TMK Ships LD Pipes for BTS-2 and ESPO-2 Projects

TMK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of steel pipes for the oil and gas sector, announces that it began shipments of longitudinal welded large-diameter pipe to Transneft for the construction of the second phase of the Baltic Pipeline System (BTS-2).

TMK will supply more than 52,000 tonnes of Volzhsky 1,020mm and 1,067mm longitudinal welded pipes between November 2009 and October 2010. The pipes will be supplied in K52, K56 and K60 grades with anticorrosion coating and will have wall thickness of 11mm, 12mm and 13mm.

TMK is also participating in the first stage of the Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean phase-2 (ESPO-2) oil pipeline. The Company will supply 107,000 tonnes of Volzhsky 1,020mm and 1,067mm longitudinal welded large-diameter pipes in K56 and K60 grades with wall thickness of 12mm and 14mm. The pipes will be supplied with anticorrosion coating. Shipments are scheduled to span from January to October 2010.

Based on TMK press-service