Energy Voice | Tech Tuesday: A carbon fibre oil rig may not be that far fetched after all - News for the Oil and Gas Sector
An oil rig made primarily of carbon fibre sounds far fetched, but then, who’d have thought 20 years ago that airliners could be made from the “black stuff”?
New planes such as the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 are already flying across the world, cutting fuel consumption and weighing a fraction of what previous generations of airliners did.
Composite technology has been around for a long time – aerospace, Formula 1, even tennis racquets have become stronger, faster and lighter – thanks to the use of new materials and applications.
