National Oilwell Varco Announces New Composite Pipe Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia
“Our decision to localize manufacturing operations in the
The facility will establish NOV as Saudi Arabia’s first local manufacturer of high-pressure spoolable composite pipe and will further enhance the Company’s ability to provide lightweight, corrosion-resistant, engineered solutions from its global team of experts supported by 12 manufacturing facilities around the world.
The new, state-of-the-art, manufacturing complex will produce spoolable and jointed pipe, including the flagship line of Fiberspar™ spoolable products, STAR™ Glass Reinforced Epoxy high pressure line pipe, and downhole tubing and casing. Operations are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018.
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