Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) steel pipes and tubes are used in various engineering purposes, fencing, scaffolding, line pipes etc. ERW steel pipes and tubes are available in various qualities, wall thicknesses, and diameters of the finished pipes. These pipes use the high frequency induction heating (HFI) process to manufacture pipes ranging in nominal diameter from 219 mm (8.58 inch) to 610 mm (24 inch), and in wall thickness. These pipes are suitable for irrigation and water supply, plumbing, cold storage applications, scaffolding, antenna and telecom towers, water wells etc.
Growing oil and gas demand across the world and the zeal with which oil companies are investing on adding pipeline infrastructure promise higher revenues for Indian steel pipes makers. A huge pent-up demand for pipes has cropped up over the last few months. For the refining industry, pipes are the most economical way to transport oil and gas.
Seamless tube makers, Jindal Saw ISMT and MSL, are planning to expand their capacities expecting rise in demand - domestic and international. Demand is coming from transportation of oil and gas from discoveries in KG Basin and Rajasthan. Thus, due to demand it is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.
Few Indian Major Players are as under
· A N S Steel Tubes Ltd.
· Jindal Saw
· WelspunGujrat
· Tata Steel
· ISMT
· Mahalexmi Seamless
· BHEL
· Bushan Steel