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About the cover: toplift of the new coker at Syncrude

Messages

President’s Message 
Message du président 

Executive Director’s Message 
Message du directeur exécutif 

Features

No Two Welds Alike…Syncrude's Many Challenges at Fort McMurray 
Il n’y a pas deux soudures d’identiques…Nombreux défis rencontrés par Syncrude à Fort McMurray 

New Technology Speeds Oil Sands Pipe Welding 
Une nouvelle technologie accélère le soudage des pipelines de sables bitumineux

Development of a Sour Gas Wellhead Welding Procedure 
Élaboration d’un procédé de soudage de tête de puits de gaz corrosif 

Canadian Welding Bureau News 

New Standards in Steel Welding 

Nouvelles normes concernant l’acier 

First Made-in-Canada International Welding Qualifications Granted 

An IIW Compendium for Residual Stress Distributions:
Pipe and Vessel Girth Welds 

Flare Groove Welds to HSS Corners (pdf)

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