OREANDA-NEWS. November 9, 2010. Steel pipe and railway wheel company Interpipe has held a business meeting with current and potential clients in Tehran (Iran). Representatives of the largest oil and gas companies in Iran participated at the meeting where Interpipe’s specialists presented the Ukrainian Premium Joint connection (UPJ) used for equipping horizontal and inclined wells in difficult geographical conditions.

Denis Solomin, Director for Oil & Gas Pipe Sales at Interpipe said: “Iran is a world leader in oil and gas extraction, and accordingly is the largest consumer of pipe products. Interpipe has many years of production experience and offers a wide product portfolio for the oil and gas industry. The Premium UPJ joint that we presented in Tehran is a high-strength connection compatible with the threaded NEW VAM joint. Interpipe’s pipe products with the premium UPJ connection are successfully used in oil-rigs in Syria, the UAE and Morocco and Nigeria.”

The UPJ threaded connection (Ukrainian Premium Joint) is designed for use in the construction of horizontal and inclined oil and gas wells operating in difficult geological conditions. Compression of the premium joint “metal-metal” in combination with the resistant trapezoidal thread provides high containment, strength and durability to ultimate joint strength. In addition, the UPJ connection is compatible with NEW VAM type of thread connections.