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January 2016 Tube Products International 11
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Sandvik awarded key orders for control lines
Sandvik Materials Technology, a division
within the Sandvik Group, developer
and producer of advanced stainless
steels, special alloys, titanium and other
high-performance materials, has been
awarded two important contracts for
control lines for the oil and gas industry
in the Middle East.
The first contract is with a new customer
– an oil producer based in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) – to supply a
complete package of materials. The
package includes control line tubing
and clamps manufactured by Downhole
Products – a Varel International
company, owned by Sandvik.
Improvements in the technology for the
enhanced exploration of oil and gas
fields have increasingly required the use
of long continuous lengths of stainless
steel and nickel alloy tubing for hydraulic
control, chemical injection, umbilical and
flowline control applications. Control
lines are coiled tubing wound on reels,
which are combined with accessories
that together help in controlling the
flow of oil in offshore oil wells. The
tubes connect the wellhead to the
subsurface safety valve, and usually
contain hydraulic fluids to control the
movement of the valve.
The second contract, with a top
service company in Abu Dhabi, is a
major package for chemical injection
applications for use on the Umm Lulu
and Al Nasr oil fields in the UAE. These
fields are located 30km and 130km
northwest of Abu Dhabi, and produce
approximately 100,000 and 22,000
barrels of crude oil per day, respectively.
Sandvik supplies coiled tubing for
control lines and chemical injection lines,
either as bare coils or in flatpacks, as
per customer requirements. As control
lines are often exposed to corrosive well
fluids, Sandvik produces them in a wide
range of corrosion-resistant alloys.
“Sandvik has established itself as a
dependable producer and supplier of
choice for high quality materials as our
products continue to be used in some
of the most aggressive conditions in
the oil and gas sector,” said Leandro
Finzetto, global product manager,
control lines, tube oil and gas, Sandvik.
“We look forward to working with our
new customers and enabling them to go
further with our superior materials.
“As a fully integrated manufacturer of
seamless control lines, Sandvik has
end-to-end capabilities which include
in-house flushing, filling and pressure
testing to supply the complete package
from control line to clamps,” added Phil
Cherrie, regional sales and marketing
manager oil and gas, for Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA), Sandvik. “With
strong stocking capacity and a global
manufacturing footprint for project
orders with all major service companies,
Sandvik is well placed to deliver on both
projects.”
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