CNX Resources installs first string of voestalpine Tubulars’ VAtitan®-TC connection in the Utica
15 October 2020
“The VAtitan®-TC connection was very easy to make up at the rig site. The robust thread design and deep stabbing feature made for quick make ups, ensuring a smooth and efficient casing run.” – Luke Beebe – Vice President of Drilling,
CNX Resources is widely recognized as a leader in the Appalachian Basin, and voestalpine Tubulars is pleased to support these requirements through B&L Pipeco Services, who has been a valued OCTG distributor of voestalpine’s for over 35 years.
“We are very pleased to be a part of the inaugural running of the VAtitan®-TC. B&L Pipeco Services has represented voestalpine Tubulars for the last 35 years and we credit the forward looking approach of voestalpine Tubulars and CNX Resources, our valued customer, for making this project a reality” – Steve Tait – CEO & President, B&L Pipeco Services
Additional E&P companies have already committed to utilizing the VAtitan-TC connection in their extended reach wells, with material en route to well sites throughout the North American shale plays.
voestalpine Tubulars
The world of voestalpine Tubulars is based on high tech seamless pipes that can withstand the toughest conditions, day in, day out. We promise highest performance based on the core values customization, innovation and sustainability for all business segments – oil & gas, automotive, pressure applications and mechanical engineering. With more than 50 production, R&D, sales locations and licensees on 5 continents, the company provides the essential proximity to customers and ensures a comprehensive customer service. Our dedicated experts work continuously on solutions to our customers’ challenges with technical experience, flexibility and ingenuity. Quality standards are more to us than rules, they serve as the baseline which we strive to exceed. The outcome: safe, reliable, sustainable products and product solutions.
Metal Engineering Division
The voestalpine Metal Engineering Division is the global market leader in railway infrastructure systems and associated signaling technology (railway systems). With its business unit Industrial Systems the division is also the European market leader in quality wire and a leading provider of full welding solutions. Seamless pipes are also supplied all over the world from the Kindberg site in Austria. Customer segments include the railway infrastructure industry, the oil & gas industry, the mechanical engineering and automotive industries, as well as the construction industry. In the business year 2019/20 the division and its Railway Systems and Industrial Systems business units generated revenue of around EUR 2.9 billion, of which over 40 percent was generated outside Europe. The division, with around 13,300 employees worldwide, generated an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 301 million.
The voestalpine Group
In its business segments, voestalpine is a globally leading steel & technology group with a unique combination of materials and processing expertise. voestalpine, which operates globally, has around 500 Group companies and locations in more than 50 countries on all five continents. It has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995. With its top-quality products and system solutions using steel and other metals, it is a leading partner of the automotive and consumer goods industries as well as of the aerospace and oil & gas industries. voestalpine is also the world market leader in complete railway systems as well as in tool steel and special sections. In the business year 2019/20, the Group generated revenue of EUR 12.7 billion, with an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 1.2 billion; it had just under 49,000 employees worldwide.
Contact for requests
voestalpine Tublars GmbH & Co KG
Alexandra Zelisko
Director Public Relations & Corporate Developemnt
Alpinestrasse 17
8652 Kindberg/Aumuehl
T +43/50304/23-202
alexandra.zelisko@vatubulars.com
www.voestalpine.com/tubulars
