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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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 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

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

Technical progress in materials used in pressure vessel

Sinosteel Stainless Steel Pipe Technology Co. Ltd. can provide stainless steel welded pipe with annealed condition, stainless steel welded pipes for fluid transport, oil gas large diameter pipe and stainless steel pipe used for shipping.

Wood secures technical assistance contract

Wood has secured a framework agreement to provide technical assistance for a project to build a new nuclear power station in the UK.

Oceanworks has new technical director

OceanWorks International has welcomed back Harald Grob as Technical Director. Having spent almost half of his 30+ years of experience with OceanWorks, it’s a befitting role that Mr.

Panasonic opens welding technical centers

Panasonic has opened Technical Centers for Arc and Laser Welding Technologies in Farmington Hills, Michigan and Hilliard (near Columbus), Ohio.