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The seamless pipes featured in issues 4 and 5 are just one of Sumitomo Metals' many contributions to the world. This latest episode involves the SM-125S (high-strength low-alloy corrosion resistant oil country tubular goods) project, and the efforts of the project members. The SM-125S project centres around the Wakayama Steel Works, which served as a debate forum, as well as the core development and manufacturing site. We spoke to Masakatsu Ueda, who managed the project members, and Tomohiko Omura, one of the R&D staffers.
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September 2004, at EuroCorr2004, the meeting of the European Corrosion Congress is in full swing. Omura, a supervising researcher with the Corporate Research & Development Laboratories, made an impressive presentation produced jointly with BP and Statoil about the research being carried out under the project. So impressive was the presentation that it earned Omura the honour of the Best Young Lecturer Prize (awarded to the best presenter under 35 y.o.) at the Oil & Gas Production Session. Rock-steady manager Ueda, though, refused to get excited about the award; such was his conviction that the technology it unveiled had a major impact on the industry, he deemed the award "predictable".
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| Welcome to Sumitomo Metals Times, the online magazine that keeps you up to date with all the latest and greatest from Sumitomo Metals through tales about our hard-working staff. In this issue, we take a look at the development and application of the world best seamless pipes. The project was the subject of worldwide praise, and featured numerous collaborations, such as between mill and research lab and between Japan and the rest of the world, as well as an enormous challenge to make the impossible possible. Read on to find out what the technicians in the working group thought of it. |
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