Inferior Chinese steel for Canadian LNG, and forged certs
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Inferior Chinese steel for Canadian LNG.
I’m old enough to remember when international oil companies used to *ban* steel from China, due to fake Duplex Stainless Steel with fake certs of authenticity, and fake test certs.
Duplex Stainless Steel is a much higher grade than ordinary Carbon Steel, with significantly improved mechanical properties and corrosion resistance.
And multiple times more expensive.
The reason that decades ago ExxonMobil came up with mandatory testing for Duplex Stainless Steel, is that Chinese steel manufacturers repeatedly provided fake certs for low cost Carbon Steel and stated that it was much more expensive Duplex Stainless Steel.
Around 20 years ago, I personally rejected a large shipment of fake cert (forged certification) valves from a China manufacturer, which had greatly inferior steel components.
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“Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has recently promoted an expansive LNG pipeline deal to center the domestic infrastructure development around the concept of “Buy Canadian.”
However, when questioned about the actual construction of the proposal, Carney now admits the developers will determine what resources will be used – and it *will not* be Canadian product.
The unfortunate reason is not complicated.
Canada does not have the industrial capacity to make the heavy components for the LNG expansion pipeline because Canada does not have the ability.
… I would remind readers this inability to manufacture industrial goods is exactly what former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined to President Trump in December 2025 in Mar-a-Lago, when President Trump challenged Trudeau to stop importing Chinese steel and aluminum.
● Canada’s clean energy policy blocks the country from creating heavy industrial components.
… All of the political talking points from Mark Carney are built upon a foundation of lies.
●●● Their national inability is inherent in the Canadian industrial economy, which is created around a climate change agenda that blocks industrial manufacturing. …”