MUSCAT -- Gulf International Pipe Industry LLC (GIPI) has announced the successful production of 24-inch diameter carbon steel line pipes at its integrated pipe manufacturing facility in Sohar Industrial Estate. These steel pipes -- primarily used for transmission of oil and gas products -- are by far the largest ever produced in the Sultanate, the company said in a press statement. This achievement occurred simultaneously during the final field audit carried out on GIPI by the American Petroleum Institute (API), the world's governing regulatory and standardisation authority on oil and natural gas industry.
"This achievement adds another significant milestone to GIPI and places the Sultanate of Oman amongst the first country in the entire GCC and MENA area to produce 24" ERW high pressure pipes," commented Hamdan al Shaqsy, GIPI CEO. Al Shaqsy further expressed the pride of the entire GIPI team when the field audit for API/ISO accreditation concluded with a clean bill of health. "In his Audit Summary, the API Auditor highly commended our Plant not only as an impressive pipe production facility capable of producing ERW pipes, but also being operated by a very competent workforce.
Furthermore, the audit also confirmed that our Quality System is well established and is in compliance with ISO/9001:2008; API Q1 8th Edition and TS29001:2007. The Auditor has now submitted his full Audit Report and it is GIPI hope that the Company will be awarded the API Monogram in due course," he said. GIPI manufactures high grade carbon steel pipes and casing within a diameter range of 8-24 inches and capability for wall thickness of up to 25mm and pipe length of up to 18 meters.
The pipe manufacturing process utilizes state-of-the-art Fifth Generation Mill technology. The coating facilities are also being commissioned and capable of both internal and 3 layer external coating. GIPI is also equipped with Professional in-house Laboratory services offering full range of inspection and testing in accordance with international industry standards and can perform independent testing per UKAS certification on ISO/IEC 17025.
By Staff Reporter
© Oman Daily Observer 2010
