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Pipe and Tube
The latest news on companies making seamless and welded pipe and tube products.
Latest News
EUROPIPE Bags 890,000-Ton Order For Undersea Pipeline
11 March 2016 - German joint venture EUROPIPE is being awarded to contract to supply nearly 1 million tons of large-diameter pipe for a natural gas pipeline running under the Baltic Sea.
Romanian Tubemaker Adding Heat Treatment Line to Mill
22 February 2016 - Romania’s TMK-ARTROM has awarded a contract to the SMS group for a new heat treatment line, according to SMS.
U.S. ITC Retains Duties on Certain Chinese-Made Pipe
19 February 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to retain anti-dumping and countervailing duties on seamless pipe from China.
More Layoffs Planned at Kentucky Tube Mill
28 January 2016 - TMK IPSCO has given notice that it intends to lay off 126 employees at its Wilder, Ky., tube mill.
More Layoffs Planned at Kentucky Tube Mill
28 January 2016 - TMK IPSCO has given notice that it intends to lay off 126 employees at its Wilder, Ky., USA, tube mill.
Tenaris Closing U.S. OCTG Couplings Plant
27 January 2016 - OCTG producer Tenaris is planning to mothball its couplings facility in Houston, Texas, USA, by the end of March, the company has announced.
Report: OMK Exploring Sale of U.S. Tube Mill
18 January 2016 - Russia’s United Metallurgical Co. (OMK) is looking into selling its U.S. pipe mill, which it opened three years ago to capitalize on the then-booming energy market, according to the Reuters news service.
Tenaris Trims 100 Jobs at Arkansas Mill; Blames Oil Downturn
18 January 2016 - Tube maker Tenaris is shedding approximately 100 jobs at its welded pipe mill in Blytheville, Ark., USA, due to the weak energy market, the company has announced.
TMK IPSCO Executives Leaving Company
11 January 2016 - TMK IPSCO president and CEO David S. Mitch has stepped down from his role with the oil country tubular goods maker, the company has announced.
New Coating Technology Put to Use in Offshore Well
29 December 2015 - Russia's TMK has shipped 32 metric tons of premium well products featuring its lubricant-free GreenWell polymer coating technology, the company has announced.
Tenaris Opens New Service Center in Argentina
14 December 2015 - OCTG manufacturer Tenaris has opened a new service center in Senillosa, Neuquén, Argentina, to better serve customers in Latin America’s largest shale play.
POSCO, Maruichi Steel Celebrate 35-Year Relationship
30 November 2015 - South Korea’s POSCO recently supplied its 8 millionth ton of steel to Japan’s Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd., POSCO has announced.
Company Investing $125M in New U.S. OCTG Mill
03 November 2015 - A company is planning to build a new OCTG mill in Norfolk, Neb., USA, and expects to begin production in 2017, according to reports.
U.S. Producers Seeking Protection From Imported Welded Steel Pipe
30 October 2015 - Four U.S. producers have filed for trade protection from imported circular welded steel pipe.
Bull Moose Tube Undertakes Second Round of Expansion at U.S. Mills
07 October 2015 - U.S.-based Bull Moose Tube Co. is expanding capacity at sprinkler pipe mills in Ohio and Arizona, the company has announced.
Gas Driller Successfully Employs New U. S. Steel OCTG Connection
09 September 2015 - U. S. Steel Tubular Products’ new casing connection has been successfully used in a southwestern Pennsylvania shale-gas well, the company has announced.
IPSCO Halts Production at Iowa OCTG Mill
02 September 2015 - Oil country tubular goods producer TMK IPSCO is idling a casing and line pipe facility in Camanche, Iowa, USA, laying off 43.
TMK Profits Rise In Spite of Declining Shipments
25 August 2015 - Oil country tubular goods manufacturer OAO TMK saw its shipments decline 6 percent in the first half of 2015, largely on account of persistently low oil prices in the U.S. and the resulting slowdown in drilling, the company reported.
New U.S. OCTG Mill Begins Ramping Up Production
17 August 2015 - Seamless tubes have begun rolling off the line at Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH's new OCTG mill in Shreveport, La., USA, AMM reports.
Allied Tube Shutters Plant, Exits Sprinkler, Fence Markets
10 August 2015 - Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. is exiting the steel fence framework and sprinkler pipe markets and intends to cease production by 5 October, the comapany has announced.
