TMK announces that it began shipments of TMK-FMC Premium threaded casing pipe to Arcticgas.

TMK-Premium Service, a TMK company specialised in the production and supply of Premium connections to the oil and gas sector, supplied the FMC casing to the EniNeftegazsubsidiary.

An initial shipment of 870 tonnes of TMK-FMC casing with 177.8 mm diameter and 10.36 mm wall thickness was completed and total shipment volumes of premium threaded casing to Arcticgas are to reach 2,200 tonnes by September 2008.

TMK-FMC is a Premium casing connection with extra gas tightness properties and high tension capacity used for the construction and operation of vertical and deviated oil, gas and condensate wells and especially designed for corrosive applications.

In addition to the TMK-FMC series, TMK-Premium Service produces TMK-PF, TMK-GF, TMK-TTL, and TMK-CS Premium casing connections and TMK-FMT Premium tubing connections.