Application of nickel alloys in Oil & Gas

Nickel-containing materials are now being widely used to meet the demanding conditions of the oil and gas industries and power generation, including renewable energy.

The oil is excavated from thousands of meters deep underground, where there is abnormally high temperature and pressure. Though oil itself is not corrosive, its production takes place in highly-corrosive environments. Nickel-containing alloys are essential for providing the long-term corrosion resistance needed in many components exposed to oil and gas production environments. Common components relying on nickel-containing alloys include downhole tubing and safety critical elements, wellhead and Christmas tree components and valves, pipelines, piping, vessels and heat exchangers.

In addition, the environment in some oil fields is very harsh, which can cause severe corrosion to metals. Lork group provides high-performance nickel alloy raw materials with excellent high-temperature corrosion resistance and high-temperature stress resistance.

Petrochemical products have created a demand for materials that resist the synthesis in Fischer-Tropsch reactors and associated equipment, so Incoloy alloy and Inconel alloys are predominant in technologies that capture and convert coal, gas and biomass into fuel.