July 2011 Tube Products International
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news
business & market
Subsea contract awarded for
Gygrid Project
Technip, France, has been awarded by
Statoil a contract worth approximately
€90mn, for the Gygrid field development
located in the Norwegian Sea at a water
depth of 265-330m.
The contract covers engineering,
procurement, welding and installation
of flowlines, including a 19.5km pipe-
in-pipe production flowline, a plastic-
lined water injection flowline and a gas
lift flowline of the same length, subsea
equipment installation, installation and
tie-ins of new risers and umbilicals.
Technip’s operating centre in Oslo,
Norway will execute the contract.
Flowline welding will take place in the
group’s spoolbase in Orkanger, Norway,
while installation will be performed by
the Apache II, a pipelay vessel from the
Technip fleet, in mid-2012.
The contract is subject to approval of
the plan for development and operation
of Gygrid by the Norwegian authorities.
Technip
– France
TMK ships 13-Chrome steel pipes with premium
connections
TMK, a leading oil and gas steel pipe
producer, has completed a shipment
of tubing with TMK FMT premium
connections to a Rosneft subsidiary
operating the Chkalovskoye field.
The pipes were made from 13-Chrome
steel, which is highly resistant to harsh
environments and is effective against
sweet corrosion. TMK says that it is the
first Russian company to manufacture
OCTG pipes from this type of steel.
“The development of new types of
products required by our customers is
very important for TMK,” commented
Alexander Shiryaev, TMK CEO. “A very
limited number of global premium pipe
producers are able to make OCTG
from 13-Chrome steel. By starting this
production at its facilities, TMK has
now become part of this elite club and
has got access to a very important
segment of the global premium pipe
market.” TMK operates 23 production
sites in the United States, Russia,
Romania and Kazakhstan. Around half
of the company’s steel pipe production
capacity is dedicated to the production
of high margin oil country tubular goods.
In 2010, TMK’s pipe sales totalled
approximately 4mn tonnes, shipped to
customers in more than 65 countries.
TMK
– Russia
Interpipe meets
construction
companies in
Qatar
Steel pipe and railway wheel producer
Interpipe has held a business
meeting with potential clients in the
framework of exhibition ‘Project Qatar
2011’. Representatives of the largest
construction companies of Qatar took
part in the business meeting at which
top-management of Interpipe presented
the company, its product portfolio,
services and technologies.
Commercial director Duncan Pell
commented after his presentation
to potential clients, “Qatar is a fast
developing country with increasing
opportunities in the construction sector.
As a result of Qatar winning the 2022
World Cup bid, we can expect this
fast-growing economy to make huge
investments in infrastructure projects.
Interpipe has participated in similar
projects in Ukraine in preparation for
Euro 2012. It is a very capable partner
to supply projects in Qatar being well
located to offer quick and reliable
delivery through the Black Sea ports.
I hope that Interpipe and Qatar will
become long-term partners and will
work together on the exciting projects
now being planned.”
Interpipe
– Ukraine
trade show
The largest Asian trade show for the water and wastewater industry,
ASIAWATER 2012, will be held from 27 to 29 March 2012 in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
The event is organised by AMB Exhibitions Sdn Bhd in cooperation with
Merebo Messe Marketing, which is in charge of the Europe, America and
Australia Pavilion. Held concurrently with ASIAWATER Expo & Forum is an
international conference hosted by the Malaysian Water Association.
The show will take place in 10,000m
2
of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
The previous ASIAWATER event in 2010 was attended by 558 exhibitors from
32 countries, and more than 10,300 trade visitors.
Merebo Messe Marketing
– Germany
