Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), together with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), have recently been awarded a 600,000 ton steel order consisting of large diameter welded steel pipe and plate as raw material for the pipeline from the consortium of TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) and IEnova, Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), which has been chosen to build, own and operate(BOO(1)), approximately 780km natural gas pipeline that will begin offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, at the border point near Brownsville, Texas and end in Tuxpan, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
The scope of the order includes large diameter welded steel pipe, approx. 350,000 ton (390km), plate for large diameter welded steel pipe approx. 250,000 ton (390km). Plate is pipeformed by Tubacero. This project will transport natural gas from Texas, across the border to Tuxpan, Veracruz the middle of Mexico. The project will supply natural gas to power generation plants in multiple regions of the country. The pipeline is expected to be in service in late 2018.
