Petrobras has awarded Tenaris's sucker rods business as Best Supplier of Goods and Services in the category of Global Contracts.

The prize evaluated the performance of companies who had supplied the Brazilian energy giant between July 2010 and July 2011. The ceremony took place on December 5th 2011, organized by the Espírito Santo Exploration and Production Operations Unit.

Mr Emyr Berbare EVP of Confab Equipments Industrial SA and aslo president of the sucker rods business in Brazil said that "This award merits team work, management excellence and the tireless search for continuous improvement by motivating each person to give his or her best."

Mr Jeslei Eli Neves Tenaris commercial coordinator for sucker rods in Brazil said that "We work to meet Petrobras’s needs. We produce rods in accordance with customer definitions and we deliver them through the just in time system. In this way, we avoid surplus at the customer's working site."

In Brazil, Tenaris's sucker rods facilities are located in Pindamonhangaba. The company produces a complete line of products and accessories for Beam Pumping and Progressive Cavity Pumping.

To provide customers with a complete package of solutions, a team of professionals is on hand to offer specialized services such as training in the handling and set up of sucker rods strings, rod string design optimization, as well as technical assistance, integral analysis and diagnosis during field operations.