TPI July 2014

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Managing director of Wasser Berlin appointed

and worldwide, and was responsible for inland waters and ocean protection.

Dr Fritz Holzwarth has been appointed as the managing director of Wasser Berlin eV. He succeeds Arnd Böhme, who held the post of managing director for many years. From 1991 Dr Holzwarth was at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety (formerly the BMU, as of December 2013 the BMUB), where in 1996 he became head of the water management department. He held numerous senior water management posts at government level, as well as in Europe

Commenting on his appointment, Dr Holzwarth said, “I would like to contribute to the success story of Wasser Berlin International.” Wasser Berlin eV is an umbrella organi- sation with 23 members, including water industry associations and institutions. Wasser Berlin eV – Germany wasser@messe-berlin.de www.wasser-berlin.com Oil and gas industry tech show OGM Tech, a show for suppliers of manufacturing technology, will be held alongside the OSEA biennial trade exhibition for the oil and gas industry, from 2 to 5 December 2014. With over 30,000m 2 of exhibition space and over 27,000 international trade attendees, the association with OSEA will establish OGM Tech as a leading show from the outset. It will also give suppliers of manufacturing technology access to the decisionmakerswithin Asia’s oil and gas community. The event is expected to be of interest to anyone supplying manufacturing and particularly metalworking technology to the oil and gas sector. Overseas Exhibition Services Ltd – UK andrewtodd@oesallworld.com www.oesallworld.com

Dr Fritz Holzwarth is the new managing director of Wasser Berlin

Contract for premium tubular product supply TMK, a supplier of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has signed a long-term contract with Yamal LNG. The contract is effective from 2014 to 2020, with Yamal LNG’s overall demand for premium tubular products during this period estimated at 48,000 tonnes.

“TMK strives to build up strong and lasting relationships with all oil and gas majors in Russia and abroad,” said TMK’s CEO, Alexander Shiryaev. “Signing a contract valid through 2020 with a partner like Yamal LNG is a landmark development for the company. It gives us an opportunity to further improve the efficiency of operational planning and consolidate a mutually beneficial partnership with our customer. Moreover, the trust Yamal LNG has put in us proves that TMK’s premium tubular products meet all the requirements imposed on pipe used in the Far North oil and gas fields.” In a separate development, TMK has shipped large diameter pipes made by its Volzhsky Pipe Plant for the Gazprom- led Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipeline construction. Under the project, TMK shipped approximately 30,000 tonnes of 1,420mm longitudinal welded pipes with three-layer external PE coating and anti-friction inner coating. TMK plans to ship a total of 45,000 tonnes of large diameter pipe to meet Gazprom’s order for the Bovanenkovo- Ukhta gas transit system.

The first pipe shipments under the contract were made in April. This year, TMK is planning to ship to Yamal a total of 12,000 tonnes of cold-resistant casing and tubing pipe with ТМК UP PF, ТМК UP FMT and ТМК UP FMC premium connections, as well as some accessories. The cooperation between the two companies started in 2012, when TMK won Yamal LNG’s tender for the supply of pipe with premium connections. In 2012, approximately 3,000 tonnes of tubular products were shipped to Yamal, while in 2013 TMK supplied Yamal LNG with around 7,000 tonnes of pipe with ТМК UP PF, ТМК UP FMT, ТМК UP FMC and ТМК UP CWB premium connections. Yamal LNG, in which Novatek holds a 60 per cent equity stake, and Total SA and CNPC own 20 per cent each, holds the licence for exploration and production at the South-Tambeyskoye field, northeast of the Yamal Peninsula, Russia.

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

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