Strohm enters Egyptian market with 2000-meter TCP flowline contract for WDDM offshore project

Strohm, the Netherlands-based manufacturer of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP), has secured its first contract in Egypt, supplying a 2,000-meter carbon fiber-reinforced PA12 TCP flowline for the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) offshore project. The flowline will operate at a water depth of 600 meters, marking a significant deployment for the company's TCP technology in the Eastern Mediterranean. The contract was awarded by an unnamed operator, with delivery and installation scheduled for late 2026.

This contract extends Strohm's geographic footprint into a major oil and gas province, where subsea infrastructure faces corrosion and fatigue challenges that TCP addresses directly. Strohm's TCP, produced via a continuous filament winding and consolidation process, competes with rigid steel flowlines and flexible pipe alternatives from TechnipFMC, Baker Hughes, and NOV. The key value proposition is corrosion resistance and reduced installation weight, which lowers total installed cost for deepwater projects. The Egyptian market, driven by the Zohr field and WDDM expansions, represents a growing demand for cost-effective, long-life subsea solutions.

For Strohm, this contract validates its commercial model beyond the North Sea and Brazil, where it has existing reference installations. The company must now execute on delivery and demonstrate reliability in a new operating environment to build a reference base for further Middle East and North African projects. For the industry, it reinforces that TCP is moving from niche qualification projects to repeatable commercial deployments in deepwater oil and gas, though the pace of adoption remains tied to operator willingness to qualify non-metallic alternatives against decades of steel pipe data.