Hilong Holding, a China-based integrated oilfield equipment and services provider, has announced that the Group has successfully acquired all the equity shares of Texas Internal Pipe Coating (TIPC) with the purchase agreement signed on 14 February 2014 and the closing completed on 26 March this year. Located in Texas, US, Texas Internal Pipe Coating is a company with the... [Read More]

Metinvest Group, a Ukraine-based holding company of mining and steel assets, has been given permission to supply large diameter pipes made from internally-produced pipe making plate for oil and gas pipelines in Iraq. The company has been added to the Oil Ministry of Iraq's list of certified suppliers of large diameter pipes manufactured from internally produced pipe making... [Read More]

Composite Pipes Industry (CPI), a manufacturer of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes, has won a contract worth $5 million (€3.6 million) for the supply of pipes and fittings for a 62 km-long pipeline for British oil giant BP. The company says the corrosion-resistant pipes, to be used on the pipeline in BP's Khazzan field development in Oman, are cost-effective... [Read More]

CB&I, a Texas-based energy infrastructure firm, has announced it will be supplying pipe fabrication for the Dow Chemical Co. US Gulf Coast investment programme. The contract includes pipes for four new polyethylene plants in Louisiana and Texas and a new propylene and ethylene production unit in Texas. Both products are used in making chemicals. The value of the contracts... [Read More]

The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has acquired Tubexpress, a Brazilian distribution company which supplies pipes and tubes to the petrochemical and oil and gas industry. Tubexpress, founded in 1990, is a stock holding distributor offering products according to ISO 9000 standards. The company has two branches in Osasco and São Carlos, both in the state of São... [Read More]

A pipe cleaning technology developed in the United Kingdom has been trialled for the first time in an irrigation network in Australia. 'Ice pigging' involves running an icy slurry, similar to a slushy, through pipes to clear them of debris and bio-film. It was first developed at the University of Bristol for use in water utilities. The Barmera, Australia-based Central... [Read More]

GE Oil and Gas (GE) has introduced flexible pipes to help customers overcome the challenging conditions found in Brazil's Santos Basin by developing new materials for the pipes required to bring hydrocarbons to the surface. The company says it has been working on the technology for the past three years in order to meet the specific conditions of the basin... [Read More]

A new blast furnace at Wales-based Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks has been equipped with some three miles of cooling pipework, installed by Fairwood Fabrications and supplied by Pipe Centre. The £9 million (€10.5 million) installation was part of a complete rebuild of No. 4 Blast Furnace at the South Wales plant. The pipework forms a part of the furnace’s... [Read More]

Saudi Arabia-based Arabian Pipes (AP) has scooped a $133 million (€96.7 million) three year contract to supply welded steel pipes to Petroleum Development of Oman. The deal will see AP produce, coat and supply steel pipes designed for high pressure flow lines and critical applications. Production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2014 and the supply will... [Read More]

UK-based industrial pipework suppliers Pipestock have announced a new selection of medium density polyethylene (MDPE) valves. MDPE is a material used within industrial pipe systems and Pipestock carrys a large range of MDPE pipe and fittings. The new valves can be used within an MDPE pipe compression system for the regulation and directing of flow. MDPE is a variation... [Read More]

Protecting pipelines from the damaging effects of corrosion is an essential requirement for many offshore or onshore oil and gas installations, where if left unchecked can cause leakage, failure and in extreme cases, result in expensive shutdown. US-based Allison Engineering have introduced its Kleerband flange protector brand as a solution to the problem of pipeline corrosion. Allison... [Read More]

Huliot, an Israel-based plumbing and drainage firm, is set to supply environmentally friendly sewage and wastewater pipes into Europe. It claims its acoustic insulated pipe, made from a plastic compound that does not pollute the environment, is a first for the European sewage industry. The pipes also operate at minimum noise level and will replace cracked lead pipes in... [Read More]

Future Pipe Industries Group (FPIG) has acquired 100% of fiberglass pipe manufacturing company Protecciones Plasticas SAU, which will carry on operating under the 'Protesa' trading name. Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain Protesa has facilities in Zaragoza, Spain; Pune, India and Jorf Lasfar, Morocco. Speaking about the acquisition, FPIG's chairman and CEO Fouad Makhzoumi... [Read More]

A new report by the US National Research Council believes diluted bitumen has no greater likelihood of accidental pipeline release than other crude oils. The committee that wrote the report found that diluted bitumen has physical and chemical properties within the range of other crude oils and that no aspect of its transportation by pipeline would make it more likely than... [Read More]