OREANDA-NEWS. TMK, one of the world's largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, on November 6 announced that it had started production of special corrosion-resistant seamless line pipes used for the transportation of gas extracted from wells operating in aggressive environments.

According to the company's press department, this new pipe range was especially developed by TMK's R&D centre for the Astrakhan gas condensate field, which has a complex geological structure and contains high pressure formations saturated with corrosive and toxic agents. TMK's Sinarsky Pipe Plant has already produced a batch of seamless line pipes capable of withstanding the impact of the field's destructive substances. The pipes have passed all bench and field tests, evidencing that TMK's corrosion-resistant seamless line pipes can be used for the transportation of oil and gas with high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide. These new TMK pipes meet current Gazprom specifications and will provide them with an alternative to the imported pipes.

Production of pipes designed for gas-condensate wells with high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide is new and very promising. "These new products will allow us to meet the demand for high performance pipes from Gazprom and other oil and gas companies operating in various hydrocarbon fields," commented TMK's CEO, Konstantin Semerikov.