Piercing the highly competitive market in Middle East, Essar Steel India today announced that it has become an approved vendor for Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd., for supply of high grade pipes and plates that can withstand risk of corrosion from sour gas.
Essar Steel announced that it has received approval from GASCO for supply of Plates and Pipes up to API 5L Gr. X65 Sour Service, making it the biggest milestone for the company in the Middle East till date. This has opened up the opportunity for securing orders from GASCO.
With this, Essar Steel joins the ranks of few global steel giants and is the only Indian company to have received such approval.
The approval would cement Essar Steel's position further in the highly demanding global oil and natural gas industry. The company had in recent times got approvals from among others, American Petroleum Institute (API) certification, approvals from SHELL GLOBAL, ENI, SOCAR, OCCIDENTAL-QATAR, ECOPETROL, PACIFIC RUBIALES, FLUOR and KVAERNER.
Essar Steel's pipe mill located at Hazira has the capability to manufacture 6,00,000 tonnes of line pipes comprising 2,75,000mt per annum of API-grade HSAW (Helical Submerged Arc Welding) Line pipes, ranging from diameters 16″ to 110″, thicknesses 6.4mm to 25.4mm in grades through and up to X-80 and 3,25,000mt per annum of API-grade LSAW (Longitudinal Submerged Arc Welding) Line pipes, ranging from diameters 16″ to 60″, thicknesses 6.4mm to 65mm in Grades through and up to X-80.
The facility is an amalgamation of best-in-class technologies including Tube mill, Welding technology, and Inspection technology and is fully automated with the least manpower requirement with respect to the prevailing industry norms. It is supported by a coating plant in the same location.
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