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News
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Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) in Sour Service: Why Standard Duplex May Not Be Enough for High H₂S Wells
2026/03/27When a well goes sour—meaning hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is present in the produced fluids—the rules of materials selection change overnight. Carbon steel, the workhorse of the industry, becomes vulnerable to hydrogen-induced cracking. And ev...
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Offshore Topside Weight Reduction: The Case for High-Strength Duplex vs. Standard Stainless Pipes
2026/03/26Offshore Topside Weight Reduction: The Case for High‑Strength Duplex vs. Standard Stainless Pipes For offshore platforms—whether fixed jackets, floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, or semi‑submersibles—weight is a rele...
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Blockchain for Traceability: Ensuring Authenticity of Hastelloy and Duplex Steel Pipes
2026/03/25Blockchain for Traceability: Ensuring Authenticity of Hastelloy and Duplex Steel Pipes Counterfeit and misrepresented materials are a persistent threat in the specialty metals industry. A pipe stamped “Hastelloy C276” may, in reality, be ...
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Navigating Export Controls on High-Performance Nickel Alloys: Compliance for International Projects
2026/03/24Navigating Export Controls on High-Performance Nickel Alloys: Compliance for International Projects For procurement and project managers in the chemical processing, energy, and aerospace sectors, specifying Hastelloy C276 or other high-performance ni...
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Mill Order Consolidation Strategies for Reducing Per-Unit Cost of Custom Alloy Pipe Sizes
2026/03/23Mill Order Consolidation Strategies for Reducing Per-Unit Cost of Custom Alloy Pipe Sizes For project managers and procurement specialists in chemical processing, power generation, and offshore industries, the cost of nickel alloy piping—partic...
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Managing Obsolescence: Sourcing Replacement Pipe Fittings for Legacy Process Plants
2026/03/20Managing Obsolescence: Sourcing Replacement Pipe Fittings for Legacy Process Plants For a project manager or plant engineer, few challenges are as frustrating as being handed a legacy piping schematic that calls for an obsolete or non-standard size a...
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Fire-Safe Design for Nickel Alloy Piping Systems: Material Behavior Under Extreme Thermal Exposure
2026/03/19Fire-Safe Design for Nickel Alloy Piping Systems: Material Behavior Under Extreme Thermal Exposure In process industries—refineries, chemical plants, and offshore platforms—fire is the ultimate design challenge. When a fire occurs, piping...
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Erosion-Corrosion in Slurry Handling: Matching Alloy Hardness with Pipe Service Life
2026/03/18Erosion-Corrosion in Slurry Handling: Matching Alloy Hardness with Pipe Service Life In slurry handling—whether transporting ore concentrates, mine tailings, or chemical process slurries—pipes die a dual death. They are simultaneously mec...
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Autogenous GTAW Welding of Thin-Walled Nickel Alloy Tubing: Parameters and Pitfalls
2026/03/17Autogenous GTAW Welding of Thin-Walled Nickel Alloy Tubing: Parameters and Pitfalls When working with thin-walled Hastelloy C276 tubing—often in the 0.028" to 0.065" wall thickness range—the introduction of filler metal can sometimes do m...
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Post-Weld Cleaning and Pickling of Hastelloy C276: Restoring Full Corrosion Resistance
2026/03/16Post-Weld Cleaning and Pickling of Hastelloy C276: Restoring Full Corrosion Resistance Hastelloy C276 (UNS N10276) is often the material of choice for the most aggressive environments in chemical processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and pollutio...
