Alcoa lands aluminum drill pipe order for offshore work

Jan 16, 2013 | 12:09 PM | Michael Cowden

Tags  Alcoa, Ken Taylor, drill pipe, oil and gas, offshore, aluminum, Lafayette, Furgo-McClelland Marine Geosciences Furgo Singapore

CHICAGO — Alcoa Inc.’s oil and gas business will supply 17,400 feet of aluminum alloy drill pipe for two offshore drilling survey projects.

The Pittsburgh-based aluminum maker said Jan. 16 that the 5-inch-diameter drill pipe will be used by geophysics and seafloor mapping firms Furgo-McClelland Marine Geosciences Inc., Houston, and Furgo Singapore PTE Ltd. at depths up to 1.8 miles.....





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