Leading steel pipe producer Interpipe has
announced plans to increase production of its seamless pipes for the
oil and gas sector manufactured in accordance with the API 5L quality
standard to continue as part of the company’s overall strategy for
growth.
To meet the increase in demand, Interpipe
will be constructing a treatment line for line pipes at the
company’s Niko Tube production facility to the south of its
headquarters in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. The company will also be
constructing an additional treatment line at its existing facility at
Niko Tube to decrease the loading of the main line.
Andrey Korotkov, Interpipe Director for
Production and Investments said:
“We are experiencing a great surge in
demand for pipes made in accordance with the API 5L standard within
the oil and gas industry and in order to meet this increase in
business we need to expand our production capability. This is a
terrific sign of the potential of the market for Interpipe in oil and
gas – and we intend to maintain and grow our product lines in this
area to support our ongoing global expansion.”
Italian company MAIR RESEARCH S.p.A was
selected as the supplier of equipment for the project. MAIR
RESEARCH S.p.A will provide Interpipe with double heads linear
hydrotester; a cutting and milling machine; chamfering machine and
packaging line. Capacity of new line is 250 thousand tons per year.
The line is scheduled to launch in Q4
2008.
More information: www.interpipe.biz
Posted Sept. 4, 2007
