TPi September 2014

business & market news

Making progress in India Metalube Pvt Ltd, India, has completed its first full year of trading and reported excellent progress. During this period the company has developed sales with

quality of products and after-sales support provided by Metalube is being experienced and appreciated by our customers, making us a brand you can trust.” Metalube specialises in wire and tube drawing lubricants, working with wire, cabling and tubing manufacturers around the world. Its headquarters are in Manchester, UK, where the site incorporates offices with warehousing, laboratories and manufacturing facilities.

many key accounts within the cable, enamelled wire and conductor industries in India.

The company is launching several new products into the Indian market during 2014, including a range of corrosion preventatives and industrial maintenance lubricants. Amit Gupte, general manager, Metalube India, predicts further strong growth: “We have very challenging targets and ambitions for 2014/15, and are confident that we can achieve these. The range,

Metalube barrels being loaded ready for export, in Manchester, UK

Metalube Ltd – UK post@metalube.co.uk www.metalube.co.uk

Crude oil pipeline loop completed Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc have announced that the 512-mile loop of the Seaway Pipeline system from Cushing, Oklahoma, USA, to the Jones Creek storage and terminal facility near Freeport, Texas, USA, is mechanically complete. The new 30" Seaway Loop Pipeline is expected to more than double the capacity of the Seaway system to 850,000 BPD. pipeline. Construction of a 100-mile, 30" pipeline from ECHO to Beaumont- Port Arthur, Texas, was scheduled to be completed in July. Commissioning of the Seaway Loop, as well as the new pipeline from ECHO to Beaumont-Port Arthur will continue throughout the third quarter of 2014.

network originating in Texas City, Texas, which serves refineries locally and in the Houston area. The Seaway system also includes dock facilities at Freeport and Texas City. The Seaway Pipeline system is owned by Seaway Crude Pipeline Company LLC, a 50/50 joint venture owned by affiliates of Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc. Enterprise Products Partners LP – USA www.enterpriseproducts.com

In addition to the pipeline that transports crude oil from Cushing to the Gulf Coast, the Seaway system features a terminal and distribution

The Jones Creek facility is connected to Enterprise’s ECHO crude oil storage facility in Houston by a 65-mile, 36"

TubItaly 2015 TubItaly 2015 is scheduled from 20 to 22 May 2015, at the fairgrounds in Piacenza, Italy. After the positive results of the first edition, which took place last November, TubItaly has set new and more ambitious targets to further establish the importance of the sector. The event will show the best of tubes, rods, pipes and profiles, and technologies for their production and processing. The slogan used to promote the event, “Piping all forms of energy, we nourish life”, was chosen to emphasise

order to find the main players in the sector of tubes, pipes and profiles. Piacenza and its province also offer strong appeal for tourists, with art and culture, culinary tradition, and historic villages and castles. The exhibition is supported by Federacciai, Istituto Italiano del Rame, and Fondazione Promozione Acciaio.

the fundamental role of pipes and pipelines, and how they transport the resources that are part of our everyday life, such as water, gas or oil. The event was brought forward from November to May in order to offer TubItaly visitors the opportunity to also visit EXPO 2015, taking place in nearby Milan from May to October. TubItaly will benefit from the strong international appeal of EXPO, and this will help to increase the number of operators who will visit the exhibition in Piacenza in

Piacenza Expo SpA – Italy commerciale@piacenzaexpo.it www.tubitaly.it

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