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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.
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.
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.
Gedik Welding
– Turkey
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.
TMK
– Russia
