An API 5L pipe is manufactured by adhering to the specifications laid down by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3183. It standardizes the criteria for the materials, equipment, and offshore structures for the petrochemical, petroleum, and natural gas industries. PSL 1 and PSL 2 are the two Product Specification Levels that have been recognized […]
What are the Types Of API 5L Pipes? When authoring the standards, the technical committee recognized that there are two basic Product Specifications Levels (PSL) of technical requirements and therefore developed PSL 1 and PSL 2. API 5L PSL1 Standards : PSL-1 is a loose standard quality for line pipe. PSL 1 Pipes are used […]
Stainless Steel Pipes: Stainless steel is a versatile material comprised of a steel alloy and a small percentage of chromium—the addition of chromium adds to the material’s corrosion resistance, a trait that earned stainless steel its name. Because stainless steel is also low-maintenance, oxidation resistant, and doesn’t affect other metals it comes in contact with, […]
API 5L Pipes: API 5L Pipes are one of the main classifications of pipes. Let’s take a brief look at how they’re manufactured, Composition, Applications as well as some of the potential benefits they present. What are API 5L Pipes? API Stands for American Petroleum Institute, In General the API 5L specification provides standards for pipe […]
THIS ARTICLE MAKES AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND CARBON STEEL AND ITS DIFFERENT TYPES: Carbon steel is steel in which the main interstitial alloying constituent is carbon in the range of 0.12–2.0%. The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) definition says: Steel is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or required […]
1.Another new Russia – China pipeline In the wake of the $400bn deal Russia signed this May to sell its gas to China through the under-construction Power of Siberia pipeline, a second November agreement between the two countries may have not made quite as many headlines as it should. The new contract will see Gazprom […]
OSLO—The International Energy Agency’s executive director said Monday that global oil and gas investments were expected to drop in 2015 and 2016, marking the first two-year spending decline in decades, and he warned of the long-term impact on supply. “We have never seen this in the last 30 years, two consecutive years of investment decline,” […]
US has filed an anti dumping lawsuit against Oman , United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam for selling steel pipes below the fair price. The US steel pipe makers, which lodged a complaint against dumping, are Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, Wheatland Tube Company and Western Tube and Conduit . The investigation would be […]
Looking for an EN10204, 3.2 Certification? EN10204 is a Euronorm (issued by the European Community) specification that describes different types of material test reports and certifications. The standard contains no requirements relative to actual material requirements. The most common reference is to a 3.1 type certification (3.1 is the paragraph number within EN10204 that describes […]
Major U.S Companies dealing in manufacture , supply and export of Steel Pipes has urged the regulators in U.S to apply anti-dumping duties on welded stainless pressure pipes imported from India. Increasing Imports of Welded stainless pressure pipe from India at price lower than U.S markets from past three years is turning out to be […]
