Russia sees 38.5 percent increase in pipe output in January-July

According to the data issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, in the first seven months of this year Russia registered a 38.5 percent increase in its pipe production to 5.041 million mt.
 
In particular, in the January-July period this yeasr, Russian output of electric-welded large diameter (LD) pipes increased by 76.2 percent, its production of electric-welded pipes, excluding LD pipes, went up by 26.6 percent, its production of welded pipes, excluding electric-welded pipes, rose by 12.3 percent, production of seamless pipes saw an increase of 30.9 percent, output of casing pipes increased 32.6 percent, production of drill pipes went up by 69.3 percent, while output of tubing increased by 13 percent, all compared to the same period last year.  
 
Accordingly, the increase in pipe output indicates a rise of consumption in Russian industrial sectors, such as oil and gas, machine building and construction.
 
In January-July this year, an increase in pipe production was registered by all major domestic pipemakers. In particular, TMK's Volzhsky Pipe Plant saw its pipe production rise by 2.1 times, its subsidiary Taganrog Metallurgical Works saw a 25.2 percent increase in output, its Seversky Tube Works registered a 13.9 percent increase, while its Sinarsky Pipe Plant saw its pipe output increase by 3.2 percent, all compared to January-July 2009. Meanwhile, OMK's Vyksa Steel Works (Vyksa) increased its pipe output by 31.5 percent, ChTPZ Group's Pervouralsky Novotrubny Works saw a 33.2 percent rise in its pipe output and the same group's Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant saw its pipe production increase by 32.7 percent, all compared to the first seven months of the previous year.