July 2011 Tube Products International
27
news
business & market
Ohio facility doubles
threading capacity
TMK IPSCO’s Premium pipe threading
facility in Brookfield, Ohio has conducted
a two-week commissioning phase for a
second thread line, which will allow the
company to thread more and larger pipe
to meet the expanding demand in the oil
and gas industry.
“What this means for the industry is
that we are now able to provide an
even quicker response to the growing
needs of the Marcellus drilling region,”
said Piotr Galitzine, chairman of TMK
IPSCO.
“Marcellus will play a major role going
forward as natural gas finds new uses
in electricity generation and municipal
transportation.”
The second thread line will allow the
plant to thread pipes up to 13
5
/
8
" in
diameter, up from the previous size
range of 4"-7
5
/
8
" under the first thread
line. Each line is capable of threading
more than 40,000 tons of pipe per
year with an ULTRA-DQX™ Premium
Connection, ULTRA-SF™ Premium
Connection, or ULTRA-FJ™ Premium
Connection.
“The second line not only doubles our
threading capacity at Brookfield,” said
David Green, director of operations in
TMK IPSCO’s Premium division, “it also
allows us to thread a wider range of
product more efficiently, including the
new ULTRA-QX™ Premium Connection
which is especially important in
deeper and higher pressure drilling
environments. This is true in Marcellus
and in some of the Canadian projects
that we began shipping directly to this
year.”
In addition to threading, the facility in
Brookfield manufactures connections
fittings and accessories for oil and gas
exploration and recovery.
The facility’s accessories line was
commissioned in October 2010 and is
the only such provider in the Marcellus
region.
“The accessories business is crucial,
as the float equipment and other
tooling required in the wells require the
same threading as the pipes with our
Premium threads,” said Mr Green. “We
are working to expand our accessory
business at both our Brookfield and
Houston locations.”
TMK IPSCO operates in North America
as a division of TMK, a leader in energy
pipe production. TMK operates 23
production facilities around the world,
and offers a wide range of seamless
and welded energy tubular products
including oil and gas drill pipe, well
casing and tubing, line pipe, LD pipe,
standard pipe, hollow structural sections
and related services.
TMK IPSCO
– USA
Spirally welded steel pipe mill
starts production
Hannibal Pipes SA has announced
that technical partner Byard Spiral
Mill has successfully finalised plant
commissioning and production start-
up, making Hannibal the first SAW
spirally welded steel pipe mill to start
production in the South of Spain.
Hannibal Pipes started its investment
in 2010.
The first phase investment was
€10mn, and Byard Spiral Mill has a
15% share.
Hannibal Pipes has also been awarded
its first major order for the supply of
around 85km of 22" and 24" SAW
spiral pipes.
The pipes will receive galvanising
treatment and will be used as
centre pipes for a 50MW solar field
investment in the Spanish Andalusia
region.
Byard Spiral Mill is the technical
partner for supply and operation
of pipe manufacturing equipment,
initially having a yearly capacity of
90,000M/tons.
The Byard production line is capable
of manufacturing SAW spiral steel
pipes with diameters from 508 to
2,540mm and having a thickness up
to 22mm.
“We are very satisfied by Hannibal
Pipes’ first important order and we
are now looking to enter soon into
second phase investment installing a
second production line,” commented
Mr Ting, chairman and CEO of Byard
Spiral Mill and Hannibal Pipes director.
“Hannibal Pipes’ building has the
classical ‘T’ layout and for second line
installation will have major synergy
and production range optimisation.”
Located in Hellin, Albacete, Spain, in
an area directly connected through
railway with Cartagena Port, Hannibal
Pipes also designs and manufactures
a large range of steel special pieces,
such as bends, T connections, sleeves
and couplings.
Hannibal Pipes SA
– Spain
Byard Spiral Mill Sdn Bhd
– Malaysia
