Oil and gas industry - Import export

Superior Tube supplies a whole range of products to the oil and gas sector, and it’s one of our most important markets. You’ll find our high performance tubes successfully used in some of the most aggressive subsea and downhole conditions thanks to our proven track record in meeting the strict quality requirements of the oil, gas and geothermal energy industries. Improving technology has extended the range of ways in which oil and gas fields can be exploited, and increasingly projects require the use of long, continuous lengths of stainless steel control lines. These are employed in a variety of applications including hydraulic controls, instrumentation, chemical injection, umbilicals and flowline control. Fine Tubes supplies products for all of these applications, and more, lowering operating costs and improved recovery methods for our customers. Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.

Major players in the oil and gas extraction industries rely on Fine Tubes for corrosion resistant tubing to protect their control systems and instrumentation. Custom-Made for Corrosive Oil and Gas Environments Thousands of metres beneath the surface of the sea, our high-quality tubes are deployed in control units for hydraulic pumps, measuring devices, subsea manifolds, and templates. Onshore applications include control panels and topside processing facilities. Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.

Our weld wire sheathing material is used in both flux cored wire and metal cored welding wire processes. The wire sheathing is formed into a tubular product by our customers and the center of the tube contains the ‘fill’ (flux, metal powders, etc) to bring the wire to the desired chemistry. The finished wire is used across a wide breadth of industries in processes such as: Submerged Arc Welding (SMAW) Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Wire Arc Thermal Spray Flux cored welding wire producers use our metal sheathing materials to prepare finished wire for thermal spray and in surfacing applications, in high temperature and corrosive environments. Cobalt Our Ductile Cobalt Alloys are used to produce wire to hardface applications in the construction, mining, and oil and gas industry. Our proprietary process allows us to offer high Cobalt containing products (91% Cobalt or more) while maintaining a highly ductile strip for wire forming.

Customers in aerospace, oil and gas, chemical processing and other industries all rely on Superior Tube to supply precision thin wall tubing which they use to make bellows and convoluted tubing for a variety of applications. Our convoluting grade tubes are made from several alloys such as Inconel 625 and stainless steel 321. The tubes are then hydro or mechanically formed into flexible hoses, which are often used to transport fluids and gases in various industries. Superior currently produces bellows and convoluting grade tubing from 1.0” in outside diameter down to under .250” OD with wall thickness as light as .003”. If you have demand within or outside of this range, please contact us so we can provide a solution. Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.

Grade 316 is the standard molybdenum-bearing grade, second inoverall volume production to 304 amongst the austenitic stainless steels. The molybdenum gives 316 better overall corrosion resistant properties than Grade 304, particularly higher resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion in chloride environments. Grade 316L, the low carbon version of 316 and has very high immunity from sensitization (grain boundary carbide precipitation). It is extensivly used in the oil and gas and chemical industries for its cost effective corrosion resistance and ease of fabrication. There is commonly no appreciable price difference between 316 and 316L stainless steel. The austenitic structure also gives these grades excellent toughness, even down to cryogenic temperatures. Compared to chromium-nickel austenitic stainless steels, 316L stainless steel offers higher creep, stress to rupture and tensile strength at elevated temperatures. Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.

Grade 316 is the standard molybdenum-bearing grade, second in overall volume production to 304 amongst the austenitic stainless steels. The molybdenum gives 316 better overall corrosion resistant properties than Grade 304, particularly higher resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion in chloride environments. Grade 316L, the low carbon version of 316 and has very high immunity from sensitization (grain boundary carbide precipitation). It is extensively used in the oil and gas and chemical industries for its cost effective corrosion resistance and ease of fabrication. There is commonly no appreciable price difference between 316 and 316L stainless steel. The austenitic structure also gives these grades excellent toughness, even down to cryogenic temperatures. Compared to chromium-nickel austenitic stainless steels, 316L stainless steel offers higher creep, stress to rupture and tensile strength at elevated temperatures. Please note that we have a minimum order value of £10,000.