In 2017 Chelaybinsk Pipe Works will decrease pipe supplies to its main clients – Gazprom, Transneft, Rosneft and Lukoil. The volumes will start growing again in 2018.
According to ChTPZ estimates Gazprom might receive 205 thousand tons in 2017, down by 25% YoY, 345 thousand tons in 2018, 532 thousand tons in 2019 and 418 thousand tons in 2020.
Sales to Transneft will total 71 thousand tons in 2017, down by 30% YoY, 78 thousand tons in 2018, 96 thousand tons in 2019 and 111 thousand tons in 2020.
Rosneft could buy 11 thousand tons of pipes in 2017 (18 thousand tons in 2016), 14 thousand tons in 2018, 16 thousand tons in 2019 and 18 thousand tons in 2020.
In 2017 ChTPZ plans to sell 3 thousand tons to Lukoil (4 thousand tons in 2016), 4 thousand tons in 2018, and 5 thousand tons in 2019 and 2020 each.
ChTPZ estimates its exports in 2017 on the level of 352 thousand tons, up 4 times YoY, with 243 thousand tons in 2018, 60 thousand tons in 2019 and 25 thousand tons in 2020.
CIS consumption is estimated at 40 thousand tons in 2017, down by 28% YoY, 155 thousand tons in 2018, 212 thousand tons in 2019 and 88 thousand tons in 2020. (Ukrainian metal)