ChelPipe Fulfils Urgent Order for Transneft

ChelPipe Group (“ChelPipe” or “the Group”) is fulfilling an urgent order for Transneft that includes more than 22,000 tonnes of large-diameter pipes (LDP) for maintenance needs. The LDP will be delivered by the end of August. The pipes have diameters of 820, 1,020, 1,220 and 1,420 mm, a wall thickness of 9-17 mm, are made of cold-resistant K56-grade steel and have a three-layer external anti-corrosion coating. An additional requirement was to shot-blast the internal surface to further protect against scale, which could conceal defects in the metal. ChelPipe and Transneft are well established partners, and the Group supplies its full range of LDP to the pipeline operator. In 2014, ChelPipe expects to sell more than 215,000 tonnes of LDP to Transneft for maintenance work and the “Kuyumba — Taishet” project. http://www.chelpipe.ru/en/press_center/company_news/4556/