The NORSOK standards have been developed by the Norwegian petroleum industry to ensure adequate safety, value adding and cost effectiveness for existing and future petroleum industry developments.

The intent of NORSOK M-710 standard and qualification process is to assure that non-metallic sealing material manufacturers have sufficient understanding and experience with the applicable materials to provide them with acceptable performance characteristics in the specified environment. The standard defines the requirements for critical sealing for permanent subsea use including; well completion, Xmas trees, control systems and valves.

JST is pleased to announce the availability of special polymeric compounds approved to NORSOK M-710 standard specifically for the Oil and Gas industry.

The testing was conducted by Element, and Alphine, and the technical requirements for the testing of the compounds was divided into 2 sections; the effects of sour gas ageing and rapid gas decompression (explosive decompression).

The positive results passed a range of compounds; Hydrogenated Nitriles (HNBR), Fluorocarbons (FKM), Polyetherketones (PEEK) and Polytetrafluoroethylenes (PTFE).