China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC )is the largest offshore oil and gas producer in China and one of the largest state-owned enterprises.
This order, mainly produced in China, covers 16,000 tons of OCTG tubular solutions intended for CNOOC’s offshore projects in Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Zhanjiang.
Vallourec will use one of the new production routes created in recent months under its Transformation Plan. Most of the seamless carbon steel tubes will be produced by Tianda Oil Pipe (China), the new plant purchased by the Vallourec Group in 2016 in Chuzhou, (North of Shanghai), and all processes will be done for API casing in Tianda.
Additionally, VAM® connections will be produced in the Group’s Changzhou plant (VAM® Changzhou) and the 13CR casing pipes, in the French facilities.