Indigenous Development of E 7018 Welding Consumable for Sour Gas Service Application

The demand for oil from transport and other sectors is expected to grow rapidly during this decade. Availability and production of oil in our country cannot meet the demand pattern and therefore we have to import oil from Middle East and other countries at exorbit ant cost. Bridging the gap by imports between demand and availability takes away major chunk of foreign exchange earned by exports. The international price of oil fluctuate often and any upward revision affects balance of payment severly. Therefore, in order to increase the availability of oil more and more efforts are put in for exploration and extraction of oil from off-shore areas.