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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
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.”
Fine Tubes ltd
– UK
Fine Tubes at ADIPEC 2012, on the stand of UAE agent Petro Middle East
