Tata Steel secures deepwater pipe contract

Tata Steel has won a major contract worth more than GBP 100 million to provide pipe for Discovery Producer Services L.L.C. (Discovery) gas pipeline in Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Discovery is a 60:40 joint venture between Williams Partners L.P. and DCP Midstream Partners L.P. The company will supply Discovery’s Keathley Canyon ConnectorTM with 214mi of 20in diameter submerged arc welded line pipe, weighing over 110,000mt. The pipe will be manufactured at Tata Steel’s 42in mill in Hartlepool, England. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of this year. The Keathley Canyon ConnectorTM gas pipe will have a gathering capacity of over 400 million cubic feet, gathering the gas from the Keathley Canyon, Walker Ridge and Green Canyon areas of the Gulf of Mexico. The pipe will be laid at water depths of up to 7380ft and is designed to meet the required specification for deepwater conditions. 

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