News - September 2010

Several welding procedure qualifications in grade API 5L X70 pipe.

Allseas Engineering B.V. Nord Stream project, Baltic Sea, www.allseas.com

Last week, at machinefactory Schaap in Hardinxveld (NL), a large number of qualifications are welded pipe API 5L Grade X70. The welding procedures are intended for the Nord Stream project in the Baltic Sea, where a pipeline currently being laid by Allseas "Solitaire" between Russia and Europe.








Allseas pipelay vessel “Solitaire”        One of the “stick welders”in action