Steel Division

Offshore plates

Applications under the harshest conditions

We deliver high-quality offshore structural steels and thermomechanically rolled shipbuilding plates for drilling platforms, oil platforms and jack-up rigs. These steels are also used in foundations for offshore wind parks and floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs). In addition, we are in a position to produce chords for the feet of jack-up rigs. We supply pre-qualified materials with plate thicknesses of up to 80 mm and CTOD values down to -40 °C for applications in arctic regions (arctic steel). Our thermomechanically rolled offshore plates are characterized by a high degree of toughness and excellent weldability. The low degree of cold cracking and high degree of toughness in the welding seam make it possible for us to guarantee the highest safety standards in welded structures.

Steel grades

pursuant to EN 10225:

S355 MLO toughcore®, S420 MLO toughcore®, S460 MLO toughcore®

S355G5+M, S355G6+M, S355G7+M, S355G8+M, S355G9+M, S355G10+M

S355G2+N, S355G3+N, S355G7+N, S355G8+N

S420G1+M, S420G2+M

S460G1, S420, S460G2+

All TM grades available up to 101.6 mm, available pre-qualified according to Annex E

Compliant with API 2H:

API 2H-50N (normalized up to 100 mm)

Compliant with API 2W:

API 2W-50, API 2W-50T, API 2W-60 (available 101.6 mm pre-qualified according to API RP2Z)

Compliant with API 2 MT1:

API 2 MT1

Dimensions

Plate thickness:

6-130 mm (dependent on steel grade)

Plate width

3,850 mm max. (dependent on thickness and steel grade)

Plate length

18,700 mm max. (dependent on thickness and steel grade)

Unit weight

max. 28,0 t je Einzeltafel

 Prequalified 

We supply offshore plates pre-qualified pursuant to EN10225 in steel grades up to S460G2+M and in plate thicknesses up to 101.6 mm as well as pre-qualified pursuant to API RP2Z in steel grades up to API 2W-60 and in plate thicknesses up to 101.6 mm. For arctic applications, we supply offshore plates in steel grades up to API 2W-60 with guaranteed CTOD values down to -40°C, pre-qualified pursuant to API RP2Z.


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Offshore

Whether in the Gulf of Mexico, in the North Sea or the Arctic, we deliver worldwide high-quality offshore structural steels according to offshore standards EN 10225 (including NORSOK) and API as well as to a variety of other international standards and specifications.

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Offshore

Made for harshest conditions

Whether in the Gulf of Mexico, in the North Sea or the Arctic, our thermomechanically rolled structural steels for the offshore industry are used worldwide. We deliver high-quality offshore structural steels for fixed and floating offshore platforms according to offshore standards EN 10225 (including NORSOK) and API as well as to a variety of other international standards and specifications.

Offshore plates for oil & gas

Our offshore plates for the oil & gas industry are used worldwide under the harshest conditions. Living continuous development of new products to meet more stringent requirements, we are able to provide prequalified arctic steel for extremely low temperatures. Using toughcore® TMCP plates with extreme high toughness, you are able to increase the level of safety for your offshore structure up to 140 mm thickness.

High-quality plates for efficient electric power generation

Larger monopiles require higher unit weights in cylindrical and tapered pipe lengths. We achieve these weights by welding together two to three plates and call the new unit an XL plate. This highly efficient and innovative welding technique utilizes a four-wire submerged arc welding system capable of producing up to 60-ton unit weights. 

These heavy units meet the growing requirements of offshore wind parks.

voestalpine Qualitätsbleche für die effiziente Stromerzeugung

High-strength plates

As structures and machines become larger, the stresses in the components increase. High-strength steels with minimum yield strengths of 700 MPa or even higher up to 1100 MPa are capable of supporting these higher stresses and simultaneously lead to a decrease in the weight of structural members.

Thermomechanically rolled high-strength fine-grained steels combine excellent toughness with a very low carbon content and the low carbon equivalent and for an optimized weldability.

Shipbuilding steel plates

Our shipbuilding steel plates in normal and high-strength grades are used in offshore applications, platform  superstructures and for special ships in the oil and gas industries, such as floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) and even stainless steel clad plates for icebreakers. 

We offer a wide range of dimensions and grades with best workability for ship manufacture, especially for welding: steel grades up to FH 36 and plates up to 140 mm thick and 3,950 mm wide. High-strength shipbuilding plates are certified e.g. by ABS in FQ70 up to 101.6 mm (4").

voestalpine Grobbleche für den Schiffbau

Chords & racks

In addition to supplying heavy plates, heads and cones, we produce specific pressed parts for the offshore industry. In a specially designed production process, we manufacture high-strength hot-formed components called chords for jack-up rigs. Additionally we offer extremely thick plates for gear racks.


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Heavy plates with a fine microstructure to the very core, created for extremely high toughness and the most adverse environments.

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