OREANDA-NEWS. April 11, 2013. OCTG is one of the five key products planned by TISCO’s Stainless Steel Pipe Co. Ltd.. Now the stainless steel seamless pipes and tubes used in oil and gas industry are commonly required to be produced according to API standards. Therefore, to obtain the right to use the Official API Monogram is the essential for stainless steel seamless pipes to access into oil and gas industry and entering into the international market.
 
After more than one year of preparation, Stainless Steel Pipe Co. Ltd. went through the phases of product development, trial production, implementation of the quality management system, reconstruction of the workshop, document inspection and factory audit, successfully passed the on-site audit carried out by the API designated auditors and obtained the certification of API Spec. Q1 quality management system certification, Spec 5 CT specification for casing and tubing and Spec5LC for CRA line pipe. Now it can produce all casing and tubing and CRA line pipes that meet the requirements of API specifications. It is the first producer in China to obtain the CRA line pipe certificate.
 
The R&D and small batch trial production of high-end oil-well pipes in S13Cr-2, N08028, S32205 and duplex stainless steel have been finished; the products will be launched in the market. The development of the most sophisticated oil-well pipes in 825, G3, C276 and super duplex stainless steel is in progress. The certification of API quality management systems laid a good foundation for TISCO’s stainless steel pipes to enter into the oil-well pipe market.