Sandvik presented its wide range of corrosion-resistant products including umbilical tubing, OCTG tubing, downhole control lines, hydraulic lines for drilling risers, tubing for sand screens, subsea piping material, welding products and slicklines at the 18th edition of the Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sandvik also displayed the complex components of powder metallurgy hot isostatic pressing (HIP) for subsea equipment.
According to Nigel Haworth, Sandvik’s global business unit head of oil and gas, Brazil continues to be an important market for the company, where it has a regional office as well as a facility that was opened around a year ago, to further enhance its products in the oil and gas market.
The facility, situated in Rio de Janeiro, can encapsulate flatpacks, perform flushing and filling of tubes, hydrostatic testing, re-spool lines to cut-to-length, color code tubes, and other services. The facility was set up with the aim to expand Sandvik’s presence in the region, and to be situated where its main customers have their bases.
Since then, Sandvik has supplied around 420km of flatpacks, including more than 1310 km of tubes and TEC to pre-salt projects in Brazil. The Libra oil field in the Santos Basin is the most promising oil field in Brazil, and Sandvik has supplied 100% of the control lines and chemical injection lines for the Long Duration Test (LDT) phase.
“Our expansion in Brazil is part of Sandvik's strategy to strengthen our position in the oil and gas market, bolster the growing control lines market and invest in high-level services for our customers. Since last year, we are already supplying control lines and chemical injection tubes with local content from the facility. We can also deliver coated umbilical tubing right from Brazil to meet 100% local Brazilian content, which is very important to tackle conditions specific to the local industry," says Leandro Finzetto, Regional Sales Manager, Oil & Gas, Americas, Sandvik.