TPI July 2012

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Pipeline performance coatings Plascoat ® , a specialist in thermoplastic powder coatings, has begun production of a range of high performance coatings for oil and gas pipelines. 1. The technology includes materials that can be used on high temperature pipelines.

pipeline operators to heat the oil up in order to enable faster flow rates down the pipe and you need a coating system that can cope with a very wide range of temperatures from -70°C to hot pipe temperatures.” The Plascoat range of pipeline performance coatings are also said to be easier to apply than traditional systems. The materials are engineered to be applied directly onto fusion bonded epoxy or even onto a steel substrate with no need for a separate tie (adhesive) layer. “A really useful feature of our product range is that it can be applied by flame spray, sinter or flock spray,” continued Mr Gribby, “allowing the same coating to be used on field joints, pipe bends and valves.”

“With more oil being extracted from remote and inhospitable regions it is essential to choose high performance pipeline coatings,” said market manager Mick Gribby. “Add to that the trend for

The coatings have been designed and engineered to meet the strict requirements of oil and gas specifications such as ISO 21809 part

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660mm diameter oil pipe coated in PE10, applied by a sintering process Super-chrome steel seamless pipe with premium connections

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positive assessment from the gas monopoly.

TMK, a producer of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has started production of casing made of super- chrome steel. The pipes, manufactured for Gazprom, are threaded with TMK GF premium connections. Pipes made from 13-Chrome steel have mechanical characteristics that allow them to be used in a variety of aggressive environments in difficult oil and gas fields, and also as substitutes for more expensive pipes made from stainless steel. GF premium connections are used in directional wells and ensure a high level of gas-tightness in the pipe string under difficult conditions such as bending, compression, tension, and high torque. TMK’s super-chrome casing has been shipped to Gazprom and has gained

TMK operates 24 production sites in the USA, Russia, Romania and Kazakhstan, and two R&D centres in Russia and the USA. In 2011 the company’s pipe shipments totalled 4.23mn tonnes. The largest share of TMK’s sales belongs to high margin oil country tubular goods (OCTG), shipped to customers in 85 countries. The company delivers its products along with an extensive package of services in heat treating, protective coating, premium connections threading, warehousing and pipe repairing.

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WUXI HATAL ALUMINIUM CO., LTD No. 72, Zhouxin (E) Road, Binhu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, 214121, China

Tel: +86 510 85069506 Fax: +86 510 85061423 E-mail: sales@hatal.com.cn

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