Tenaris S.A. announced today the completion of its previously announced acquisition of IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., a US manufacturer of steel pipe, from PAO TMK. The acquisition price was determined on a cash-free, debt-free basis, and the final amount paid in cash, following contractual adjustments, was US$1.067 billion (including approximately US$220 million in working capital). Tenaris will consolidate IPSCO’s balance sheet and results of operations in its consolidated financial statements beginning in the first quarter of 2020.
In connection with the closing of the transaction, the parties entered into a 6-year master distribution agreement whereby, beginning on January 2, 2020, Tenaris will be the exclusive distributor of TMK’s OCTG and line pipe products in the United States and Canada.
“The IPSCO acquisition marks a new chapter in our U.S. expansion and represents another milestone in Tenaris’s history. Together, we are uniquely positioned to serve the US oil and gas industry, with an extensive geographic deployment throughout North America and an unmatched product range,” said Paolo Rocca, Chairman and CEO of Tenaris.
Tenaris’s existing US industrial and service network – located primarily in the south – is complemented by IPSCO’s facilities located mainly in the mid-western and northeastern regions of the country. IPSCO’s steel shop in Koppel, PA, is Tenaris’s first in the United States, providing vertical integration through domestic production of a relevant part of its steel bar needs. Its Ambridge, PA, mill adds a second seamless manufacturing facility and complements Tenaris’s seamless plant in Bay City, Texas.