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Final APLNG pipes shipped


The final shipment of pipes required to complete the 520km Australian Pacific LNG (APLNG) pipeline arrived at Gladstone Port in the Austral- ian state of Queensland earlier this month, according to project managers.


“This final shipment of pipes arriving today as planned ensures we remain on schedule for delivery of first LNG in mid-2015,” said Graeme Hogarth, pipelines project manager at Origin, which is responsible for


construction. The 42-inch diameter pipes


were manufactured in Japan by Nippon Steel and coated by Wasco in Malaysia. The APLNG project involves


the development of gas fields in Queensland’s Surat and Bowen basins and a new coal seam gas to a liquefied natural gas facility located on Curtis Island. More than 140km of pipeline has already been laid, with more than 80km of that already reinstated. ❙ www.aplng.com.au


TMK adds US-based joint capability


Russian steel pipe supplier TMK has, through its US-based service company OFS Interna- tional, acquired the Houston, Texas-based manufacturing assets of ITS Tubular Services (Holdings) Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland). The ITS Tubular Services


facility is located on an 84 acre site to the north east of Houston and has the capacity to produce more than 700,000 threaded pipe joints and


250,000 couplings. It also provides pipe inspection services under the Independ- ent Inspection Services name. “This acquisition marks


another step in TMK’s expansion in the US and reinforces the company’s focus on developing service and producing high value-added tools for the oil and gas industry,” said TMK CEO Alexander Shiryaev. ❙ www.tmk-group.com


Momentive grows in China


Momentive Specialty Chemicals has opened a new plant at Tianjin in China to manufacture its Epikure epoxy curing agents. The new facility expands the company’s regional capacity


for amine curing agents and will produce both standards such as its Epikure 3115-X-70 grade, as well as specialty grades for low temperature curing high solids systems. ❙ www.momentive.com


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