TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas pipe producers, announces today that it was awarded a contract by Lukoil for the supply of TMK FMC and TMK GF premium threaded connections.

TMK Premium Service, the only Russian company to produce premium threaded connections, will supply Lukoil with OD 168 mm, 245 mm and 324 mm TMK FMC and GF premium threaded casing of 8.9 mm, 8.94 mm and 10.59 mm wall thickness. This will provide Lukoil with a reliable substitute to imports in this high-tech segment.

Under the terms of the agreement, 1,930 tonnes of high performance pipes will be shipped from TMK’s Seversky, Volzhsky and Tagmet plants to Lukoil’s Western Siberian fields between December 2008 and March 2009.