Orders for Russian large-diameter pipes expected to plunge two-thirds in Q4

摘要

Orders for large-diameter pipes from Russian pipe makers will plummet by two-thirds in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the previous quarter, to 144,000 tonnes, the head of the Russian Pipe Industry Development Foundation (FRTP), Alexander Deineko told Interfax, crfing the network schedule for supplying construction of trunk gas and oil pipelines for 2011-2013.