. Its entire production is exported. For more than 40 years, Technip has been the flexible pipe worldwide leader, designing and manufacturing over 10,000km of highly technical flexible pipes.
InnovativeThrough its Research & Development department, innovation is at the heart of this company renowned as the flexible pipe center of expertise for the Group. To meet the technological challenges within its demanding environment, Technip is constantly investing in R&D. These investments allow Flexi France to keep its competitive advantage strengthening its technological leadership.
ResponsibleFlexi France works in collaboration with more than 600 suppliers and subcontractors of which approximatively 500 are French.
And vibrantMajor and dynamic player of its regions, Flexi France employs around 1,100 people. Awarded Top Employer in 2015 and rich of its diversity of 100 distinctive jobs, the company benefits from multiple competencies and an unparalleled experience.
* « L’Usine Nouvelle » magazine in 2010.
Flexi France
Flexi France
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Six 2,500T manufacturing carousels and a 3,200T storage carousel 12 m – 400T reels The largest machinery base dedicated to flexible pipe manufacturing Custom made production for all fields 1,100 women and men trained for Excellence
Delivering cutting-edge technologies
IPBIncrease production
and provide monitoring
Anti H2S Sheath Reduce corrosive gas
Carbon Fibre Armours Reduce the weight of flexible risers
With out of range capacities
15,000connectors
Diameterfrom 1.5” to 20.5” ID
Temperaturefrom -190°C to 150°C
Pressure up to20,000 psi
Flexi France
An efficient factory
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A world-class R&D Center Development of products (flexible pipe & umbilicals) and industrial equipment Consolidation of technical know-how, flexible pipe expertise of the products Technical assistance and project engineering support Development of monitoring and inspection technologies
An offshore base specialized in laying equipments Preparing vessels before offshore operations Designing and maintaining laying equipments Sharing expertise through a dedicated laying equipment training center
A dedicated workshop
A 200m quay and a 10.3m waterdraft
A material laboratory
A 500T crane
Flexi France
A test center
Laying equipments
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Milestones and Achievements
Flexi France
The only company that succeeded in testing and qualifying, in real conditions, flexible pipes in 3,000m waterdepth.
1971 Start of Coflexip, supplier of high-pressure flexible pipes
1972 First project - Emeraude field in Congo
1974 Opening of the Le Trait facility
1975 First dynamic riser delivered in Indonesia and first installation in the North Sea
1982 Delivery of the first 1,000th km of product
1983 Commissioning of a new fabrication product line
1983 First Integrated Service Umbilical ISU® delivered for a project in Norway
1985 First manufacture of high temperature PVdF structure for a project in Spain
1988 First ISO 9001 certification
1990 First manufacture of a 19” ID riser for a project in Norway
1992 Inauguration of a dedicated client representative building and expansion of the reel storage area
1993 Construction of a new R&D facility
1995 Commissioning of large-capacity manufacturing and storage carousels
1997 New SP15 Teta wire spiraling machine for high-pressure structures
1998 First Teta riser in Norway
2000 First company to be certified under the API 17J (Unbonded Flexible Pipe) standard
2002 ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 certifications
2003 New company name FLEXI FRANCE
2005 Performance increase with 7.5” - 10,000psi in 2,000 mwd for BP Thunder Horse
2005 New SZ machine
2006 First supply and installation of Integrated Production Bundle (IPB)* dynamic risers in 1,400 mwd on Dalia field, Angola
2006 First mobilisation of the Portable Pipelay System (PPS)
2007 First smoothbore dynamic riser for gas export on Åsgard, Norway
2009 New 3,200t storage carousel
2010 Performance increase with 4” 20,000 psi
2010 Deep Immersion Performance (DIP) full scale tests performed for 7’’ and 9’’ ID in 3,000m of water depth
2012 Manufacture and qualification of 27km of flowlines and risers IPB in 1,200 mwd for Papa Terra field, Brazil
2014 Industrialization of Carbon Fiber Armours
2015 Start of a 4-year modernization plan
* Proprietary technology.
Milestones
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Quality and HSE at the heart of our activities
Technip is committed to providing its clients with the best value projectmanagement, products and services while protecting its employeesand partners, and the environment in which they live.
Quality policy
Objectives:Impact ALL to enhance our Quality Culture and reach even a higher Operational Excellence
6 facets: Quality Leadership Operations Performance Business Excellence Quality Alerts Knowledge Management Supplier / Subcontractor Management
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policy
Objectives:Impact ALL to create and sustain an incident-free environment delivering excellent HSE performance at every level.
3 main focus areas: The maintenance of effective HSE management systems Establishing meaningful leading and lagging indicators to measure
and manage performance Creating a climate that is intolerant of inappropriate HSE behaviours
and unsafe situations
CertificationsThe pipe design and subsequent manufacture are fully certified in accordance with the QA/QC requirements defined by international regulations and standards, namely:
BS-5750, NF580, API SPEC QI , ISO 9001 /2008, API 17J, API 16C, API 16A, API 6A, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001.
Flexi France
QUARTZ is the brand name for Technip’s global quality “Culture of Excellence & Continuous Improvement” program
The Pulse Program is designed to promoteleadership behaviour which supports apositive HSE climate and improve HSEperformance.
HEADQUARTERSTechnip89 avenue de la Grande Armée75773 Paris Cedex 16 France Phone: +33 (0)1 47 78 24 00
CONTACTSFlexi FranceRue Jean Huré - BP776580 Le TraitFrancePhone: +33 (0)2 35 05 50 00Fax : +33 (0)2 35 37 49 60Email : [email protected]
This document is the property of Technip and is not intended to be a binding contractual document. Any information contained herein shall not result in any binding obligation on the part of Technip, or any of its affiliates, and is provided for information purposes only.Technip - Flexi France Communications Department - Layout: tagraph.fr - May 2015 - Photo credits: Frédéric Bougon, Imagery, Jérome Retru, Technip photo Library. All rights reserved.
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