On April 18, Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel Corporation said that it has been awarded line pipe orders for the In Salah Gas Southern Fields Development Project in Algeria, with delivery to be handled by Japan-based pipe manufacturer Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc.
Accordingly, the delivery of 21,000 metric tons of 6.625"-16" DNV 13 percent chrome-grade seamless steel line pipes will start in spring 2011 and will continue for nearly two years.
The In Salah Gas Southern Fields Development Project is operated by In Salah Gas, a joint venture between Algerian oil and gas company Sonatrach, Norway-based energy company Statoil and one of world's largest international oil and gas companies BP.
In Salah Gas, which comprises three gas fields located 1,200 km south of Algiers, is the second largest gas development in Algeria. It started making deliveries in 2004 and is now planning to open four additional fields to the south of its current operations, for which JFE Steel will supply the 13 percent chrome line pipe.