Lakeside Steel Earns Compliance with Canadian ERCB Directive 010
04/12/2010 - Now that it has achieved compliance with Canadian-based Energy Resource Conservation Board Directive 010, Appendix B, Lakeside Steel is qualified to sell casing in grades H40, J55 and L80 supplied from its welded facilities in Welland, Ont.
Lakeside Steel Inc. has achieved compliance with Canadian-based Energy Resource Conservation Board (ERCB) Directive 010, Appendix B. The accomplishment means that the company is now allowed it to sell casing in grades H40, J55 and L80 supplied from its welded facilities in Welland, Ont.
ERCB Directive 010 mandates upgraded material specifications for casing materials manufactured in accordance with API Specification 5CT, when used in sour service.
"Lakeside continues to produce high quality, Made-in-Canada, leading-edge technology products required by our customer base in Western Canada,” stated Lakeside Steel's President and COO Ron Bedard. “We continue to focus on higher-value-added products, best-in-class quality and enhanced customer service.
“We are pleased to be the supplier of choice for many supply yards in Western Canada,” added Bedard. “In association with this announcement, we are pleased to announce Global Steel Ltd. of Calgary, Alta., as Lakeside's first Stocking Distributor of Lakeside Steel's Directive 010 OCTG product line."
Lakeside Steel is a 2010 TSX Venture Exchange 50 company and the parent company of Lakeside Steel Corp. Located in Welland, Ont., Lakeside is a diversified steel pipe and tubing manufacturer with a variety of products including oil well tubing and casing, mechanical tubing, pressure tubing, automotive tubing, hollows for redraw, line pipe, heating and plumbing pipe, drill rod and specialty tubing. Lakeside serves customers worldwide, either directly or indirectly, in Canada and the United States.