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ТМК increases volume of pipe shipment to oil and gas companies by 26%

Compared to the same period of the previous year oilwell tubing and casing piping supplies to Russian oil and gas companies grew by 51.6%, drilling pipes supply rose by13.5%. The share of new high-technological pipes in the total volume of shipped drilling pipes amounted to circa 60%. In general, supply of high-strength drilling pipes increased by 15%. The overall growth in volume of pipe shipment to oil&gas comapnies is up 26% on last year.

Improvement of quality and enlargement of the range of seamless pipes for the oil &gas industry has become possible thanks to long-term scientific and technical cooperation with TMK’s partners and implementation of in-house technological developments. The latter includes highly hermetical close-coupled thread connections for casing pipes TMK-GF, TMK-FM, TMK-FMC, TMK-TTL-01, TMK-CS, TMK-1, as well as the new highly hermetical connection for oilwell tubing TMK-FMT.

In July 2006 ТМК signed a long-term supply contract with the oil company Salym Petroleum Development N.V., and started a programme of scientific and technical cooperation with Gazprom (effective until 2009).

Key consumers of oil and gas pipes produced by ТМК in Russia in January – June 2006 were included companies as Rosneft, Surgutneftegas, Sibheft, TNK-BP, Lukoil, Gazprom, Tatneft, Bashneft and Sidanko.