Tenaris finishes up $3M maintenance project at Sault site

A local manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products says it has completed a preventative maintenance project at its Sault operations.

Tenaris said the work involved about 150 local contractors as well as support teams from Argentina, Italy, Mexico and the United States.

"All activities we set out to accomplish were completed successfully and safely,” said Tenaris operations senior director Jacobo Montaño. 

More details can be found in the full news release from the company:

Tenaris has successfully completed a planned maintenance project at its industrial centre in Sault Ste. Marie with no lost time. 

The preventative maintenance work, an investment of $3 million USD, included more than 70 scheduled activities concentrated in the hot rolling mill – a key part of the manufacturing process where solid steel billets are transformed into pipe. 

Approximately 150 local contractors from Melback, ThorCan, Stobie, RF Contracting, ISM, Rector, Novenco, NATT, Wajax, Steel Speed, GFL and SIS joined by 40 Tenaris employees carried out the three-week long project.

The range of activities during this project included repairs to the rotatory hearth furnace, which heats up the steel bars; the reheat furnace, which heats the pipe uniformly; and the stretch reducing mill, the process in which a pipe’s outside diameter is reduced. 

“There is a great deal of planning and coordination among our operations, maintenance, health, safety and environment teams, and contractors to ensure full alignment for a safe execution. All activities we set out to accomplish were completed successfully and safely,” said Tenaris operations senior director Jacobo Montaño. 

Planning for the scope of work started earlier in the year and included support from Tenaris teams from Argentina, Italy, Mexico and the United States, with the expert technical knowledge of the maintenance required in the hot rolling mill. Leading with safety is a priority at Tenaris, where all taking part in the maintenance project totalled over 110 hours of training, focused on confined space and HSE with the hot rolling mill operations team. 

Tenaris routinely performs preventative maintenance across its operations to ensure equipment and systems operate safely and as required. The next maintenance intervention will take place in the fall of this year. 

Tenaris is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products and related services for the world’s energy industry and other industrial applications. Our customers include most of the world’s leading oil and gas companies and our revenues amounted to US $14.9 billion in 2023. Employing around 29,000 people worldwide, we operate an integrated network of steel pipe manufacturing, research, finishing and service facilities with industrial operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa and a direct presence in most major oil and gas markets.