Timeline

Timeline
1992
January 1

1992

Philippe Marchal founds ITP in Louveciennes, France with a small team of engineers.

1993
January 1

1993

TOTAL entrusts ITP for their first PIP: the Dunbar Project in the North Sea.

1995
January 1

1995

Shell calls upon ITP for their ETAP development. To address their challenge linked to High Temperature and High Pressure, ITP uses Izoflex for the first time.

1998
January 1

1998

TOTAL solicits ITP for their Tchibeli project in Congo. An evolution of Dunbar and ETAP, the swaged PIP design delivered is now known as ITP's standard ITP S- and J-lay PIP

1999
January 1

1999

ITP creates a subsea LNG pipeline based on a 36% Ni pipe. ITP's electrically heat traced flowline (EHTF) also comes to life in 1999. With the PIP's superior thermal properties, this system can rely on efficient resistive heating.

2001
January 1

2001

A Joint Industry Project is set up to validate the proof of concept of ITP's EHTF solution in Chevron's facilities in Texas (USA).
At the same time, a JIP is set up in France at Engie's liquid natural gas facilities to validate the Cryogenic PIP solution.

2003
January 1

2003

Houston office opening

2004
January 1

2004

For LPG export at Pluspetrol's CAMISEA project in Peru, ITP delivers a subsea cryogenic pipe solution that is the world's first execution of the sort. It is also a great example of terminal architecture that is compatible with local communities and has a low impact on marine environment.

2007
January 1

2007

ITP obtains the DNV certification for its Subsea Cryogenic PIP for LNG.

2008
January 1

2008

ITP launches its own fabrication site in Normandy, near the Caen Harbour. ITP experiments with a first application of i-tubing in Gabon.

2014
January 1

2014

ITP creates a custom designed 560 °C solar concentrator for Heliofocus in Israel.

2016
January 1

2017

Kuala Lumpur office opening

2017
January 1

2017

ITP delivers the world's first fully buried LNG pipeline in India.

2020
January 1

2020

ITP is proud to announce two world firsts in 2020, with its electrically heat traced flowline operating in AkerBP's first production field and the hottest ever subsea bitumen pipeline implemented for ExxonMobil in Singapore.

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