Today, polyurethane is considered a material of unlimited possibilities. It resembles rubber in appearance, but its quality characteristics far exceed it. This is why polyurethane has found wide application across many industries and is used in place of rubber wherever a material is needed that resists aggressive environments, high variable temperatures and heavy loads.

Thanks to its increased wear resistance, it also very often replaces various metals. In the oil and gas extraction industry, the material is most often used to manufacture cleaning pigs, shut-off elements, seals, wellhead blowout preventers, and seals for pipeline cleaning pigs. Polyurethane has a great many advantages, the main ones being:

As we can see, compared with metals, natural rubber and rubber, elastic polyurethane has a great many undeniable advantages. The primary quality and safety criterion for any part in the oil and gas industry is resistance to oxidizers, gasoline and oil, as well as other petroleum products.

Components must retain their original properties for a long time while operating in an aggressive environment. This determines how often the equipment needs repair and how efficiently it runs. As a result, polyurethane has almost entirely displaced other materials in the oil and gas industry.