OREANDA-NEWS. August 22, 2007. As to the results of first seven months of current year, total deliveries of pipe products for needs of Transneft made up about 0,75 mln.t, which exceeds the indicators of last year for the same period three times more. In such a way, Transneft proved to be the most dynamically growing "raw material" segment of consumption at the pipe market.

In total, needs of oil and gas sector for pipe products, as to the results of January-July, are estimated at about  2,6 mln.t, which is by 22% higher than the level of demand of first seven months of last year. The largest segment of demand remain oil and gas enterprises (+6%), deliveries to which are estimated as 180 thous.t monthly during this year.

Pipe shipment for needs of Gazprom is starting to restore. While the level of demand of last year is not reached (as to the results of seven months, pipe shipment reduction made up about 15%), however, the indicators of July started to exceed last year’s results, which means, that trend of reduction of demand for pipes in this segment is not so evident any more.