This year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston saw TATA Steel demonstrate its ability to deliver pipeline solutions to some of the world’s most challenging and complex projects. Global demand for key energy sources are increasing and the search for hydrocarbons is taking the industry into deeper and more difficult environments. TATA Steel’s extensive track record in every stage of hydrocarbon recovery, from exploration and drilling, oil and gas production and transportation through to refining, processing and developing renewable technologies stands it in good stead.
TATA Steel recently completed a USD 150M project to provide pipeline for the Discovery Producer Services gas pipeline in Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. TATA Steel supplied Discovery’s Keathley Canyon Connector with 214mi of 20-inch diameter submerged arc welded line pipe, weighing more than 110,000 metric tonnes, which was manufactured at the company’s 42-inch mill in Hartlepool, UK. The pipe was laid at water depths of up to 7,380ft and was designed to meet the required specification for deepwater conditions.
Mr Richard Broughton, Commercial Manager for Pipelines & Petrochemical at TATA Steel said, “At OTC this year, we will be showcasing our proven success in providing line pipe for deepwater conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, the UKCS and Russia. Recent contracts have been awarded based on our excellent dimensional tolerance control, enabling us to offer enhanced deepwater anti-collapse properties, easy fit-up and fast lay rates.”
