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Industry News
15 May/June 2007
JSC Novomoskovsk, a member of the
Interpipe Management Group, has recently
completed a major capital investment
plan to retrofit its existing API mill. This
investment has established it as a leading
European producer of high quality API
pipe, currently up to 530mm (20") in
diameter.
Located within the Dnepropetrovsk region
of Ukraine, JSC Novomoskovsk is well
positioned to satisfy the needs of the
region’s expanding oil and gas sector.
The company has significantly increased
its API pipe production capacity following
the successful commissioning of a new
Thermatool VIP 1,200kW seam annealing
system and one of the latest generation CFI
1,200kW HF induction welders.
With over 50 years of process knowledge
in the production of API pipe, Thermatool
offers features such as fully automatic
orbital seam tracking, AutoMatch automatic
load impedance matching and the ability
to maintain a stable weld frequency of
150kHz over the entire product range.
Consequently, Thermatool has become
a first choice for API producers with pipe
welding and annealing equipment, all from
one source.
Thermatool Corporation – USA
Fax: +1 203 468 4281
Email:
Website:
Inductotherm HWT (Thermatool
Europe) – UK
Fax: +44 1256 467 224
Email:
Website:
Saudi Kayan signs contracts
for new PP and LDPE plants
The Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company
(Saudi Kayan), a branch of the Saudi Basic
Industries Corp (SABIC) affiliate, has signed
an agreement for the construction of two
new polypropylene (PP) and low density
polyethylene (LDPE) plants at its complex
in Al-Jubail Industrial City.
Currently in the development stage, the
Al-Jubail complex is expected to begin
production in 2009 with an annual capacity
exceeding 4 million tons of chemical
products. The two plants ordered by Saudi
Kayan are a 350kta PP plant from Samsung
Engineering, and a 300kta LDPE plant from
Simon Carves Ltd.
When completed the Al-Jubail facility will
add a number of specialised chemicals
to the Saudi marketplace, produced in
the country for the first time. These new
chemicals include aminoethanols, choline
chloride, ethoxylates, and phenol.
SABIC – Saudi Arabia
Fax: +966 1 225 9000
Website:
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