OREANDA-NEWS. April 23, 2012. Tata Steel has been awarded a  high eight-figure US dollar contract to supply pipe for  Enterprise Products Partners L.P.'s new crude oil export pipeline in the Gulf  of Mexico's Keathley Canyon area.

The contract will see Tata  Steel deliver more than 48,000 metric tonnes of steel pipe from its 42-inch  mill in Hartlepool, England for the Lucius Development Project, which has the  capacity to produce in excess of 80,000 barrels of oil per day.

Tata Steel will provide 105  miles (169 kilometres) of 18-inch diameter line pipe. The pipe will be laid at  water depths of up to 7,000 feet (2,133 metres) and is designed to meet the  required specification for deepwater conditions.

Deirdre Fox, director of sales  and marketing at Tata Steel, said: "We have a long record of success with  providing line pipe for deepwater projects. This is a significant contract for  Tata Steel.


"We  have excellent dimensional tolerance control within the 42-inch mill in  Hartlepool, which enables us to offer deepwater anti-collapse properties and  fast lay rates. This contract enhances our position as the global leader in  delivering line pipe for deepwater projects."