Russian pipe producer OMK has announced that on February 25 it signed a pipe supply contract with Nord Stream AG for the construction of the second pipeline of the Nord Stream Project.
Accordingly, OMK was awarded 25 percent of the tender for pipe deliveries, while the rest of the pipes will be supplied by German-based Europipe (65 percent) and Japan-based Sumitomo (10 percent). A total of one million mt of high-pressure-proof steel pipes will be delivered for the construction of the second pipeline of the Nord Stream Project.
The deliveries of pipes are expected to start in May 2010. In 2010, OMK's Novgorod-based pipe producer Vyksa Steel Works (Vyksa) will produce more than 200 km of pipes of 1,220 mm diameter and of 34.6 mm wall thickness with a three-layered corrosion-resistant external and internal coating.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, OMK also delivered pipes for the construction of the first pipeline of the Nord Stream Project. Accordingly, between May 2008 and November 2009, Vyksa supplied more than 260,000 mt of large diameter pipes for the first pipeline.