VSW Starts Producing Batch of Pipes with Maximal Wall Thicknesses
OREANDA-NEWS. On 15 July 2009 was announced, that Vyksa Steel Works (VSW, Nizhni Novgorod Region), part of United Metallurgical Company (OMK) had started manufacturing its first ever batch of large-diameter pipes with a wall thickness of
VSW started to produce and supply pipes for the first line of the gas pipeline Nord Stream in late May 2008. Until November 2009, VSW is supposed to supply a total of 262.6 thousand tonnes of
The pipes having a 41-mm wall thickness, which is unique for pipes of such diameter and grade, will be produced for the lead-in sections of both lines of Nord Stream. They should withstand a pressure 220 atmospheres at the gas outlet of the Portovaya compressor station, near
The subsea gas pipeline Nord Stream (
The agreement for delivery of pipes for the construction of the first line of the subsea gas pipeline was signed between the operator of the Nord Stream project, Nord Stream AG, and OMK on November 6, 2007. Prior to that, OMK had been selected as a preferred bidder in an international bidding, whose other participants included leading German and Japanese LDP manufacturers. Based on the bidding results, OMK secured 25% of the entire order volume and became
During 2006-2007, VSW produced LDP designed for subsea pipeline systems in accordance with the standard of Det Norske Veritas (DNV),
United Metallurgical Company (OMK) is one of
In 2007, OMK products accounted for 18% of pipes consumed in Russia, including 34% of large diameter pipes, 62% of railroad wheels, and 75% of automobile springs. In 2007, the OMK enterprises produced 1.8 million tonnes of pipes of various sizes and 820 thousand railroad wheels. The main consumers of OMK products include such leading Russian and foreign companies as Gazprom, Russian Railways, LUKOIL, Transneft, Surgutneftegas, Rosneft, TNK-BP, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, General Electric, and Samsung. OMK supplies its products to 20 countries.
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