Media Center

News

News

07.11.2008 Sales

ONGC Picks TMK for Casing Pipe Supply

TMK (LSE: TMKS), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, announces today that it signed a supply contract with ONGC, India’s largest oil and gas company.

06.11.2008 Sales

TMK Wins Turkmengas Supply Contract

TMK (LSE: TMKS), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, announces today that it was awarded a welded large-diameter pipe supply contract by the Turkmengas state concern.

03.11.2008 Modernization

TMK Starts Large Diameter Longitudinal Pipe Production

TMK, one of the world's largest producers of pipes for the oil and gas sector, announces today that production of large-diameter longitudinal welded pipes began at the Volzhsky Pipe Plant.  The successful commissioning of the new 650 thousand tonne HAEUSLER mill doubles Volzhsky’s large-diameter (LD) capacity to 1.2 million tonnes of pipes per year.

28.10.2008 Sales

TMK Ships Premium Connections to Salym Petroleum Development

TMK (LSE: TMKS), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, announces today that it began supplying TMK FMT Premium threaded tubing to Salym Petroleum Development (SPD). The agreement also includes the rendering of oil and gas field services, making it the first time a Russian pipe producer provides a customer with a complete tubular solution, from product design and manufacturing to running and technical assistance.

24.10.2008 Sales

TMK Enters Chinese Oil and Gas Pipe Market

TMK (LSE: TMKS), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, announces today that it began shipments of line pipe to the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC).

24.10.2008 Modernization

New Casing Finishing Line Commissioned at Volzhsky Pipe Plant

TMK announces today that a new 200,000 tpa finishing line for casing pipes was successfully commissioned at its Volzhsky Pipe Plant.  

16.10.2008 Production

Record Start for TMK IPSCO

TMK (LSE: TMKS) announces third quarter production results at its US subsidiary.

07.10.2008 Finances

TMK Announces Resolutions of the Board of Directors

TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, today announces that the OAO “TMK” Board of Directors has decided to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) in the form of an absentee ballot on November 7th 2008.

06.10.2008 Finances

TMK Announces First Nine Months Production Results and Confirms 2008 Expectations

OAO TMK (“TMK” or “the Company”), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, today announces its production results for the nine month period ended 30th September 2008 and provides the following trading update for 2008 estimated results.

24.09.2008 Modernization

PQF Mill Launched at TAGMET

TMK (LSE: TMKS), announces today that a 600 thousand tonne capacity Premium Quality Finishing (PQF) seamless rolling mill was brought on line as scheduled at its TAGMET plant in south-western Russia. The first batch of PQF seamless pipes was shipped to Surgutneftegas.

10.09.2008 Sales

TMK Premium Technology Licensed to Chinese Producer

TMK (LSE: TMKS) announces today that it has entered into an agreement to license TMK FMC premium connection technology to Chinese tubular producer Beijing Huayou Xingye Materials Co (BHXM).

04.09.2008 Sales

TMK to Supply Tubulars to Novatek

TMK, one of the world's largest producers of pipes for the oil and gas industry, announces today that it was awarded a supply contract from Novatek, Russia’s largest independent gas producer.

03.09.2008 Sales

TMK Ships Premium Connections to Surgutneftegas

TMK announces that its TMK-Premium Service division began supplying TMK-PF ET premium threaded casing connections to Surgutneftegas.

29.08.2008 Modernization

TMK Successfully Tests New Heat Treatment Equipment at its Volzhsky Subsidiary

Volzhsky Pipe Plant (VTZ), TMK’s subsidiary in the Volgograd Region, successfully tested Italian-made equipment installed as part of a new heat treatment line.

21.08.2008 Sales

TMK-Kaztrubprom Shipments

TMK announces that its TMK-Kaztrubprom subsidiary began shipments of oil country tubular goods (OCTG). TMK-Kaztrubprom shipped 240 tonnes of tubing with couplings.

11.08.2008 Modernization

Taganrog Metallurgical Works hot-tested new PQF piercing mill

At Taganrog Metallurgical Works (TAGMET), a part of TMK, the first hollow-billet piercing was carried out with the use of the piercing mill of a new pipe-rolling system, part of a Premium Quality Finishing (PQF) continuous mill made by SMS Meer. Annual capacity of the new system will amount to 600 thousand tonnes of seamless pipes.

08.08.2008 Sales

TMK's July shipments exceeded 300 thousand tonnes for the first time

TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers, shipped the largest volume of pipes per month since the Company was created in 2001. In July 2008 the total volume of pipe shipments from TMK’s plants amounted to 336 thousand tonnes. It included 190 thousand tonnes of seamless pipes and 146 tonnes of welded pipes.

30.07.2008 Sales

TMK Ships Premium Connections to Arcticgas

TMK announces that it began shipments of TMK-FMC Premium threaded casing pipe to Arcticgas.

28.07.2008 Finances

TMK successfully placed its second Eurobond issue

TMK, one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, successfully issued a US$ 600 million 3 year Eurobond due in July 2011 with 10 percent annual coupon.

25.07.2008 Sales

TMK Large-Diameter Pipe Shipments

TMK announces that it completed shipments of electric welded 1420mm large-diameter pipes of K60 steel grade with exterior anticorrosive coating used to expand the Urengoy gas field pipeline network.

24.07.2008 Modernization

TMK-Artrom Launches New Equipment

TMK-Artrom (Romania), commissioned its new cogging mill, which completed vertical integration of TMK production complex in Romania. All seamless pipes produced by TMK-Artrom will be manufactured of billets produced at TMK-Resita, TMK’s steelmaking facility in Romania.

23.07.2008 Modernization

ТМК Oilfield Services Division Increases its Production Capacities

In early July, 2008 ТМК Oilfield Services Division, launched tubing production line at its facilities in the city of Buzuluk (Russia), enhancing its ability to provide the customers with a set of services both for maintenance and repair, and production of high-tech tubular goods.

18.07.2008 Production

TMK Production Results for the First Half of 2008

OAO “TMK” (TMK), one of the world’s largest oil and gas pipe producers and the market leader of the Russian pipe industry, today announces 2008 half year (H1) production results.

17.07.2008

First Shipment of TMK Large-Diameter Pipes to the “Pochinki-Gryazovets” Pipeline

OAO TMK (“ТМК”) announces that it began shipments of K60 grade large-diameter ERW 1420 mm pipes with 15.7mm -18.7mm wall thickness and designed for operating pressures of up to 75 atmospheres. The pipes will be used in the construction of Gazprom’s Pochinki-Gryazovets pipeline.

14.07.2008 Quality

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.

Subscribe To News Letter