.png?lang=en-US&ext=.png)
Corus Wins Prestigious Pipeline Order
03/25/2010 - Corus secures a pipeline order worth nearly £200 million from Total E&P UK Ltd.
Corus has secured a letter of award for a pipeline order worth nearly £200 million from Total E&P UK Ltd.
The order is for over 150,000 tonnes of pipeline for the Laggan-Tormore offshore gas field development in the region West of the Shetlands. The pipe, which will meet an arduous specification required for such harsh offshore environments, will be 18 and 30 inches in diameter and around 500 km in length, and will be produced at the company’s Hartlepool site.
“Corus is delighted to have been awarded this prestigious pipeline order,” said Remco Blaauw, Managing Director of Corus Tubes. “The pipe will be manufactured at the company's Hartlepool site through 2010 and into 2011, securing both existing and additional employment for the area.
“The order has been won against strong global competition based on our world leading pipe-making capability and our proven operational performance,” added Blaauw. “We look forward to working with Total on this landmark project and we are committed to delivering a world-class pipeline solution.”
The company said the order will secure more than 350 jobs at its Hartlepool facility, including approximately 100 new positions for the duration of the contract.
“I am delighted that Corus' world-class large-diameter Hartlepool pipe facility has been recognized through the awarding of this order,” said Corus CEO Kirby Adams. “The securing of jobs and the creation of new ones at Hartlepool are particularly welcome.”
After the steel pipe has been manufactured, an anti-corrosion coating and concrete weight coating will be applied elsewhere in the UK before delivery to Total. The contract requires first deliveries in March 2011.
Corus Tubes, a business unit of Corus, manufactures steel tubes in the UK and Netherlands for a wide range of applications such as construction, energy, automotive, mechanical engineering and building services. Corus Tubes employs 1750 people at its locations throughout the UK and the Netherlands.
Corus, Europe's second-largest steel producer, operates main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Corus supplies steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide.
Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, one of the world’s top ten steel producers. Following the acquisition of Corus in 2007, the combined enterprise has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents.
