Al Gharbia Pipe Company plant, a joint venture between manufacturing giant Senaat General Holding Corporation and two Japanese steel companies, will be operational in Q2 2019.

China’s largest manufacturer and exporter of longitudinal submerged arc welded steel pipes, Chu Kong Petroleum and Natural Gas steel Pipe Holdings Ltd, has earned two bids from China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), to supply the steel pipes required for its natural gas project in Tianjin

EGPC agreed to lease two Workover rigs from SinoTharwa – ST-7 at 1000 horse power and ST-22at 650 – in order to carry out maintenance required to restore production capacity for 6 wells.