STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 04/2019 EXTRACT

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Hunting Energy Services and Jindal SAW form strategic partnership
Hunting Energy Services has signed a
strategic alliance with Jindal SAW Ltd.
in New Delhi.
Under the partnership, Hunting Energy
Services will share their patented Premium
Connections technology with Jindal
SAW Ltd., who in turn will manufacture
premium seamless casing and tubing
using the connections technology.
India’s demand for seamless pipe with
premium connections has until now
been covered through imports. The partnership
will now result in the manufacture
of finished seamless premium casing
and tubing in India, and a reduction
of imports.
• Hunting PLC
Saudi Aramco places steel pipe order to expand oil and gas production capacity
Liberty Steel Hartlepool, UK, has secured
a major steel pipe contract for an offshore
Saudi Arabian oil and gas development.
This milestone contract covers the manufacture
of more than 16 kilometres of
heavy-duty steel pipe for an expansion
of the Saudi Aramco Marjan field. Saudi
Aramco is the world’s biggest oil and gas
company by revenue. The company is
planning to boost the Marjan and Berri
fields’ production capacity by 550,000
barrels per day of crude oil and 70.8 million
standard cubic meters per day of
gas.
Liberty, in conjunction with Sumitomo
Corporation Middle East FZE, will supply
the Marjan project with submerged arc
welded linepipe (SAWL) from its UOE mill,
one of two mills it operates at Hartlepool.
The offshore linepipe, suitable for highly-resilient
‘sour service’ application, is due
for delivery by the end of 2019.
• Liberty Steel
Mill Steel Framing strengthens commercial team
Mill Steel Co., distributors of flatrolled
carbon steel, has added three
senior sales experts to its commercial
team.
Kip Craddick, vice president of Mill
Steel Framing, comes to Mill Steel with
over 15 years of experience as a senior
commercial representative in the metal
framing sector. He will sit on the advisory
board for the Steel Framing Industry
Association.
Steve McDaniel, director of Mill Steel
Framing, widely recognized as a metal
framing commercial leader in the Mid-
South, brings more than 25 years experience
in the metal framing industry.
The third person new on board is Brett
Patton, senior account manager. He will
focus on the expansion of Mill Steel
Framing throughout the Southern United
States.
These additions come on the heels
of the recent announcement of the
rebrand of Mill Steel Framing. Previously
known as Steel Structural Products,
Mill Steel Framing, supplies a full line of
metal framing materials, including ProStud
and ProTrak, structural studs, and a
variety of accessories, from all Processing
and Distribution Centers located
across the Midwest and Southern United
States.
• Mill Steel Co.
Placement of major pipe order for Baltic Pipe Project
Salzgitter Group subsidiaries and associate
companies will produce and supply
around 30,000 t of steel pipes and 90
steel pipe bends for the Baltic Pipe Project.
The Baltic Pipe Project is a European gas
infrastructure project which will see Norwegian
natural gas piped via Denmark to
Poland. The EU is providing financial support
for this project aimed at diversifying
the European gas market.
The pipes will be manufactured by Mannesmann
Grossrohr (approx. 24,000 t) and
Europipe (approx. 6,000 t), with the bends
being produced by Salzgitter Mannesmann
Grobblech. The input material including
slabs for the production of sheet and
hot rolled coils will be supplied by other
Salzgitter Group subsidiaries and associate
companies. Salzgitter Mannesmann International
GmbH (SMID) will be responsible
for the entire project coordination from
preparation of offer through to execution
of the order. The company will also safeguard
the entire supply chain and collaborate
with prominent financial service providers.
Between January and March 2020
Salzgitter Mannesmann International
will ship pipes and bends to customer
Energinet for Lot 2 of the project.
Together with its road, rail and marine
shipping partners, SMID will be responsible
for the comprehensive project
logistics including delivering and stacking
pipes and bends at 24 different storage
areas along the route of the pipeline.
• Salzgitter AG
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