Vallourec announces the launch of a new offer for the offshore oil & gas market: the production of welded stainless steel tubes to be fitted into umbilicals.
Although they do not transport any produced oil or gas, umbilicals are a key component in a subsea installation. They are used to connect the equipment on the seabed to a control station at the surface. Tubes for umbilicals produced at the new Vallourec Umbilicals plant in Venarey-Les Laumes (Côte-d’Or, France) offer superior strength and mechanical properties. Elaborated with TOTAL as Technical Sponsor, this new product widens Vallourec’s offer of solutions for offshore operations.
Vallourec’s tubes will be inserted in the umbilicals alongside other components (electric cables, carbon rods, optical fibers). They will carry utility fluids necessary for production operations. Vallourec’s tubes are thinner hence the umbilicals they will be integrated in are lighter and easier to install at sea.
Dominique Richardot, Managing Director of Vallourec’s Pipe Project and SURF (Subsea, Umbilicals, Risers, and Flowlines) activities, declared: “By offering a product with unique characteristics to the market, we are positioning ourselves to meet the growing demands of deepwater and ultra-deepwater offshore fields. This new premium activity reinforces Vallourec’s position on the subsea construction market and our ability to provide integrated solutions.”
This new product completes the range of integrated solutions offered by Vallourec for subsea construction.
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September 24, 2013