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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Special Quality Alloys Ltd granted PED 2014/68/EU

Special Quality Alloys Ltd granted PED 2014/68/EU

Special Quality Alloys Ltd have successfully been granted the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 2014/68/EU approval. The approval applies to the design, manufacture and conformity assessment of stationary pressure equipment with a maximum allowable pressure greater than 0,5 bar.

Wood awarded Scarborough gas field development contract

Wood has been awarded a new contract by Woodside to support the execution of concept definition for the proposed Scarborough upstream development, offshore Western Australia.

Carpenter Technology names new CFO

Carpenter Technology Corporation, producer and distributor of premium specialty alloys, including titanium alloys, nickel and cobalt based superalloys, stainless steels, alloy steels and tool steels, recently announced that Timothy (Tim) Lain has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Tank containers are loaded on a freight train. © Bertschi

Tank containers shrink the world

It is no exaggeration to say that the tank container has revolutionized freight transport. From its humble origins, the ISO tank container industry now numbers more than half a million units across the globe. Tank production is growing at nearly twice the rate of the world economy and they are almost always made of molybdenum-containing stainless steel. Such is their popularity that these containers now represent a significant end-use application for molybdenum.
Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK

Subsea 7 recently announced the award of a sizeable contract by Nexen as part of the Buzzard Phase 2 Project, located approximately 55 kms off the north-east coast of Scotland.

CGG announces appointment of Group CFO

CGG announces the appointment of Yuri Baidoukov as Group CFO. Yuri Baidoukov brings 25 years of international Oil and Gas industry experience to CGG.
KEMPER further expands market presence in Norway

KEMPER further expands market presence in Norway

KEMPER GmbH is expanding in the Scandinavian region with a new sales partner. iTec AS now exclusively distributes the entire KEMPER product portfolio in Norway.
Positive material identification proves its value

Positive material identification proves its value

How can you tell a Super-Duplex Stainless Steel from an Austenitic Stainless Steel, or a Nickel Alloy from a Copper Alloy when they all largely look the same? That’s the problem experienced by many of the organisations in the supply chain.
Xodus appoints new advanced engineering lead

Xodus appoints new advanced engineering lead

Xodus Group has appointed Dr Tao Zhao as its new advanced engineering lead. With over 15 years’ experience in subsea pipeline and riser design and analysis, Dr Zhao joins Xodus from Heerema Marine Contractors.
Decom North Sea appoints Chief Executive

Decom North Sea appoints Chief Executive

Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has appointed John Warrender as Chief Executive.