14 Jul 2008 10:26
14 July 2008 PRESS RELEASE
TMK Premium Connection Successfully Tested for Horizontal Well Applications
TMK, one of the world's top three oil and gas pipe producers, today announces that its TMK-GF premium casing connection series was successfully tested for horizontal oil and gas well applications.
TMK-Premium Service, a division of TMK specialising in the production and supply of premium connections to the oil and gas sector, tested the high-performance GF casing connection series at Novatek's Sterkhovoye field in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region.
Produced at TMK's TAGMET R&D centre, the TMK-GF connections encountered pressures of 190 atmospheres during casing operations in the well and retained excellent gas tightness under high bending loads.
TMK-GF is a Premium connection with extra gas tightness properties used for the construction and operation of highly-deviated and horizontal wells and especially designed for application in corrosive environments. As demonstrated during testing, its metal-to-metal seal offered excellent gas tightness, even under the most severe stresses, and seal integrity was maintained even after numerous make-ups and break-outs.
In addition to the TMK-GF series, TMK-Premium Services produces TMK-PF, TMK-FMC, TMK-TTL, and TMK-CS Premium casing connections and TMK-FMT Premium tubing connections.
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Founded in 2001, TMK (LSE: TMKS) is the largest pipe producer in Russia and one of the three global market leaders.
In 2007, TMK shipped over 3 million tonnes of pipes. TMK supplies to companies in more than 60 countries.
TMK production facilities are located in Russia, the United States, Romania and Kazakhstan
Volzhsky Pipe Plant
Seversky Tube Works
Taganrog Metallurgical Works
Sinarsky Pipe Plant
TMK IPSCO
TMK-Resita SA
TMK-Artrom SA
TMK-Kaztrubprom
TMK Oilfield Services
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