Industry news, standards explainers and field notes from the world of industrial piping — read from our Tuas shop floor.
Developers plan to bring roughly 44.9 Bcf/d of new pipeline capacity online across 2026–2027 — the largest single-year buildout in over fifteen years. For fabricators in Singapore and the region it reads as a demand signal: when North American spool shops fill up, large-diameter and alloy work increasingly moves to Asian yards with spare certified capacity.
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Billions of cubic feet of Permian gas are being routed toward new LNG export terminals in 2026, compressing schedules right across the global fabrication supply chain — the same squeeze our Tuas shop sees whenever Bintulu, Kerteh or Jurong Island turnarounds land in the same quarter.
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As AI workloads push hyperscalers toward liquid cooling, demand for corrosion-resistant stainless headers and quick-connect distribution piping is climbing fast. Singapore and Johor sit at the centre of that buildout, and stainless header packages are now a steady line in our shop schedule.
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One of North America's largest energy-infrastructure programs is entering early execution — a useful barometer for South East Asian fabricators, since cryogenic LNG scopes of this size set the pace for alloy pricing, welder availability and cryogenic qualification worldwide.
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The 2026 B31 and BPVC Section IX revisions expand material-qualification requirements and demand stricter documentation — a timely reminder that a welder idle on a given process for six months must requalify before returning to the job.
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With the global skilled-welder gap now estimated near 400,000, shops are pairing seasoned welders with robotic and orbital systems that can almost double output. Singapore's tight manpower market makes the same maths compelling here — automation as a workforce multiplier, not a replacement.
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International pilots are pushing hydrogen blends up toward 20% in existing gas lines, and Singapore's own low-carbon hydrogen roadmap points the same way — putting hydrogen-induced cracking and material compatibility firmly on every regional fabricator's radar.
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Rising energy demand, LNG expansion and advanced welding technologies are set to grow the market from about $28.6B in 2026 to $43.6B by 2035 — with Asia-Pacific, led by Malaysian and Indonesian gas infrastructure, named among the fastest-growing regions.
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Singapore's construction sector has struggled to meet demand and deadlines amid a manpower crunch — but firms are slowly catching up as the market recovers, and shop-loaded fabrication is one of the levers doing the work.
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MOM is urging smaller construction firms and projects to lift workplace safety standards — a priority RhineCrest takes seriously on every Singapore and regional site we mobilise to.
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Malaysia's state energy company reported a fire on the Sabah–Sarawak Gas Pipeline near Lawas — a reminder of why pipeline integrity, weld documentation and inspection matter on every kilometre we fabricate for.
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Moving welding off the critical path and into a controlled shop environment is one of the most reliable ways to de-risk a piping installation. Here's how spooling works.
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Power piping and process piping look similar but follow different rules. Understanding which code applies shapes everything from weld procedures to heat treatment.
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