Pipe industry of Russia
The Pipe industry of Russia is part of that country's ferrous metallurgy sector. In recent years, approximately $8 billion has been invested in the modernization of Russian pipe manufacture, making it possible to produce new products and improve quality. By 2010, about 40% of the pipes produced in Russia were manufactured on new equipment.[1]
Manufacturing companies
VEST- MD
VEST-MD, located in
Vyksa Steel Works
Located in Vyksa near Nizhny Novgorod, the Vyksa Steel Works are a division of the United Metallurgical Company. In 2005, the company began making a new line of single-seam 1420mm pipes for main gas pipelines. The Russian bank Sberbank lent the company US$170 million to support this effort. As of 2006, Vyksa was the largest Russian manufacturer of metal pipes. In 2007, the company became the only Russian pipe supplier to Nord Stream 1, providing piping for the construction of an underwater section of Nord Stream's pipeline under the Baltic Sea. In 2008, the company began to use epoxy anti-corrosion coatings on pipes for use in offshore oil wells and gas fields.
Izhora Pipe Plant
Located in
References
- ^ "Pipe Industry Russia is Ready to Participate in Large International Projects" (in Russian). Interfax. June 21, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2014. (in Russian)
- ^ Andrew Goryanov; Andrei Zhukov; Victoria Aleinikova (March 17, 2008). "Starting pipe path". Archived from the original on July 10, 2009.