Vallourec will present digital and innovative solutions

09.05.2022

Christophe Huot, Sales Director OCTG, Accessories & Process Pipes for Europe/Africa Vallourec

With over 100 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, Vallourec provides its customers with reliable products and services for OCTG and pipeline markets. Building on this experience, Vallourec also accompanies its customers in the energy transition, providing solutions for the transport and storage of Hydrogen and captured carbon as well as for the extraction of Geothermal energy.  

Our aim is to provide our customers with a complete offer of solutions and services to improve and facilitate all of their operations.  

Vallourec is actively working to reducing its carbon emissions and indirectly those of its customers, with a current carbon footprint of 1.796 tons of CO2 per ton of tubes delivered.

At the Caspian Oil&Gas exhibition Vallourec will showcase a range of products and services, from premium integral VAM® connections, VAM® SLIJ-3 and VAM® BOLT-II, for offshore projects, to digital and innovative solutions to optimize customers’ operations. Vallourec also offers engineering solutions for well design and material selection to enhance well integrity and reduce costs. 

Our digital solutions include:  

- Smartengo Running Expert improves pipe running operations thanks to full traceability of each pipe.
- Smartengo Best Fit provides full visibility on achievable Hi-Lo for any pipe, allowing operators to anticipate welding operations and mitigate risks.
- Smartengo Inventory enables operators to seaslessly perform yard operations in compliance with market best practices.  

Our innovative solutions include:  

• Pre-Installed Cable Protector: move clamping operations to the yard & reduce the critical path to just 30 seconds.  
• Intelligent Pipe: Rely on real-time well monitoring to capture hey well parameters even in inaccessible areas.  
• Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing: Reduce inventory by using 3D printing technology to design, digitize and print metal parts.  
• Intelligent Drift: Acquire pipe measurement on surface to mitigate downhole packer string blockages & cement mis-displacement issues 

 Vallourec has been active and present in the region for decades and its dedicated VAM Caspian team recently celebrated its 15^th anniversary in Baku. We wish to highlight our involvement in the region and interact with current and potential customers, presenting our innovative solutions and comprehensive services.   

This exhibition will allow Vallourec to increase its visibility and customer networking. We would like to meet with key decision makers as well as with drilling & completion engineering teams in order to introduce them to our latest innovative solutions and services that should help them in their operative tasks and significantly reduce their costs and safety issues. Our aim is to meet our customer’s challenges and help them improve their efficiency at every level.  

We would like to increase Vallourec’s visibility and reputation in the region and we expect to meet with key industry players in the area.