OREANDA-NEWS. OAO Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, today announces that it has won a tender to supply about 100 thousand tonnes of large diameter pipes for the Ukhta-Torzhok (about 60 thousand tonnes) and Bovanenkovo-Ukhta (about 40 thousand tonnes) pipelines. The pipes are to be manufactured by the Izhora Pipe Mill, a part of Severstal's Russian Steel division.

For construction of the Ukhta-Torzhok and Bovanenkovo-Ukhta projects the Izhora Pipe Mill will supply to its key client - OAO Gazprom 1420 mm diameter pipes of K65 and K60 grade plates with internal and external anti-corrosion coating, designed for a working pressure of 11.8 MPa and 9.8 MPa.

Severstal as a vertically integrated steel company produces its own raw materials, has its own steelmaking and rolling facilities that altogether provide substantial synergies for the company. The Izhora Pipe mill is located in close proximity to Mill 5000 (LPTs-3 CherМK OAO Severstal), a supplier of a tubular billet (strip) for large-diameter pipes. Mill 5000 is able to produce all range of plate for the Ukhta-Torzhok and Bovanenkovo-Ukhta projects.

Vitaly Motorin, director of pipe production for Severstal's Russian Steel division, commented: "Having been producing pipes and plates for the Ukhta-Torzhok and Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipelines on our facilities in Kolpino since 2008, we gained all the necessary experience. For example, Izhora Pipe Mill was one of the first facilities in Russia and CIS producing ultra high strength pipes made of high strength steel K65 to build the section of "Bovanenkovo - Ukhta" main gas pipeline system notable for severe weather conditions with low temperatures".

Bovanenkovo-Ukhta and Ukhta-Torzhok are major gas pipelines intended for gas delivery from the Yamal region.