Khartsyzsk Pipe selected for Asia-China gas pipeline

Khartsyzsk Pipe has been selected supplier of large diameter pipes for all participants of the transnational central Asia-China natural gas pipeline project.

Over one million pipelines have been shipped for the Uzbekistan-China and Kazakhstan-China sections and the Beineu Bozoi-Shymkent gas pipeline.

Khartsyzsk Pipe will also be used for the construction of the 'C' branch of the central Asia-China pipeline. This branch goes over the territory of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, and is designed to increase the transit of gas from Asia to China, extending for 1840 km.

The design capacity of the 'C' branch will be 25 billion m³ of gas and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014.

For construction of the 'C' branch, Khartsyzsk Pipe supplied single-seam, 1219 mm diameter piper from high strength X80 grade steel with external anti-corrosion and internal epoxy coatings. The pipes were manufactures according to customer technical requirements based on the international standards API Spec 5L (level PSL 2), CSA Z 245.21 and API RP 5L2.

"This is yet another example of Khartsyzsk Pipe delivering an important order in good quality and on time. The compliance of our products with all modern requirements has been recognised an an international level. At the same time, we understand that the exploration of hard-to-reach deposits in the future will require fundamentally new pipes that would be resistant to severe temperature fluctuations, high working pressure and the corrosion on transported media."

"The experts of Khartsyzsk Pipe are keeping their eye on innovations in the production of welded pipes and are ready to put them into production within the shortest period of time according to customer requirements," said Pavel Uzbel, Khartsyzsk Pipe's General Director.

Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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