Russia's largest oil and gas pipe producer TMK has announced that in April this year it has shipped a batch of longitudinal welded large diameter (LD) pipes to Russia's biggest gas company Gazprom for the construction of its Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas trunkline system.
Accordingly, TMK delivered for Gazprom's Bovanenkovo-Ukhta project a total of 15,000 mt of 1,420 mm K65 grade longitudinal welded pipes with wall thickness of 27.7 mm, and with external three-layer polyethylene and internal protective coatings. This new pipe range is manufactured at TMK's subsidiary Volzhsky Pipe Plant, with the supply in question constituting the first-ever delivery.
TMK's pipes will be used for the construction of Gazprom's Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas trunkline system of about 1,100 km, which is part of the Yamal-Europe natural gas pipeline project.
For the construction of the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta project, in 2010 TMK will deliver to Gazprom more than 70,000 mt of longitudinal welded LD pipes.