TPi September 2014

products & developments

Tenaris to supply gas pipeline Rota 3 for the Brazilian Pre-Salt

with regards to Pre-Salt challenges,” commented Tenaris’s president in Brazil, Renato Catallini. Tenaris is a global manufacturer and supplierofsteelpipeproductsandrelated services for the energy industry and other industrial applications. Customers include oil and gas companies, as well as engineering companies engaged in constructing oil and gas gathering, transportation, processing and power generation facilities. The company operates an integrated worldwide network of steel pipe manu- facturing, research, finishing and service facilities, with industrial operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and a direct presence in most major oil and gas markets.

environments in the exploration of ultra-deep waters, which include high pressures and the transportation of hydro carbonates in sour environments and high levels of corrosion. Expected to be in operation by 2016/17, Rota 3 will link the areas of Franco (São Paulo) and Maricá (Rio de Janeiro), assuring the increase of oil production from the Pre-Salt layer, and guaranteeing the transportation of natural gas extracted from the Pre-Salt to Comperj (RJ Petrochemical Complex) in Itaboraí – a project in which Confab Equipamentos and Tenaris in Brazil participated with the supply of furnaces, towers and pipes. The gas pipeline will have the capacity to transport 21 million cubic metres of gas per day. “The Rota 3 project represents an important step in the development of the oil and gas sector in Brazil, especially

The 2014-2018 Petrobras Business Plan foresees the allocation of US$10bn in the oil and gas sector, including projects related to pipelines for gas transportation from the Pre-Salt area, such as Rota 3. Tenaris has been awarded the supply in this important project and will provide 373km of welded pipes, starting in the first half of 2015. The scope of the project involves 22" pipes for the onshore section between Maricá and Itaboraí, 24" pipes in the shallow offshore stretch, and 20" pipes in the stretch located in water depths varying from 1,500 to 2,300m. The pipes will be produced in the advanced Tenaris production line in Brazil, the result of an investment of US$180mn. The new U-O forming presses produce pipes of greater thicknesses and higher steel grades, capable of withstanding the hostile

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