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The 12th annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table was published on Sunday 21st February 2021 and Special Piping Materials was honoured to be included in this prestigious group of companies. Ranked at Number 68, we were described as: ‘This Manchester company distributes duplex and stainless steel pipes and fittings ... Read More

The petrochemical industry is worth billions and spans the entire world. The chemicals themselves are obtained from petroleum or natural gas but how are petrochemicals processed? It is a process that can take many months, with many diverse systems required to derive the various different petrochemicals that are used across ... Read More

Here is Special Piping Materials’ round up of some of the energy predictions for 2021. Thanks to COVID-19, 2020 was one of the most chaotic years on record for the energy industry. It is hoped that as vaccines are unveiled across the world, the energy industry will soon see demand ... Read More

The oil and gas supply chain spans the globe and can be viewed as a worldwide entity. The oil and gas supply chain relies on hundreds of companies working together, ensuring that the processes are coordinated, and timeframes are adhered to. As an overall process, it can take years to ... Read More

Michael Harrison has worked with Special Piping Materials for five years, working in the sales team in the Perth office in Western Australia. He has spent more than 16 years working in the piping industry and is very knowledgeable about the industry, the various material grades and their applications. Michael ... Read More

There has recently been a flurry of news from the North Sea and therefore we thought it was prudent to give an update on our blog. The North Sea is a vital part of the global oil & gas industry, and as a UK-headquartered business, Special Piping Materials has been ... Read More

The process of desalination has changed the way the world drinks water, especially in places where freshwater in scarce. Although water covers approximately 70 percent of the world’s surface, 97 percent of that is far too salty to drink. This means that water scarcity is the reality for many people ... Read More

The 46th President of the United States has now been officially called and Joe Biden’s inauguration is expected to take place in January 2021. There has been a lot of talk within the US Oil Industry about Biden’s policies and our Special Piping Materials office in Houston, Texas has been watching the ... Read More

It’s time for the next interview with one of our team members, and this time it is Danielle Iball from Special Piping Materials Manchester who is in the spotlight! Danielle is the newest member of the sales team in our Manchester office and has made a great contribution to the ... Read More

Offshore oil and gas production structures are essential in order to support oil and gas exploration and processing. Offshore oil and gas vessels are used for a multitude of purposes such as the transportation of drilling units, maintenance and drilling. When an offshore site is in its infancy, temporary offshore ... Read More

Singapore’s energy sector has been a fascinating one to watch over the past 50 years. When this sovereign island city-state became independent in 1965, its transformation began. Over the past 50 or so years we have seen Singapore’s energy industry develop exponentially. They have moved from oil to natural gas ... Read More

COVID-19 can certainly be described as the defining feature of 2020. It’s affected life in ways we didn’t realise were possible and every business and industry has had to adapt in some way. Here are our Covid updates.   As a supplier of pipes fittings and flanges to the oil and ... Read More