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Tube Products International July 2014
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.
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 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.
TMK
– Russia
Managing director of Wasser
Berlin appointed
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
and worldwide, and was responsible for
inland waters and ocean protection.
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
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
Dr Fritz Holzwarth is the new
managing director of Wasser Berlin
