April 2, 2003
New Development of High Strength Pipeline Technology
A special symposium on High Performance Materials in Offshore Industry (HMOI) is organized as part of The Thirteenth (2003) Annual International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2003) with 89 sessions at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, May 25-29.
This 3-session symposium highlights emerging materials technologies for oil and gas production and transportation. Leading researchers from around the world representing ExxonMobil, Nippon Steel, Europipe, POSCO, Sumitomo Metals, and JFE Holdings (Kawasaki and NKK) are slated to present their work at this symposium.
A special session in the symposium is devoted to the new development of High Strength Pipeline Technology. This session focuses on the science and technology of the recently developed X-100 and X-120 high-strength steels for linepipe. Papers address the metallurgical science, advanced manufacturing and welding science and technologies relating to these high-strength steel linepipe production and use. Pipeline design and large component and full-scale testing including ring expansion, burst and crack arrest tests will also be presented. The economics of the high strength pipelines will also be discussed. The symposium is expected to provide a major forum to advance the High Strength Pipeline technology by bringing together representatives from steel companies, oil and gas industries, welding institutes and regulatory bodies.
Visit www.isope.org for the paper list, symposium program and other details.