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Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).

Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.

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Kuwait: oil storage tanks

Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC) has awarded Turkey’s Tekfen Construction and Installation Co. a USD 222 million contract to build eight crude oil storage tanks.

Chile: delayed coker complex

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its Madrid-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia, SA has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new delayed coker complex at Empresa Nacional de Petroleo’s (ENAP) Aconcagua refinery at Concon, Chile.

Corrosion resistance chains

Based on its experience of supplying attachment chains to the food and packaging industry, power transmission specialist Cross+Morse, has extended its range to include stainless steel and corrosion protection chains; and introduced a manufacturing technique for associated attachments.

Nigeria: Agbami development

Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd (an affiliate of Chevron Corp.) has awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract of about USD 800 million, for the Agbami field development, located offshore Nigeria in about 1,550m water depth.

SS float valve

Keraflo (UK) has now offers its Aylesbury float valve in stainless steel.

SS for automobiles

A desire by car manufacturers to reduce corrosion in critical fuel system components has led to a sharp increase in the replacement of carbon steel with stainless steel components.

Instrumentation for Kashagan field

Parker Instrumentation has signed a framework agreement for the supply of the instrumentation valves, manifolds and tube fittings for the giant Kashagan oil project in Kazakhstan.

Norway: underwater production system

Hydro has awarded the contract for supply of underwater production systems for the satellite field Oseberg Delta in the North Sea to FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS.

Saudi Arabia: Khurais project

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its UK subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd has been awarded a front-end engineering (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Khurais full-field development in Saudi Arabia.

AWS president elected

Dr. Damian Kotecki, a Technical Director for The Lincoln Electric Co.’s consumable division, has been elected president of the American Welding Society (AWS).