PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today U. S.
Steel Tubular Products, a subsidiary of United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X), introduced USS-LIBERTY TC™, the company's
newest American-made premium connection to oil and gas customers
operating in challenging conditions.
The highly engineered premium and semi-premium connections
offered by U. S. Steel Tubular Products expertly utilize
state-of-the-art threads and seals to connect individual joints of
steel pipe to form a continuous casing string that ensures safe and
effective exploration and transmission of oil and gas. The
patent-pending USS-LIBERTY TC™ premium connection incorporates the
proprietary TightFit™ thread form with a unique metal-to-metal seal
and shoulder configuration to improve performance in collapse,
compression and torque. Ranging in size from 4 1/2" to 7 5/8"
outside diameter, the connection is ideal for a broad range of
complex applications including shale, horizontal and extended reach
wells as well as sour service.
"We are extremely excited to offer our customers the USS-LIBERTY
TC™ premium connection," said Mario
Longhi, president and CEO of United States Steel
Corporation. "The introduction of this new product continues U. S.
Steel's transformation as we provide highly engineered products to
our customers in the oil and gas market."
"Our tubular products customers now have the freedom to choose
an innovative product designed, tested and manufactured entirely in
the United States, just like our
other proprietary premium and semi-premium connections," said U. S.
Steel's Sr. Vice President – Tubular Business David Rintoul.
Keeping in line with U. S. Steel Tubular Products' commitment to
quality, the rugged connection has been verified through
comprehensive full-scale testing conducted under the most modern
and rigorous industry testing standard - API 5C5 (2014) CAL
IV.
"USS-LIBERTY TC™ provides the oil and gas industry peace of mind
that they are choosing the best available premium connection
technology as they work to secure America's energy independence,"
said Craig Horan, U. S. Steel's vice
president - commercial, Tubular.
To learn more about USS-LIBERTY TC™ call (877)893-9461 or visit
usstubular.com.
U. S. Steel Tubular Products has been serving the energy
industry since 1901 as North
America's largest fully-integrated tubular products
manufacturer. Today, U. S. Steel Tubular Products has an annual
tubular products capacity of 2.8 million net tons.
United States Steel Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading integrated steel
producer and Fortune 200 company with major production operations
in the United States and
Europe and an annual raw
steelmaking capability of 24.4 million net tons. The company
manufactures a wide range of value-added steel sheet and tubular
products. For more information about U. S. Steel, please
visit www.ussteel.com.
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SOURCE United States Steel Corporation