TPT November 2010

O shore gas production platform | Joseph Osta | Product Manager | The Indonesian archipelago

Can your tubes

handle pressures of 2,000 psi ?

When a major oil company decided to design an o shore gas production platform o the coast of Indonesia, their engineering team turned to Sandvik. The question was whether to use Sandvik SAF 2507 ® , a super-duplex grade, or SS904L (also known as UNS S08904), a lower grade, for the platform’s instrumentation tubes. With analysis provided by Sandvik engineers, the team chose Sandvik SAF 2507, a material that allowed operating pressure to reach up to 2,000 psi, 50% higher performance than that of SS904L. Moreover, the lighter and thinner tube walls of Sandvik SAF 2507 reduced installation costs and overall weight. And leak-proof fittings in Sandvik SAF 2507 eliminated welding operations. Sandvik’s pioneering super-duplex tubes also provided more resistance to crevice corrosion, pitting and chloride stress corrosion cracking – a more robust grade for marine environments that generated further savings for the oil company.

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