TMK, a producer of pipes for the oil and gas sector, has announced the completion of a new 650 thousand tonne mill in Volzhsky, Russia. The mill, the first of its kind in Russia, was manufactured by Switzerland’s Haeulser AG and produces longitudinal welded pipes of up to X100 grade with diameters ranging from 530mm to 1420mm and wall thickness of up to 42mm. Exterior anticorrosion coating capacities for longitudinal and spiral welded pipes with diameters ranging from 508 to 1422mm and wall thickness between 7 and 48mm were added to the mill. The equipment has the capacity to coat 650 thousand tonnes of pipes per year. Additionally, a further 600 thousand tonnes of interior smooth coating capacity for pipes with diameters ranging from 508 to 1420mm and wall thickness between 9 and 48 mmwas commissioned earlier this year. After opening, TMK welcomed a group of distinguished guests, including Presidential Envoy to the Southern Federal District, Vladimir Ustinov, the Governor of the Volgograd region, Nikolay Maksyuta, and Lukoil President, Vagit Alekperov, to the Russia Pipe Plant. The group visited Volzhsky’s welded operations and became acquainted with the newly commissioned large-diameter longitudinal welded pipe mill.
