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TMK successfully certified ‘TMK FMT’
premium connection at Oil States
Industries’ structural test laboratory in
Aberdeen, UK.
The TMK FMT premium connection was
tested for Salym Petroleum Development
BV, a joint venture between a subsidiary of
Sibir Energy and Shell Salym Development
TMK, Russia, has implemented a long-
term strategic investment programme
aimed at modernisation of its production
facilities and services planned for the
period of 2005-2012.
Last year TMK installed a 3-roll bending
mill, made by Haeusler, with a total
capacity of 650,000t of longitudinally
welded large diameter pipes per year.
The company also took on a premium
quality-finishing mill, made by SMS Meer,
with a total capacity of 600,000t per year
of seamless pipe including OCTG with
premium connections.
During March this year, TMK shipped 5,000t
of 1,420mm longitudinal welded pipes with
26.4mm wall thickness and K60 grade with
internal and external anticorrosion coatings
to Gazprom. The pipes will be used in the
construction of Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas
pipeline.
The company’s 3-roll bending mill can
produce LSAW with diameters of between
530mm to 1,420mm, wall thickness of up
to 42mm and grades of up to X100, which
is in line with Gazprom and Transneft
standards for new pipelines, including
Nord Stream, Eastern Siberia – Pacific
Ocean and others.
In March, TMK supplied its customers
with 19,000t of pipes produced on its
PQF mill, including seamless OCTG with
premium connections. The PQF mill can
be used to make pipes with OD from
73-273mm, wall thickness up to 25mm,
and a geometry that twice surpasses API
requirements.
In addition to the PQF mill, 200,000t of
additional heat treatment and threading
capacity has been brought online to produce
OCTG with premium-threaded connections.
BV, a member of the Royal Dutch/Shell
group of companies.
The certification testing, including tension and
compression tests, was performed on 88.9mm
OD TMK FMT premium tubing with a wall
thickness of 7.34mm and N80 steel grade.
TMK-Group – Russia
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KELLOGS BROWN AND ROOT, USA
NORSK HYDRO, NORWEGIA
HEEREMAC, THE NETHERLANDS
FMQ, SAUDI ARABIA
QUALITY INTERNATIONAL, UAE
FLUOR DANIEL SADA, USA
CCIC, QATAR
SUEDROHRBAU, SAUDI ARABIA
STORK MEC, BELGIUM
NACAP ASIA PACIFIC, THAILAND
EXXON MOBIL, USA
OILSERV, NIGERIA
GENERAL ELECTRIC, USA
TEKFEN INSAAT, TURKEY
MONTER STROJARSKE MONTAZE, CROATIA
GALFAR E&C, OMAN
ARAMCO SERVICES, SAUDI ARABIA
CANADOIL ASIA, THAILAND
VAM, MCE GROUP, AUSTRIA
OAO LUKOIL, RUSSIA
LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD, INDIA
NIS-NAFTAGAS, SERBIA
PETROJET, EGYPT
KEVIEPSZER KFT., HUNGARY
KVV ZRT., HUNGARY
PETROFAC, UAE
ENI-SNAM, SAUDI ARABIA
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TMK’s strategic investment programme leads to success
 The SMS Meer PQF mill in operation at TMK