9:45 AM
Welcome from Conference Chairman, Dr Talal Al Nabhani, Material and Integrity Manager, Petroleum Development Oman
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Keynote 1: Structural duplex steel - a solution for modern infrastructure challenges
Nancy Baddoo, Associate Director, Structural Design Institute
Location: Conference Room 1
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Keynote 2: Building resilient maintenance supply chains with digital inventory and on-demand manufacturing.
Martin Andersson, Chief Operating Officer, Fieldnode AS
Location: Conference Room 1
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
COFFEE BREAK
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
SESSION: Corrosion
Moderator: Dirk Engelberg
This session examines how duplex and super duplex stainless steels perform in harsh chloride-rich environments, from high-salinity water to marine exposure. Speakers will present new insights into crevice and pitting corrosion behaviour, linking lab data and field results to real-world material selection and application.
• Crevice corrosion resistance of 25Cr super duplex stainless steel in high salinity produced water
Vegard Bakkene Aasen, Equinor
• Duplex stainless steel in the marine environment: from field exposure test to application
Mia Liimatainen, Outokumpu
• Pitting corrosion resistance of as-delivered surface duplex 2205
Florent Krajcarz, Aperam
CONFERENCE ROOM 2
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
SESSION: Duplex applications
Moderator: Rodney Rice
Explore the practical realities of deploying duplex stainless steels in demanding industrial environments, from oil & gas to chemical processing. This session considers specification challenges and performance limitations before considering how newer alloy concepts aim to extend service life and reduce maintenance burdens.
• The challenges of specifying duplex stainless steels in the oil & gas industry
Ahmed Al Yahyaai, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
• Limitations of duplex stainless steels in the process industry
Jonas Howing, Alleima
• Duplex reimagined: Nikopolium NP 2205 and NP 2507
Andrii Balev, Centravis
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Securing cost-effective testing requirements
An interactive discussion of the most common quality requirements for duplex materials and welding.
Panellists:
• Mark van den Broek, Fluor
• Hans Martin Jahren, Equinor
• John Houben, ExxonMobil
An interactive discussion of the most common quality requirements for duplex materials and welding. Quality and cost go hand in hand, but are standards always critical, or should they sometimes be re-evaluated to simplify technical specifications?
The session will start with a short presentation by Nitin Bajpai, Fluor
Topics covered will include:
• Key requirements from common standards and practices.
• The rationale for requirements that are poorly understood.
• Impact of choice on cost and schedule to compliance.
• When to apply or exclude specific requirements.
• Welding processes and consumable selection.
• Implications of forming and heat treatment of components.
CONFERENCE ROOM 2
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
SESSION: Performance optimisation of welded duplex
Moderator: Raymond Cordewener
Focusing on welding super duplex stainless steels, this session examines how process variables, from wire chemistry and GTAW/TIPTIG parameters to shielding and backing gas composition, shape weld metal and root microstructures. Presenters will link these microstructural shifts to corrosion performance, including efforts to surpass PREN 42 and boost pitting resistance in demanding service environments.
• Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of GTAW - TIPTIG welded super duplex stainless steel
Dirk Engelberg
• Optimisation of ZERON 100X weld wire to enhance pitting resistance
Dr Glenn Byrne
• Backing gas composition effects during TIG welding of DX2507
Jerome Bridel
• Weld microstructure using novel waveform-gas combo
Andres Acuna
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
COFFEE BREAK
CONFERENCE ROOM 1
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
SESSION: Fabrication and manufacturing processes
Moderator: Kasra Sotoudeh
This session focuses on how fabrication and downstream processing influence the performance of duplex and superduplex, from forming behaviour to surface damage and hydrogen exposure. Presenters will highlight advances in servo-press formability, strain-based methods for assessing hydrogen embrittlement , and how local grinding can alter properties in cold-hardened tubing.
• Formability improvement of lean duplex using servo press
Takuya Sakuraba
• Strain-based hydrogen embrittlement evaluation
Kasra Sotoudeh
• Local surface grinding effects on hardened tubing
Beatriz Calleja
CONFERENCE ROOM 2
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM
SESSION: Duplex microstructures
Moderator: Jacko Aerts
This session examines how phase balance, thermal history, and weld metallurgy shape the microstructure of duplex and super duplex stainless steels, and ultimately their corrosion and mechanical performance. Case studies will cover unusual metallographic observations in welds, isothermal annealing effects in cast S32760, and how austenite stability drives ferrite texture development in sheet products.
• Duplex welds under the microscope
Elin M. Westin
• Austenite phase stability and ferrite texture
Ryosuke Hayashi
• Isothermal annealing effects in S32760 cast SDSS
S. Sehar et al., University of Padua
6:00 PM
NETWORKING RECEPTION
