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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Sandvik, Jiuli to collaborate on Sanicro® 25

Sandvik and Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals are entering into a partnership for the supply of Sanicro® 25 high alloy, austenitic stainless-steel tube to specifically target the expanding market for low emission coal fired power generation.

TW Metals becomes distributor for Sandvik’s tubes

Sandvik has announced that TW Metals UK will be a preferred distributor for a range of products including Sandvik hydraulic & instrumentation tubing and high temperature piping products in England.
New Age Executive Management appointments

New Age Executive Management appointments

New Age (African Global Energy) Limited and New Age LNG Limited (NALNG), a sister company of New Age, are pleased to announce and confirm the appointment and positions of executive management with immediate effect.

Wood wins nuclear power plant project in UK

Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe (HNE) has appointed Wood as architect engineering support partner to the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant project in the UK.
urea plant

Working together to find the best solution

To improve performance of heat exchanger tubing in challenging urea production environments, Sandvik worked with Stamicarbon BV to develop Safurex Star, an advanced alloy for use with high pressure (HP) strippers. Oscar Johansson, Global Product Manager, Heat Exchanger & Fertilizer Tubing for Sandvik discusses.
Unique Group enters agreement with CSS

Unique Group enters agreement with CSS

Unique Group, an integrated offshore solutions provider, has recently entered into a formal collaboration agreement with Norway headquartered Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS).

i3 Energy appoints new CEO

i3 Energy appoints new CEO

The Board of Directors of i3 Energy plc are pleased to announce the appointment of Majid Shafiq as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Petrobras & Murphy form JV with Gulf of Mexico assets

Petrobras subsidiary, Petrobras America Inc. (PAI), has entered into a definitive agreement with Murphy Exploration & Production Company, USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, to form a joint venture company (JV) comprised of producing oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kiruna Wagon modernizes its wagons with duplex stainless steel. The basket shell is made of duplex stainless steel

In a world of rising commodity prices, duplex takes the strain

After a prolonged slump, raw material prices are on the rise again. End users will therefore be looking to save costs by specifying lower-alloy grades, including duplex. Thanks partly to advances in fabrication, duplex is being used in more and more products and applications, over a wide range of industries.
Energean appoints Chief Operating Officer

Energean appoints Chief Operating Officer

Energean Oil & Gas PLC (Energean) recently announced the appointment of Iman Hill as Chief Operating Officer. Iman is a Petroleum Engineer with over 30 years’ global experience in the oil and gas industry with extensive expertise in the technical and commercial aspects of the petroleum business, in particular development and production projects.