Liberty Steel Hartlepool, UK-based subsidiary of international steel producer Liberty Steel, has announced that it has secured a milestone contract to manufacture more than 16 kilometres of heavy-duty steel pipe for a multi-billion-dollar offshore Saudi Arabian oil and gas development.
The order to supply SAWL linepipe for an expansion of the Saudi Aramco Marjan field is the first major contract the Hartlepool mills have won from the Middle Eastern kingdom since being acquired by Liberty almost two years ago.
Liberty, in conjunction with Sumitomo Corporation Middle East FZE, will supply the Marjan project with more than 16 kilometres of submerged arc welded linepipe (SAWL) from its 42-inch UOE mill, one of two mills it operates at Hartlepool. The offshore linepipe, suitable for highly-resilient ‘sour service’ application, is due for delivery in the final quarter of 2019.
