TPI January 2014

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CRC-Evans alliance with China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau

As a major manufacturer of equipment and a supplier of services to the onshore and subsea pipeline industry, CRC- Evans provides pipeline construction equipment, automatic welding systems, managed subsea services, field joint coating, weighting systems and non- destructive testing. Other engineered equipment includes laybarge equipment, conveying systems and concrete weight coating plants. corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas, USA, and offices and facilities in the United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil. The company has

pipeline construction equipment in China.

CRC-Evans Pipeline International has announced an alliance with pipeline contractor China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau (CPP).

“It is an honour for CRC-Evans to partner with CPP, one of the biggest and most capable contractors, in the global construction marketplace,” said Mikhail Blekherov, president of CRC-Evans Onshore East. “Many contractors in China follow CPP’s example regarding construction equipment management, strategically positioning CRC-Evans in equipment business in China and around the globe.” CRC-Evans is also the major automatic welding machine supplier for the recent world’s largest X80 pipelines, both stretching over 4,000km long, from central Asia to the eastern and southern coasts of China. Two further pipeline projects of similar scale are being implemented in the following year or two.

The agreement marks a long-term partnership between the two companies.

With over 30 years of cooperation, CRC-Evans has rented dozens of automatic welding machine spreads and sold ten full spreads of dual torch welding equipment to CPP. CPP constructed over 50 per cent of the pipeline contracted by CNPC, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, within the last year alone. The new strategic partnership between CPP and CRC-Evans positions CRC- Evans as a trustworthy supplier of Using this equipment,

CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc – USA

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