Featured Story

Our Featured Story archive is a collection of the Featured Story’s which have been published in our magazine and taken pride of place as the ‘unique feature article’ on our Stainless Steel World Americas home page. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, reports from major end users and features projects in a variety of industries ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to the architecture, power generation, medical and food and beverage industries.

A Materials & Corrosion Engineer’s perspective on stainless steel and corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs):...

On a trip to Houston, Texas, Stainless Steel World Americas had the pleasure of sitting down with E²G’s Group Head and Principal Engineer, Mr. Ken Kirkham who has 37 years of experience as a Materials and Corrosion Engineer in the petrochemical, refining and oil and gas industries. He told us about his broad range of expertise including materials selection, process, corrosion and metallurgy. By Candace Allison

Bringing an end-user perspective to an EPC firm: An interview with Glen Beal, Piping...

After spending 30 years working as an end-user doing specifications and engineering focused work, Glen Beal took a change of direction and began working for EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) companies. With a vast amount of knowledge about the industry, Glen has taken the time to speak with Stainless Steel World Americas about his new role as Piping Engineering Section Manager. By Sarah Bradley

Knowledge sharing is key: An interview with Dow’s Leading Materials Expert David Barber

In addition to his role as Global Improvement Leader Materials Engineering Discipline at Dow, the world’s largest chemical company, David Barber has taken on the challenge of Chairing Duplex World 2018. With a wealth of hands-on metallurgical experience built up over nearly 30 years, David is as at ease solving corrosion issues on-site as he is fielding questions on specifications and lifecycle costs. By Joanne McIntyre

Subsea Pumps: A control system advisor explains the importance of material selection for a...

Stainless Steel World Americas’ sister publication Pump Engineer recently had the chance to sit down with Mr. Baha Tanju, the Senior Advisor of Subsea Control Systems at Chevron Energy Technology Company to discuss his role of protecting the pumps used in offshore hydrocarbon production. He also shared his thoughts on what he believes the future holds for the subsea pumping industry. By Sarah Schroer

Working with stainless steels and corrosion resistant alloys in the subsea, offshore, and onshore...

FMC Technologies and Technip came together in January 2017 to form TechnipFMC, a company dedicated to improving the performance of the world’s energy industry. A global leader in oil and gas projects, technologies, systems, and services, TechnipFMC is divided into three business segments: subsea, onshore/ offshore, and surface. The company employs more than 40,000 people across 48 countries. Stainless Steel World Americas spoke with Dr. Qiang Zeng, a Materials Expert at TechnipFMC.

Acceptable risk: A discussion with John-Paul Schmidt, Piping Stress Leader at Dow Chemical

Stainless Steel World Americas had the pleasure of speaking to John-Paul Schmidt, Piping Stress Leader at Dow Chemical, about working with clients to design projects, calculating risk, common challenges with equipment, as well as the best and most challenging aspects of the job.

Corrosion expert looks back on 30 years at Shell

For many in the international stainless steel and corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) industry, Dr. Sytze Huizinga is a familiar face and expert speaker at important industry events around the world. With his retirement having taken place at the end of 2015, Sytze took time to look back on a rich and fulfilling career and reflect on some of the changes he has seen. Written by Candace Allison & Joanne McIntyre

Electromechanical cables in the oil and gas industry

Electromechanical (wireline) cables are not components that receive a lot of attention in the oil and gas industry, yet they provide an essential link between the surface and the wellbore in both onshore and offshore wells. Mr. Dustin Dunning from Camesa explained some of the challenges that these highly specialized cables must overcome. Dustin Dunning believes that “EMC is a very niche piece of technology which tends to be overlooked.” Written by Joanne McIntyre

Developing strong working relationships in the refining industry

Phillips 66 is one of America’s fastest growing energy manufacturing and logistics companies, specializing in midstream, chemicals, refining and marketing and specialties. Operating under the corporate principles of safety, honor and commitment, Phillips 66 operates 13 refineries, nearly 50 storage terminals and thousands of miles of pipelines. We spoke with Greg Ardoin, Category Manager—General Maintenance Supplies, Projects & Procurement for Phillips 66.

Welding Stainless Steels and Corrosion Resistant Alloys: An Interview with Lincoln Electric’s Mike Barrett

Lincoln Electric is the global manufacturer of welding, cutting and joining products on today’s market. Stainless Steel World Americas travelled to the company’s headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio to speak with Mike Barrett, the stainless, nickel and cobalt expert from the Application Engineering Department. He shared with us his experience working with stainless steels and other corrosion resistant alloys.