Technical

Working together with global Stainless Steel Materials’ experts, engineers and companies involved in the manufacture or use of stainless steels/CRAs, we provide here a selection of original, non-commercial articles. These in-depth technical papers are written or co-written by operating companies, describing commercially viable new technologies and case histories of successful applications, backed by data. Topics include tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels.

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A tripartite cooperation pact signed on LNG projects

Gazprom Neft, Gazprom gas-engine fuel, and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) have concluded a tripartite cooperation and strategic partnership agreement on developing an LNG fleet and related infrastructure.

PetroChina adopts a heavy oil processing technology

Honeywell announced recently that PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company will adopt advanced heavy oil processing technology from Honeywell UOP for its integrated petrochemical complex in China.

Machining tough alloys

A direct-drive spindle motor and linear guideways on a milling centre enable high speed metalcutting, but that configuration does not lend itself to efficient machining of highly alloyed nickels like Inconel or Duplex and Super Duplex stainless steels. A UK-based company recently searched for a better solution.

Doosan Škoda Power to supply steam turbines for TRM

Doosan Škoda Power has been awarded a contract to supply two steam turbine generators with a total capacity of 110 MW for a new power plant to be built at an oil refinery operated by Petroperú.

US DOE invests USD40 M in R&D projects

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) selected five projects to receive approximately USD39.9 M in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Sandvik opens coiled tubing line in China

In July 2019, Sandvik will open a state-of-the-art coiled tubing line for premium grades of seamless stainless-steel products in smaller dimensions at its Zhenjiang tube mill near Shanghai, China.

KMG signs an MOU with Tatneft

On 10 July, 2019 as part of the intergovernmental agreement on principles of trade, economical, scientific and cultural collaboration a meeting between Chairman of the Management Board, Samruk-Kazyna JSC, Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Alik Aidarbayev and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was held where the parties expressed their desire to initiate a new phase of cooperation in the oil and gas industry.

Steeltec restructures its Scandinavian sales operations

Bright steel producer Steeltec has restructured its Scandinavian sales operations. The powerful sales team is now headed by the sales managers Johan Thyni in Boxholm, Sweden and Brian Nielsen in Nørresundby, Denmark.

Sandvik to open coiled tubing line in China

In July 2019, Sandvik will open a state-of-the-art coiled tubing line for premium grades of seamless stainless-steel products in smaller dimensions at its Zhenjiang tube mill near Shanghai, China.

Appointments in the Steering Commitee of Acerinox

The Board of Directors of Acerinox has approved the appointments of Fernando Gutiérrez as Strategy and Raw Materials Director; Oswald Wolfe as Director of Institutional Relations, Sustainability and Communication and Mark Davis as CEO of Bahru Stainless Sdn Bhd.