Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel Corporation has announced that together with domestic steel producer Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. it received an order for 3,500 mt of electric-resistance-welded (ERW) steel pipe from international energy company Statoil for the Hyme and Stjerne projects in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The pipes with 10.75 inch diameter were produced at the Keihin District facility of JFE Steel's East Japan Works and shipped in August.
These pipes are the world's first non-heat-treated ERW pipes and are suitable for medium-scale pipelines. These types of pipes have improved weld toughness and also offer excellent strength and dimensional accuracy.