Russia TMK said that they will deliver the large diameter LSAW pipe for the Russian part of the Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline spur to China.

In the first and second quarter of 2009, TMK supplied 10,300 tons of K52 and K56 large diameter pipe to Promstroy group.

The pipes are produced by Volzhsky mill and mainly used for build ESPO pipeline from Skovorodino to Amur river. The 4,700 kilometer pipeline will deliver Russia crude oil to ESPO market. It is expected that Russia will delivered 15 million tons of crude oil to China every year.