Slabs are heated to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit to make steel skelp. Steel slabs and steel skelp in pipe manufacturing Pipe is made from slabs or billets of steel.Ģ. After that, the molten steel is either poured into molds to make ingots or transferred to a continuous casting process to produce slabs, billets, and blooms. Components may be added to the molten metal and impurities removed to exactly balance the composition.
Raw steel is produced at foundries by melting raw materials in a furnace. The first stage is to transform raw steel into a more useable form.īoth methods must start with the manufacture of high-quality steel. This ubiquitous building material is created in two unique techniques, beginning with the melting of raw components and ending with the molding or welding of completed products:ġ. Handrails, bike racks, and pipe bollards may all be made out of steel pipe of different sizes. In the building industry, pipes are utilized for heating and plumbing. A common example of home manufacturing is the thin steel tubing that powers the cooling mechanism in refrigerators. Despite this, pipes of varied diameters are widely used in industry and construction. Pipe is mostly used to transport liquids or gases underground, such as oil, gas, and water. They are the most often utilized product in the steel industry. Through collaboration with our client, we have developed an SESV that will ensure optimum efficiency and minimum non-productive time during our client’s operations, while maintaining the flexible multi-role design as part of our core strategy for high utilization.Steel pipes are cylindrical steel tubes that are utilized in a number of industrial and infrastructural applications.
A key factor in our client’s decision to charter GMS Shamal was our ability, through our integrated engineering and construction process, to make modifications during the build process without these affecting the price or delivery schedule. “GMS has been at the forefront of self-propelled SESV design since the 1980s. In common with other SESVs in the GMS fleet, the vessel is capable of high deck loads and has been fitted with a multi-move, robust jacking system combined with DP II manoeuvring to ensure rapid, frequent and safe movement between offshore wellheads.ĭuncan Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of GMS, said: “The signing of this first charter well ahead of GMS Shamal’s build completion demonstrates the continued high demand for our vessels and highlights the value of our cost-effective solutions as our core, opex-focused oil and gas clients seek to extract maximum value from their offshore assets, which is increasingly relevant in the current oil price environment. The modifications include the supply and installation of pumping equipment and gas lines, the enlargement of the onboard brine capacity and the optimization of the crane configuration. GMS Shamal will be supporting well service work, with the day rate in line with that previously indicated for the region for this class of vessel.Īccording to GMS, this SESV is not only a new design, being the first self-propelled SESV of this Mid-Size Class to be built by GMS, it has also been adapted to suit the client’s specific needs as a specialized well intervention unit. The contract is for five years (two years firm with three one-year options). The vessel is currently being built at GMS’ quayside facility in Abu Dhabi and is on schedule to be completed in Q2 2015 when it will proceed directly to its first charter for a national oil company in the MENA region.
Gulf Marine Services, a provider of advanced self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESV) has won the first contract for its new Mid-Size Class vessel GMS Shamal.