TPT March 2013

Industry News

Straight seam welding pipe DALIAN Sage Group and Krakatau Steel Group have signed a contract for a SG/508 HF straight seam welding pipe line. The chairman and board members of Krakatau Steel Group and PT KHI Pipe Industries, chairman and vice chairman of Dalian Sage Group, and the Counselor of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Embassy in Indonesia attended the contract signing ceremony. Krakatau Steel Group is a state-owned iron and steel enterprise in Indonesia, and has a pivotal position in the national economy. The bidding process for SG/508 welding pipe line lasted for one year, and included eight competitor firms. Dalian Sage Group stated that the winning of the bid has particular significance, as it indicates that Sage Forming (SGF), with Chinese independent intellectual property rights and innovative forming method, has been recognised by the international market. The SG/508 HF welding pipe line will be put into operation in August 2014, and will become the largest diameter, thickest wall, highest steel grade ERW producing line in Indonesia after completion.

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Dalian Sage Group – China Fax: +86 411 39318111 Email: sage@csage.com Website: www.csage.com Technology award

CLAMPON has had the honour of using the Spotlight on New Technology logo since receiving an award last year. The company received the award for its development of the ClampOn Subsea Corrosion-Erosion Monitor (Subsea CEM), a project realised with the support of BP and Innovation Norway. The technology used in the Subsea CEM enables operators to monitor the rate of erosion or corrosion in their pipelines. The instrument includes up to 32 ultrasonic transducers installed on the outside of a section of pipe up to two metres long. The transducers ‘talk’ to each other and the ultrasonic signals passing between them change as the pipe wall thickness reduces. ClampOn states that it is presently the only manufacturer that can offer technology that can measure erosion or corrosion on the pipe itself in water depths of up to 3,000m, although it expects competing systems to enter the market at some point.

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ClampOn AS – Norway Fax: +47 5594 8855 Email: mail@clampon.com Website: www.clampon.com

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