TPT March 2020

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EFD to supply equipment for ERW tube mill EFD INDUCTION has been awarded a large order for tube welding and seam annealing equipment by Zekelman Industries, for what is set to become the world’s largest ERW tube mill. industry is to be installed at the new $150mn Atlas Tube factory, which when completed in September 2021 will be the largest continuous ERW tube mill in the world.

request, EFD Induction assisted in the development of the seam normalising process by recommending equipment and process parameters for seam normalising. The induction equipment will be used to produce 28" (711mm) diameter pipe with up to 1" (25mm) wall thickness, which will be the world’s largest diameter high-frequency welded pipe.

The order consists of one 2,000kW Weldac for longitudinal seam welding, along with five weld seam annealer stations powered by two 1,000kW and two 800kW Sinac heat generators, as well as one 800kW Sinac with a traversing gantry solution to help minimise scrap. At the customer’s

The independent manufacturer of hollow structural sections (HSS) and steel pipe, has chosen EFD Induction to supply induction heating equipment at its new Atlas Tube operating facility in Blythville, Arkansas USA. The equipment for producing hollow steel section pipe for the construction

EFD Induction www.efd-induction.com TechnipFMC awarded gas pipeline contract

engineering and installation of 118 kilometers of rigid pipeline as well as the fabrication of subsea structures to tie back the existing Nam Con Son 2 Phase 1 gas pipeline to the Long Hai Landfall Station.

are extremely pleased to have been entrusted with the Nam Con Son 2 Phase 2 pipeline contract. This pipeline collects and transports gas from several reserves to help meet the demand in Southeast Vietnam, and we look forward to collaborating with PetroVietnam Gas on this project.” The scope of the contract covers

OIL and gas company TechnipFMC has been awarded the contract by PetroVietnam Gas for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the Nam Con Son 2 Phase 2 pipeline across Nam Con Son basin and Cuu Long basin in Vietnam. Arnaud Piéton, president subsea at TechnipFMC, commented: “We

TechnipFMC www.technipfmc.com

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