03.09.2008
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TMK Ships Premium Connections to Surgutneftegas
TMK announces that its TMK-Premium Service division began supplying TMK-PF ET premium threaded casing connections to Surgutneftegas.
TMK announces that its TMK-Premium Service division began supplying TMK-PF ET premium threaded casing connections to Surgutneftegas.
Volzhsky Pipe Plant (VTZ), TMK’s subsidiary in the Volgograd Region, successfully tested Italian-made equipment installed as part of a new heat treatment line.
TMK announces that its TMK-Kaztrubprom subsidiary began shipments of oil country tubular goods (OCTG). TMK-Kaztrubprom shipped 240 tonnes of tubing with couplings.
At Taganrog Metallurgical Works (TAGMET), a part of TMK, the first hollow-billet piercing was carried out with the use of the piercing mill of a new pipe-rolling system, part of a Premium Quality Finishing (PQF) continuous mill made by SMS Meer. Annual capacity of the new system will amount to 600 thousand tonnes of seamless pipes.
TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, shipped the largest volume of pipes per month since the Company was created in 2001. In July 2008 the total volume of pipe shipments from TMK’s plants amounted to 336 thousand tonnes. It included 190 thousand tonnes of seamless pipes and 146 tonnes of welded pipes.
TMK announces that it began shipments of TMK-FMC Premium threaded casing pipe to Arcticgas.
TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, successfully issued a US$ 600 million 3 year Eurobond due in July 2011 with 10 percent annual coupon.
TMK announces that it completed shipments of electric welded 1420mm large-diameter pipes of K60 steel grade with exterior anticorrosive coating used to expand the Urengoy gas field pipeline network.
TMK-Artrom (Romania), commissioned its new cogging mill, which completed vertical integration of TMK production complex in Romania. All seamless pipes produced by TMK-Artrom will be manufactured of billets produced at TMK-Resita, TMK’s steelmaking facility in Romania.
In early July, 2008 ТМК Oilfield Services Division, launched tubing production line at its facilities in the city of Buzuluk (Russia), enhancing its ability to provide the customers with a set of services both for maintenance and repair, and production of high-tech tubular goods.
OAO “TMK” (TMK), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, today announces 2008 half year (H1) production results.
OAO TMK (“ТМК”) announces that it began shipments of K60 grade large-diameter ERW 1420 mm pipes with 15.7mm -18.7mm wall thickness and designed for operating pressures of up to 75 atmospheres. The pipes will be used in the construction of Gazprom’s Pochinki-Gryazovets pipeline.
TMK, one of the world’s top three oil and gas pipe producers, today announces that its TMK-GF premium casing connection series was successfully tested for horizontal oil and gas well applications.
OAO «TMK» (TMK) announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held in Moscow on June 27, 2008.
OAO TMK (TMK), one of the world’s top three oil and gas pipe producers, today announces that it acquired 100% share capital in Uralsk, Kazakhstan-based TOO ‘’Kaztrubprom’’.
TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, today announces that it completed the acquisition of the US companies and assets of IPSCO Tubular’s business from SSAB Svenkst Stal AB under a back-to-back transaction with Evraz S.A. (Evraz).
TMK, one of the world’s largest steel pipe manufacturers, today announces that it was awarded a large-diameter pipe supply contract for the Malay-Bagtiyarlik pipeline in Turkmenistan.
TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, today announces the signing of a syndicated bridge facility agreement of up to USD 1.2 billion to finance the acquisition of the US tubular companies and assets of IPSCO.
Within the framework of the development of long-term cooperation, TMK announces that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Turkmenneft State Concern. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO “TMK”, Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy, and the Chairman of Turkmenneft State Concern, Gariyakdy Tashliev, signed the cooperation agreement in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, today announces recommended dividends amount.
TMK announces 2007 IFRS consolidated results
OAO TMK (TMK) announces that it began shipments of 813mm X60 large- diameter pipes with 9.5 mm wall thickness, according to API 5L, for use in the construction of the Kenkiyak-Kumkol pipeline in Kazakhstan.
The construction of a new anticorrosion external coating line for large-diameter pipes began at TMK’s Volzhsky subsidiary.
OAO TMK (“TMK” or “the Company”), one of the world’s largest pipe producers, today announces its production results for the 1st quarter of 2008. TMK shipped 707 thousand tonnes of pipes, which is 8% less than in the 1st quarter of 2007. Despite an 8.5% decrease in demand for pipes at the Russian market in the Q1 of 2008, the Company managed to increase its Russian market share to 25.7% up from 24.8% in Q1, 2007.
OAO TMK (TMK) announces today that it successfully completed the implementation of an SAP ERP based corporate information system at its Russian mills and proceeded to its industrial use.