Gazprom accounted for 58% of the market of the large diameter pipes in 2018.
The share of Transneft was 14%.
In 2018 Gazprom announced the purchase of 3.006 million tons of LDP valued at 252 billion rubles. Of this amount 1.669 million tons at 140 billion rubles have been purchased.
Zagorsky Pipe Works concluded contracts at least for 78 billion rubles or more than 900 thousand tons of pipes. TMK follows second with 23 billion rubles and 270 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)