Romania’s TMK-Artrom granted SMS group the final acceptance certificate for a tube-and-pipe heat-treatment line that was ordered in March 2016. Designed for an annual capacity of 160,000 tons, the line will be used for the production of seamless high-strength pipes up to a wall thickness of 60 mm (2.36 inches) for mechanical applications and OCTG pipes.

Tenaris unveiled its $1.8 billion state-of-the-art seamless pipe mill in Bay City, Texas. The 1.2 million square-foot mill, which has the capacity to produce 600,000 tons of OCTG annually, incorporates a high level of automation and cutting-edge technologies into its production processes. The project, which was first announced in 2013, has generated more than 600 jobs and more than 1,500 during the construction phase.

EVRAZ North America approved engineering design work and ordering of long-lead-time equipment to install a new heat-treatment line at its Red Deer, Alberta, oil-country tubular goods (OCTG) facility.

Sandvik opened a fully automated ultrasonic testing facility for pipes dedicated to the oil and gas industry.