TPi March 2017

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Tenaris SA has built a Kazakhstan production facility

Tenaris presents new premium threading facility in Kazakhstan

connections, and it is equipped to apply its proprietary Dopeless ® technology, a dry, multifunctional coating that offers operational and HSE benefits. Tenaris’s products are able to withstand Kazakhstan’s challenging operating conditions, both onshore and offshore, and field service specialists are ready to assist operators throughout their entire projects. Tenaris has been operating in Kazakhstan since 2004 with offices in Aktau, Almaty, Aksai and Atyrau, and a service centre in Aksai. Tenaris SA – Luxembourg www.tenaris.com

chairman and CEO Paolo Rocca. “An investment like this today reinforces our commitment to serving the region’s oil and gas sector, to our people, our customers, and the community.” The facility already employs 40 people and is scheduled to hire up to 90 direct employees once at full capacity, with 95 per cent local jobs. The US$40mn facility has the capacity to produce 45,000 tons of OCTG, and was designed according to the highest safety standards. The facility will operate under Tenaris’s global quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) policy, ISO 9001. From this facility, Tenaris will thread seamless pipes and gas-tight premium

Tenaris has established a new premium threading facility in Aktau, Kazakhstan. The plant will support the company’s long-term agreement with Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO), plus key operator Tengizchevroil (TCO), and will enhance the service offer to other customers operating in major Kazakhstan fields with commercial, technical, field service and supply chain logistics expertise. “Tenaris has been a key supplier of OCTG in Kazakhstan, and our Aktau plant is critical to our ability to provide customised solutions with sophisticated products in a region that presents some of the most complex drilling environments,” said Tenaris

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