TPI July 2011

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Ohio facility doubles threading capacity

the only such provider in the Marcellus region.

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.

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

“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 pr@tmk-ipsco.com www.tmk-ipsco.com

The facility’s accessories line was commissioned in October 2010 and is

Spirally welded steel pipe mill starts production

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.

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

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.

Hannibal Pipes SA – Spain info@hannibalpipes.com

Byard Spiral Mill Sdn Bhd – Malaysia info@spiralpipe.com www.spiralpipe.com

The pipes will receive galvanising treatment and will be used as

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