Middle East Tubular Services wins Iraqi West Qurna Phase II Oilfield contract

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MIDDLE EAST TUBULAR Services (METS) has been awarded a contract to carry out inspection and machine shop services for Lukoil Middle East on its West Qurna Phase II Oilfield requirements in Iraq. The Iraq branch of the business, METS Khor Al Zubair, has entered into a three year service contract with the upstream oil company, which will see it carry out thread and pipe body inspection on tubing from Lukoil's site. METS regional manager Gareth McMurray said, "Between now and December we are looking at transporting and inspecting 7,000 joints with threading repairs being carried out on those with damaged connections." METS, which provides the oil and gas industry with storage, handling, logistics, repair and accessory manufacturing of oil country tubular goods (OCTG), began operations on its 52,000 sq m Basra free zone site in 2011. Other recent long-term service agreements in Iraq include both a machine shop services contract and an OCTG inspection services contract for BP Iraq on its Rumailah Oilfield, which are predicted to complete in 2014 and 2015 respectively.