TMK’s Sinarsky Pipe Plant announced that testing and commissioning of an upsetting press for pipes for oil industry has been completed and now it would be able to meet the requirements of the standards API 5D and API 5CT. A total of 1500 tonnes of pipes with upset ends were produced in October 2006 and more than 2000 tonnes of pipes in November 2006.

The new equipment will make it possible to increase the output of pump and compressor pipes with upset ends and drilling pipes by 36,000 metric tons per year. Moreover, the quality of the pipe upsetting will be increased, while the time required for mechanical processing of the upset ends will be reduced.