PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today U. S.
Steel Tubular Products, a subsidiary of United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X), announced that USS-LIBERTY TC™, the
company's newest American-made premium connection, was successfully
installed by Range Resources at the Range Resources Greaves 6H Unit
well in West Alexander, Pa.
U. S. Steel Tubular Products' USS-LIBERTY TC™ was chosen by
Range Resources for this application because of its innovative
design, including the proprietary TightFit™ thread form plus other
patent-pending features.
"We are thrilled that the first real-life application performed
flawlessly," said David Rintoul,
senior vice president – tubular business at U. S. Steel. "As a
solutions provider and partner, we look forward to bringing
USS-LIBERTY TC™, part of our next generation of premium
connections, to more customers."
USS-LIBERTY TC™ is entirely designed, tested and manufactured in
the United States. 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 RP
5C5: 2014 CAL IV.
"Range is proud to support the domestic production of steel
products for our shale gas operations, which is helping to
revitalize domestic manufacturing," said John K. Applegath, senior vice president –
southern Marcellus shale at Range Resources Corporation. "U. S.
Steel shares Range's commitment to quality and innovation and has
been a terrific partner for Range and the entire industry."
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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