The American Petroleum Institute (API) announced earlier this month the publication of the 47th edition of API Specification ...

A failure analysis of API X52 steel pipeline was conducted. The investigation included complete material characterizations using tensile and hardness testing, optical microscope, SEM, and EDS. The ...

Orbital friction stir welding (FSW) has been applied to clad pipes, which is certainly of interest to the oil and gas industry. In this context, an FSW system capable of performing sound joints in one ...