TPi January 2012

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Gedik Welding’s presentation at Pipetech 2011

Pipes with premium connections TMK has shipped casing with TMK PF premium connections to Daewoo Energy Central Asia. The product is intended for use in an exploratory drilling programme in Uzbekistan, which is being conducted by Daewoo Energy Central Asia, a subsidiary of Daewoo International. TMK has also run a string consisting of 276 casing pipes with TMK FMC premium connections in a well at Gazprom Neft’s South Priobskoye field. The South Priobskoye field is one of Gazprom Neft’s largest and most promising, and its reserves are estimated at 1.2bn tonnes of hydrocarbons.

Welding at Pipetech 2011 At Pipetech 2011, the 3 rd International Pipe and Pipeline Conference and Industry Fair, Gedik Welding shared advances in pipe and pipeline welding science and technology, while exhibiting GeKa brand welding products used in gas and oil pipelines.

Following the presentation, the stand of AHB – the representative of Gedik Welding in Iran – attracted many visitors. The Gedik team conducted numerous technical visits to Iranian pipe producer companies’ production facilities upon the requests. During the discussions at the stand, views were exchanged on the existing and new oil and gas transmission pipelines and their steel types and welds. The company has also provided information regarding submerged arc welding (SAW) wire and fluxes for fabrication of pipelines where various pipe mills are currently using these products.

CEO of Gedik Welding Dr Mustafa Koçak made a presentation titled, “Assessment of Structural Integrity of Welded Oil & Gas Pipelines: Trends and Challenges” on the second day of the conference and informed the audience about how to make structural integrity analysis calculations in the case of a crack or other damages in pipelines. He also emphasised how crucial it is to analyse X80 type steel pipes, and introduced GeKa products, which can be used while welding these materials.

TMK – Russia tmk@tmk-group.com www.tmk-group.com

Gedik Welding – Turkey gedik@gedik.com.tr www.gedikwelding.com

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