Pipe and Tube
The latest news on companies making seamless and welded pipe and tube products.
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Benteler Places Order for Q&T Line from SMS Elotherm
14 November 2013 - Benteler Steel/Tube from Salzburg, Austria, has placed an order with SMS Elotherm, Germany, for a TemperLine™ for its planned seamless pipe plant in Shreveport, La., USA.
U. S. Steel Tubular Products Awards Chief Roughneck Award
11 November 2013 - U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, announced that Bruce H. Vincent, president and director of Swift Energy Company, is the recipient of its Chief Roughneck Award for 2013.
PWS Supplies Unique Hydrostatic Pipe Tester to Salzgitter Mannesmann
08 November 2013 - Salzgitter Mannesmann Line Pipe (SMLP) in Siegen, Germany, has taken a globally unique HTM (Hydro Testing Machine) from spiral pipe manufacturer PWS, Germany, into operation.
L.B. Foster Steel Pipe Coating Facility Adds Production Capacity
07 November 2013 - Pittsburgh, Pa.-based L.B. Foster Company announced the expansion of its steel pipe coating facility in Birmingham, Ala., to improve manufacturing through-put and increase production capacity.
Northwest Pipe Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results
06 November 2013 - Northwest Pipe said it believes the fourth quarter may be even more challenging than the third quarter, nothing that it has not yet seen any significant improvement in its OCTG business.
Northwest Pipe's Tubular Products Group Awarded Largest Project in History
04 November 2013 - Northwest Pipe Co. has been selected to provide approximately 400 miles of 12 3/4" line pipe for the Double H Pipeline project that will transport crude oil from Dore, N.D., to Guernsey, Wyo.
Tenaris Invests in Community Education and Health Services in Argentina
04 November 2013 - With the signing of two social development agreements, Tenaris and Fundación Hermanos Agustín y Enrique Rocca are working to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AMERICAN Steel Pipe Announces US$55 Million Expansion
31 October 2013 - AMERICAN Steel Pipe, a division of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has announced it will expand its steel pipe operations, adding a processing facility to its North Mill.
Interpipe Announces Start of Steel Billet Sales
25 October 2013 - Ukraine’s Interpipe Co. announced the launch of sales of steel billets which are produced by Interpipe Steel’s electric steel-melting complex.
Vallourec to Supply the Offshore Xerelete Field in Brazil
21 October 2013 - Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, announced that Vallourec Tubos do Brasil, Vallourec’s wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, has been selected to supply premium pipes for the offshore Xerelete field in Brazil, of which Total became an operator in June 2012.
ArcelorMittal Aktau Scoops Industry Award at the KazEnergy Forum
18 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal’s Aktau tubular plant has won the “Kazakh Content Project of the Year” award during the recent KazEnergy Forum, becoming the first non-oil and gas company to be recognized at the annual event.
Danieli and Friedrich Kocks to Supply Equipment for Benteler's Tube Mill in Louisiana
17 October 2013 - Benteler announced Danieli will supply a new turnkey seamless tube mill and Friedrich Kocks will supply essential parts of the hot rolling mill for its new facility in Shreveport, La.
Tenaris Facility in Canada Celebrates Three Years of Zero Lost Time Accidents
11 October 2013 - In early September, Tenaris’s premium threading and accessory facility in Nisku, Alberta, Canada, celebrated a new safety record of zero lost time accidents for three consecutive years.
TMK Completes Shipment of Pipes for North Caspian Project
07 October 2013 - TMK, one of the world's leading producers of pipes for the oil and gas industry, has completed the shipment of tubular products for the construction of deep water pipelines at the Filanovsky oil and gas condensate field in the North Caspian Sea, under development by Lukoil.
Northwest Pipe to Review Strategic Options for OCTG Operations
01 October 2013 - Northwest Pipe Company announced it is in the process of exploring strategic alternatives for its oil country tubular goods (OCTG) business, which could include potential acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.
Tenaris and Usiminas Work Together on the First Brazilian Ethanol Pipeline
27 September 2013 - Tenaris will supply 145 km of 20-inch pipes, produced from steel plates provided by Usiminas, a Brazilian steel provider, for the second phase of construction of the first Brazilian ethanol pipeline.
Interpipe Niko Tube Orders Groove Dressing Machine from SMS Meer
26 September 2013 - Interpipe Niko Tube from Nikopol, Ukraine, has ordered a three-axis groove dressing machine from SMS Meer for its seamless tube plant in Nikopol. The new machine will improve precision in production and shorten the dressing times and expand the company’s production capacities.
Vallourec Widens Premium Offer For Offshore Oil & Gas Market With Production Of Umbilicals Tubes
24 September 2013 - Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, announced the launch of a new offer for the offshore oil and gas market: the production of welded stainless steel tubes to be fitted into umbilicals.
Tenaris Once Again Included in Forbes’ List Of World’s Most Innovative Companies
23 September 2013 - Tenaris received ranking 81 in Forbes’ recently published list of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, moving up 11 spots since the release of the first list in 2011.
Benteler Steel/Tube Breaks Ground on U.S. Facility
17 September 2013 - On 16 September 2013, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Benteler Steel/Tube marked the beginning of the construction on the company’s new hot rolling seamless steel tube mill in Caddo Parish, La., its first manufacturing facility in the United States.
