The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (ETHYDCO) has announced that it has succeeded in developing the new product, black compound polyethylene steel pipe coating, in cooperation with its partner, Moharamplast.

This comes within the frame of increasing the local component in the petroleum industry. This new product is used to cover onshore steel pipelines with an outer layer of polyethylene compound to provide additional protection to resist environmental factors and corrosion.

This component helps extend the life of the pipelines and maintain their efficiency while transporting raw materials and products within Egypt.

Hesham Riyad, the Chairman of ETHYDCO, stated that the technical departments at the company has coordinated with the owner of the polyethylene factory license in order to develop the new product.

He noted that the trial of the product was done at Petrojet’s coating plant where the first shipment of this product was approved and launched for the benefit of Petrojet Company to provide the needs of steel pipes coating plants instead of products imported from abroad.

This will help in saving foreign currency and continuing to supply raw materials to strategic projects, which contributes to reducing the import bill, he elaborated.