Choosing The Right Cable Can Improve Rig Performance

Choosing The Right Cable Can Improve Rig Performance October 2016

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Common Field Failures • Jacket crack/ splintering – Commonly seen with CPE jackets; compound crystallization due to thermal cycling and UV exposure in typical environmental conditions • Cable Z-Kinking – Commonly seen with standard multi-core control and instrumentation cables • • • installed in a flexing application; standard cables not designed for continuous flexing – specialty cable required: EXANE Power. Flex Jacket oxidation – Common with LSZH and low-grade materials with full exposure to UV light, leading to jacket cracking; inadequate UV stabilizers in raw compound Cable non-circularity – Common with low cost multi-core control and instrumentation cables; non-hygroscopic fillers not used between components, evident with reduced wall jackets Insulation concentricity – Common with CV cross-linking processes or low-grade extrusion processes; suspension of molten insulation over the conductor throughout the length of the CV tube causes insulation to be eccentric, especially prevalent with larger conductor sizes. Faded insulation coloring – Common with CV cross-linking processes and low-grade materials; high steam pressure and temperature causes pigmentation fading. Jacket swelling – Evident with cables exposed to ester-based drilling mud, hydraulic fluid, or heated oils; standard Type P cable cannot sustain environment

Poor Type P Cable Qualities • Low Grade Polyolefin Insulation – results in: poor high current overload capacitance low flame retardance not resistant to harsh chemicals or ester-based mud’s faded insulation coloring separator tape used with CV cross-linked compounds poor abrasion / cut-thru resistance CPE (Chlorinated Polyethylene) Jacket – results in: • poor heated oil resistance • limited to cold bend of -35°C and cold impact of -40°C • high frictional properties when bundled together in service loops or drag chains • bonding to underlying materials such as braid armor and shield tapes • jacket constriction and brittleness may occur with exposure to high heat and outdoor exposure • poor flame retardance • extremely difficult to strip when terminating Poor O. D. Tolerances – results in: • gland sizes may vary upon factory runs, creating installation problems for projects • consistent with Continuous Vulcanization (CV) cross-linking processes Minimal Non-Hygroscopic Fillers – results in: • poor cable circularity creates gland egression seal and cold flow issues • conductor corkscrewing in continuous flexing applications Crush & Impact Resistance – results in: • not all manufacturers pass this difficult UL 2225 test for TC-ER-HL listing • • •

EXANE Your Long-Term Cable Solution! ü ü ü ü ü EXANE 125 Listed UL 1309 Marine Shipboard, IEC 60092 -3, 353, 376 EXANE MR Listed UL 1309 Marine Shipboard, IEC 61892 -4 ABS, DNV-GL, Lloyds Registry Type Approved Mud & Oil Resistant Ester-based Mud, Hydraulic Fluid Resistant (MR) Meets NEK 606 SH Mud Resistant Requirements (MR) UV Resistant Hot Surface Resistant Abrasion & Cut Thru Resistant IEEE Std. P 45. 8 Electrical Installations (recently published) API RP-14 F/FZ Design, Installation, Maintenance IEC 60092 -350 Shipboard Cable Anti-Wrinkling Construction -40°C Cold Impact -55°C Cold Bend 110°C Continuous Operating Temperature (ABS) Available in Power. Flex Construction (service loops, drag chains) 5 Year Manufacturers Product Warranty 40+ Years Superior Performance History