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Industry News
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Duplex 2205 vs 2507: Which Super Duplex Stainless Steel Pipe Fitting Should You Specify for Your Offshore Project?
2026/06/30Duplex 2205 vs 2507: Which Super Duplex Stainless Steel Pipe Fitting Should You Specify for Your Offshore Project? Selecting the right material for offshore pipe fittings is not a decision you can second-guess once the platform is operating and seawa...
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Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) in Sour Service: Why Standard Duplex May Not Be Enough for High H₂S Wells
2026/06/29When 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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Blockchain for Traceability: Ensuring Authenticity of Hastelloy and Duplex Steel Pipes
2026/06/29Blockchain 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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Offshore Topside Weight Reduction: The Case for High-Strength Duplex vs. Standard Stainless Pipes
2026/06/25Offshore 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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Navigating Export Controls on High-Performance Nickel Alloys: Compliance for International Projects
2026/06/25Navigating 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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Managing Obsolescence: Sourcing Replacement Pipe Fittings for Legacy Process Plants
2026/06/23Managing 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
2026/06/23Fire-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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Threading and Grooving Nickel Alloy Pipes: Overcoming Work Hardening and Tool Wear in Field Conditions
2026/06/22Threading and Grooving Nickel Alloy Pipes: Overcoming Work Hardening and Tool Wear in Field Conditions You’re in the field. The pipe is Hastelloy C276, 4-inch Sch 40S. The drawing calls for a threaded end to connect to a valve. Your crew sets u...
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Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) in Nickel Alloy Pipe Fittings: What Sour Service Conditions Mean for Your Material Choice
2026/06/22Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) in Nickel Alloy Pipe Fittings: What Sour Service Conditions Mean for Your Material Choice When we talk about sour service (wet H₂S), most engineers immediately think of carbon steel and its well-known failure modes: hy...
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Global First! China's 8-Stand Stainless Steel Mill (Jieyang) Boosts Supply for High-End Pipe Fittings Manufacturing
2026/06/17An advanced stainless steel mill in Jieyang, Guangdong province, featuring continuous rolling technology A Leap Forward in Industrial Manufacturing JIEYANG, Guangdong—China's industrial manufacturing sector has reached a significant milest...
