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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Release–CORUS TUBES CLAD LINEPIPE AWARDED API LICENCE
Corus Tubes, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, one of the world’s top ten steel producers, has been awarded an American Petroleum Institute (API) 5LD accreditation for the manufacture of its innovative corrosion resistant, clad pipeline at its Hartlepool 42” mill.
Clad pipe is made from plate with a stainless steel, corrosion resistant alloy layer, finished with a submerged arc weld (SAW). The product allows for the cost effective recovery of previously unviable reserves in mature and sour service fields, which contain high levels of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
The Monogram Licence allows Corus Tubes to use the Institute’s monogram, certifying the business as an accredited manufacturer inline with API’s strict manufacturing and quality assurance standards.
Forecasts for the use of clad linepipe around the world suggest increased demand, and Corus Tubes commercial manager, Andy Townson, believes the technology will now open up significant areas of business in major energy producing regions.
Mr Townson said: “We are delighted to receive this approval from API as it underlines our capabilities and competencies as a manufacturer.
“The drive to cover marginal or demanding reserves has resulted in greater calls for offshore clad pipes, and to harness this we have recently invested in manufacturing equipment to facilitate production.”
Corus Tubes has developed a process, using metallurgically bonded clad plate that is formed into linepipe using what is known as the UOE method, where the material is formed into a ‘U’, then an ‘O’ shape, before being expanded to the final dimensions.
Using this method, the company has determined a production route enabling faster production of large quantities of linepipe in the same dimensional and mechanical tolerances as offshore grade carbon steel material.
Notes to editors
Corus is Europe’s second largest steel producer. With main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands, Corus supplies steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, one of the world’s top ten steel producers. The combined enterprise has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents.
Corus Tubes is a pioneering leader in the supply of innovative pipeline solutions, which assist customers to access new energy resources in the world’s most hostile and challenging environments, focusing on subsea and deep water activities. Its world leading centre of pipe making excellence based in Hartlepool, UK, works with the world’s leading oil and gas operators and contractors in all the major international hydrocarbon locations. Combining international expertise with local customer service, the Corus brand represents quality and strength.
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Emma Lane
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Fifth Ring Integrated Corporate Communications
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