oil & gas prof ile

matrix has developed a wide range of proprietary and bespoke products based on experience built over 25 years of industry involvement.

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oil & gas division

Matrix Composites & Engineering Ltd is an Australian owned and operated engineering business located in Perth, Western Australia. The company is part of the MC&E group of companies which has provided engineered product solutions to the offshore oil & gas, marine, military and mining industries since 1980.

The company specialises in the design, application and manufacturing of engineered products based on advanced composite materials, engineering plastics and elastomers.

Matrix has developed a wide range of proprietary and bespoke products based on experience built over 25 years of industry involvement. In the oil and gas market the company’s product applications encompass the following areas:

Offshore Fixed Platforms

Floating Production and Drilling

Marine and Subsea Operations

Subsea Production, Pipeline, Riser & Completions

Well Construction Cementation Equipment

Matrix provides a fully integrated engineering service from the inquiry to design to manufacturing, testing, delivery and aftermarket service.

Matrix Composites & Engineering was publicly listed on 16th November 2009 and since its listing has demonstrated growth in revenue, profit and earnings.

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oil & gas division

OHS

At Matrix Composites & Engineering our Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policy is based on a belief that the well being of people employed at work, or people affected by our work, is a paramount consideration. People are our most important asset and their health and safety is our greatest responsibility. The public, including contractors and visitors, shall be given equal priority to that of our employees, and MC&E operates an OHS system that complies to the measurements of AS4801.

“Nobody Gets Hurt – Nothing Gets Harmed”

Quality Assurance

Matrix Composited & Engineering Ltd is accredited to ISO 9001:2008 by SAI Global and is seeking API Q1 accreditation by the end of 2010.

Business Systems

Matrix operates the Vantage enterprise resource planning system which integrates all commercial, manufacturing, engineering, quality and shipping functions of the business.

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Matrix employs a range of engineering and design disciplines including mechanical, marine and composite materials engineers and industrial chemists. Matrix’s in house design and drafting capability utilises 3D modelling of all parts, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computation Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis. This integrated system enables accurate modelling of parts, production tooling and interface systems to ensure correct sizing, calculations and integration of all components.

Hydrostatic Testing

Matrix owns and operates the largest hydrostatic testing facility in the Asia Pacific region capable of pressure testing to 10,000PSI or 6000msw. The largest chamber is capable of full scale testing of Riser Buoyancy to 5000PSI or 3000msw. This chamber is fully instrumented with a 1524mm internal diameter and 6500mm long. Part displacement can be measured in situ in the chamber or in a purpose built displacement tank.

A second instrumented chamber cabable of testing to 7.800 PSI or 5000 MSW will be installed by Q3 2010. This chamber is 1.6m in internal diameter and approximately 7.3m long.

engineering & design

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engineering & design

Mechanical Testing

Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) mechanical testing is an integral part of almost every product design, custom or standard. This may include integration testing of risers, load testing of buoyancy through members of destructive testing of bend restrictors. A wide variety of test rigs are available for this purpose.

Materials Testing

Matrix uses in house and third party facilities to pre-qualify or type test materials. Mechanical, creep, weathering, disbondment and corrosion properties are routinely tested. Typically these tests are carried out at Matrix’s in house materials testing laboratories.

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materials & manufacturing

Syntactic Materials Technology

Syntactic foams are a unique family of engineering materials characterised by low density, high compression strength, low levels of water absorption and thermal conductivity. Over 100 proprietary Syntactic Materials Systems have been developed by the company to offer varying combinations of density, mechanical properties, thermal properties, processability and cost. All Matrix monolithic and composite syntactic foam systems are tested to the applicable API and MIL standards where appropriate.

Composite Materials Technology

Glass, Aramid and Carbon Fibre reinforcements systems are widely used in Matrix’s production process to create composite materials with a variety of material properties.

Polymer Materials

Matrix utilises a number of thermoset technologies including high performance MDI urethanes, thermoset epoxies, rubbers and epoxy vinyl esters. These enable a wide degree of versatility in materials selection, ranging from highly flexible substrates to heat resistant matrices for thermal applications.

Composite Materials Manufacturing

The company specialises in the production of epoxy based composites. Laminate systems such as Kear, glass and carbon fibre are routinely employed in production using vacuum infusion techniques.

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materials & manufacturing

Syntactic Foam Manufacturing

The company manufactures a range of proprietary monolithic and composite syntactic foams to depth rating of 6000msw. Standard, low density and ultra light grades are offered to suit client specific applications, Autoclave infusion and computer controlled curing processes ensure consistent product quality.

Polyurethane Elastomer Manufacturing

A number of CNC controlled PU dispensing machines are capable of processing quasi, hot cast and cold cast polyurethanes.

Rubber Vulcanisation

The company utilises a range of steam operated AutoClaves to hot Neoprene’s, Natural and EPDM rubber systems.

Thermoplastic Composites

The unique properties of reinforced thermoplastics combined with ease of mass production open a number of applications for thermoplastic composites in high - medium volume oilfield products such as clamps, centralizers and other subsea components.

Robotic and CNC Machining

Matrix composite and polymer machining division utilises state of the art six axis Robotic machining and CNC milling and turning technologies which are ideal for machining syntactic, PU, phenolic and PS foams, plastics and composite materials. This area is utilised for the machining of complicated ROV buoyancy blocks, composite machined parts, FRP patterns and trimming moulded composites.

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f ixed platform products

Centraguide™ Retro

Polymeric Cassion Centraliser systems designed for casing or riser centralisation capable of being Retro Fitted and cold applied offshore or on harbour or mooring structures.

Centraguide™ CA (Cold Applied, Pre-installable)

Cold applied, non metallic Polymeric Cassion, Risers and Tubing Centralisers.

MarineShield™ SZP-R (Splash Zone Protection Retrofit)

Cold Applied, single component Splash Zone Protection capable of being installed in-situ.

MarineShield™ SZP-HOT (Splash Zone Protection Hot Applied)

Hot vulcanised Neoprene or EPDM riser or cassion splash zone protection.

XIRSeal™ Grout Seals

Elastomeric Sealing Systems for offshore pile grouting.

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drilling products

Marine Riser Buoyancy

Marine Riser Buoyancy Modules are custom built to suit specific operational and riser interface requirements of the customer. Matrix Marine Riser Buoyancy utilize composite syntactic foam and advance composite laminate technologies to manufacture robust, lightweight modules that are capable of incremental depth ratings of up to 4500msw (15000ft). Matrix Marine Riser Modules are manufactured and tested to the requirements of API 16F.

Marking riser buoyancy “fit for purpose” means taking into account the treatment that the riser and the buoyancy sees from fit-up, handling, loading and running the riser. Historically, buoyancy modules can crack, split, loose chunks of material and present operational and safety problems during their lifetime. Matrix riser buoyancy modules are reinforced to make them considerably tougher than the industry standard. Features such as double thickness FRP Skins with Kevlar safety mesh externally as standard makes Matrix modules tougher and safer to use.

Riser Shims

Riser Centralisation, Handling and Stacking Solutions for slick or bare Marine Risers.

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f loating production

Subsea Production Buoyancy

Subsea production buoyancy is produced in a variety of configurations to interface with mooring, tethering and anchoring systems, for developmentt and production applications.

Dynamic Riser Buoyancy

Buoyancy and Clamping Systems for Dynamic Flexible Risers and umbilicals utilize composite clamping technologies to secure the buoyancy modules to the flexible risers.

Subsea Marine Hose Buoyancy

Both custom built and OCIMF standard floats are produced with a variety of depth rated core materials.

XIRCrete™ Riser Ballasting

Polymer Concrete composite modules manufactured from XIRCrete™ polymer concrete.

Bend Restrictors

Polymeric Bend Restrictors for flexible risers, marine hoses, cables and umbilicals in composite materials, polyurethanes and steel.

Mid – Water Arches & Stability Systems

Composite and Steel Mid water arches, stability systems and gravity bases. The scope of supply can include construction of the flotation assembly, steelwork & engineering.

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marine & subsea operations

Subsea Installation Buoyancy

Standard and custom made syntactic installation buoys.

Surface Buoyancy

XIRSoft™PE Cored surface buoyancy systems.

ROV & AUV Buoyancy

Custom made ROV & AUV buoyancy systems in depth ratings of up to 6000msw.

Installation Equipment

Custom made installation equipment for subsea installation, including hydraulic and acoustic release systems, handling frames and installation procedures.

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subsea, pipeline & riser

Riser Clamps

Composite Clamping Systems for Marine risers.

Pipeline Piggyback Clamps

Composite, Elastomeric and Thermoplastic Piggyback Clamps and saddles for subsea pipelines.

MarineShield™ VIV

VIV Suppression Systems for rigid and flexible risers, conductors and suspended tubular.

Pipeline and Manifold Insulation

Syntactic, GSPU and PU insulation services for subsea manifolds, spools, jumpers and pipelines.

Field Joint Coating Services

PU Field Joint Coating Services for pipelines, jumpers and manifolds.

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well construction cementation equipment

XIRShoe™ GS

PCD drillable composite guide shoes and Composite Nosed Guide shoes for cementation.

XIRShoe™ PT

Composite high temperature completion tubing shoes for service temperatures of up to 235˚ C.

XIRShoe™ FLT

High temperature eccentric, lipstick and standard composite float shoes.

matrix provides a fully integrated engineering service from the inquiry to design to manufacturing, testing, delivery and aftermarket service.

Matrix Composites and Engineering Oil & Gas Division

42 Truganina Road Malaga Western Australia 6090 Post Office Box 2349 Malaga Western Australia 6944

T: +61 8 9249 3637 F: +61 8 9249 7815 E: matrix@matrixap.com.au

W: www.matrixap.com.au