JSC United Metallurgical Company and the company Nord Stream AG summed up the contract to supply pipes for the international pipeline.

Event to celebrate the completion of the supply pipes made at Vyksa Steel Works was held on September 27 in Vyksa. It was attended by OMK President Vladimir Markin and Commercial Director of Nord Stream AG Henning Kothe.

Results for the first and second stages of building the Nord Stream pipeline VMP has made more than 460 tons of large diameter pipes. This is a tube with an outer ply corrosion-resistant coatings and internal surface of the steel grade 485 SAWL IFD, sub standard Norwegian Det Norske Veritas for offshore gas pipeline and the additional requirements of the project Nord Stream. For the most complicated part of the pipeline UMC has produced and delivered unique batch of pipes with wall thickness of 41mm, can withstand pressure of 220 atmospheres.

Mr Vladimir Markin OMK President said "The contract with Nord Stream is made and in time due to high professionalism Vyksa pipe manufacturers and large scale investment program, implemented in OMK Vyksa Steel Works. Participation of OMC in the most difficult line of our company confirms its status as one of the world largest manufacturers of large diameter pipes of the highest quality."

Mr Henning Kothe the commercial director of Nord Stream AG said "High quality tube VSW corresponds to the world leading manufacturers. In all the years of cooperation was not a single claim for product quality. Successful participation of the United Metallurgical Company in the implementation of such a large project such as Nord Stream has allowed her to become a full member of the World League of suppliers of submarine line pipe."

LDP production for subsea pipelines in the VMP has been disbursed in 2006-2007. The company became the first in Russia and CIS qualified producer of pipes for standard DNV-OS-F101, which is the worldwide norm for laying oil and gas pipelines on the continental shelf with high quality requirements of pipes, which ensures high reliability subsea pipeline systems.

The Nord Stream gas fields in Russia connected with the European Union via the Baltic Sea. The capacity of the first pipeline length of 1.224 kilometers is 27.5 billion cubic meters a year, the second line to increase it to 55 billion cubic meters a year.