TPi March 2013

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ADIPEC generates interest in high performance tubing

Fine Tubes reports that its attendance at the 15 th ADIPEC event in Abu Dhabi in November 2012 generated high interest in the company’s product range of corrosion resistant tubes for the oil and gas industry. Participation in the oil and gas related conference and exhibition was part of the UK tube manufacturer’s plan in developing the Middle East region for exotic alloy tubing after recently establishing a network of partnering agents in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Sultanate of Oman, in addition to its long- term partner, Petro Middle East, in the UAE. With over 1,500 exhibitors and 45,000 visitors, the ADIPEC exhibition provided a high number of visitors to the Fine Tubes booth, represented on the stand of Petro Middle East, an ADNOC approved company and agent for Fine Tubes for over ten years in the UAE. Nick Head, business development executive at Fine Tubes, commented, “The meetings at the show indicated strong interest in stainless steel 904L, 6Moly and nickel alloy tubing matching our expertise in manufacturing these specialist corrosion resistant products. “Particularly noticeable is the trend in moving from away from standard 316L type grades towards better performing alloys. Our discussions showed that 316L is still widely specified but the number of projects and applications where other grades are being used are clearly increasing. “The industry seems to come to terms with the fact that costs for re-fitting corroded instrumentation systems when combined with loss due to production down times now make ‘fit and forget’ tube systems in higher corrosion- resistant alloys a much more cost- effective solution in the longer term. The investment in higher performance alloys will certainly pay off.” Fine Tubes Ltd manufactures high specification tubes

Fine Tubes at ADIPEC 2012, on the stand of UAE agent Petro Middle East

in stainless steel, super-austenitic, duplex, nickel and titanium alloys for various mission critical applications in hostile sour well, subsea or downhole marine environments. The tube mill regularly supplies precision tubing in stainless steels 904L (UNS N08904) and 6Moly (UNS S31254), as well as nickel alloy 625 (UNS N06625) and alloy 825 (UNS N08825) for global offshore and onshore projects. “Despite the majority of drilling projects being onshore in the Middle East, the number of offshore developments are increasing,” commented Ryan Dover, responsible for oil and gas upstream projects at Fine Tubes. “This means much deeper, more hostile and corrosive environments, which again drives the demand for higher corrosion-resistant tubing because stainless steels just would not last in these hostile corrosive conditions.”

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