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Superior Tube provides heat exchanger tubing to Tema India

Collegeville, Pa.-based Superior Tube, a manufacturer of precision metal tubing for safety-critical applications, has been awarded a contract from Tema India Ltd. to supply heat exchanger tubing for a new floating production storage and offloading vessel.

The vessel is among several commissioned by Brazilian energy provider Petrobras as part of its project to develop the oil reserves in the pre-salt fields in the Santos basin off the Brazilian coast. For the vessel’s heat exchangers, Superior Tube will provide almost 23 miles of seamless INCONEL® 625 alloy tubing.

The tubing will undergo a rigorous testing process in order to meet high-quality requirements. It must have a very low wall thickness-to-diameter ratio of 0.07 to 0.08.