TPT May 2007

Industry News

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.

JSC Novomoskovsk choose Thermatool

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 fi The new Thermatool VIP 1200kW seam annealing system

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 : info@ttool.com Website : www.thermatool.com Inductotherm HWT (Thermatool Europe) – UK Fax : +44 1256 467 224 Email : info@ihwtech.co.uk Website : www.inductotherm-hwt.co.uk

SABIC – Saudi Arabia Fax : +966 1 225 9000 Website : www.sabic.com

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