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Super duplex tubing from Fine Tubes now available with enhanced strength

Smaller batch capabilities ensure flexibility in the range of volumes we can produce. The ability to manufacture super duplex in non-standard sizes also enables us to meet the very precise requirements of our customers.” Hostile working environ- ments require optimum operating efficiency, excellent strength and corrosion resistant prop- erties and complete product reliability. Super duplex from Fine Tubes is ideal for use across multiple critical applica-

Fine Tubes has announced that specialist metal tubing product, super duplex, is now available. Demonstrated capabilities include high strength and corrosion resistance for demanding applications. The tubing is NORSOK M-650 approved and made to order in specialist non- standard sizes for bespoke orders in the oil and gas and chemical process sectors. This enables it to meet very precise customer specifications, as well as offer high-quality, extremely reliable product performance. The super duplex tubing can be produced with very short lead times and in small batch sizes for optimum versatility. It is available in straight lengths that can be seamless cold redrawn and annealed to suit customer specifications. Typical tubing sizes range from 3mm to 31mm outer diameter in seamless form. Nick Head, tube product manager at Fine Tubes, said: “We have a proven track record of supplying key tubing products like super duplex that meet the strict requirements of the oil & gas and chemical process sectors. PAO Severstal has completed a delivery of large-diameter pipes to Brazil for the first time. The products will be used for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project abroad, the construction of Barcarena LNG. The LDPs have a diameter of 508mm, wall thickness of 12.7mm and length of 11.5 to 11.8m. They were manufactured according to the API 5L PSL2 steel standard of strength category X65M at the Izhorsky Pipe Plant (ITZ, part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division), located at the company’s production site in the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg. This order contained additional requirements for offshore

Super duplex tubes meet the requirements of the oil & gas and chemical process sectors

tions in the oil & gas and chemical pro- cess sectors. These applications include heat exchangers, flow meters, down- hole pressure housings and smart wells, subsea Xmas trees and manifolds, injec- tion and ballast water, and other critical subsea, downhole and offshore oil & gas instrumentation. Operating out of Plymouth in the UK, Fine Tubes manufactures precision metal tubing products in a range of specialist alloys at its highly integrated tubing mill. As well as the chemical process and oil & gas and industrial sectors, tubes produced by Fine Tubes are used in numerous critical applications across many global sectors, including energy, medical, aerospace and defence. Fine Tubes www.finetubes.co.uk Severstal makes first delivery of large-diameter pipes to Brazil for use in liquefied natural gas project

in good stead to build strong, long- term relationships with our international customer base.” For pipe production, Severstal uses its own rolled metal produced at Mill 5000 at the company’s sheet rolling shop located on the same industrial site as ITZ, in the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg. Access to its own raw material base, steel making and rolling production facilities allows Severstal to have full control over product quality at each stage of production and offers flexibility in meeting customer requests. PAO Severstal www.severstal.com

pipelines, which the plant completed successfully. The order was shipped from the port of St. Petersburg to the Brazilian port of Vila do Conde. Maxim Starikov, deputy sales director for the energy sector (Export Markets) at Severstal, commented: “Our customer base is expanding, and Izhora Pipe Plant already has experience supplying large-diameter pipes to South America. Severstal’s vertically integrated structure allows us to quickly meet a customer’s orders, and with the Izhora Pipe Plant located so close to the port of St Petersburg, we are easily able to deliver our products all over the world. These competitive advantages set us

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