As Saudi Arabia sees a significant growth in its oil, gas and petrochemical industries, there has been a parallel increase in demand for quality piping and coating systems for the energy industry.

Taking the market needs into account, Arabian Pipes Company (APC) has built its reputation as a leader in the field.
Adhering to high standards of quality and reliability, the company is playing an integral role in the growth and development of Saudi Arabia as an industrial giant.
Until recently, Saudi Arabia had to rely on overseas markets to meet this demand necessitating costly imports and occasional delivery problems.
APC is now meeting this demand not only in Saudi Arabia, but also in other countries of the Gulf and Middle East.
APC supplies its products cost effectively and efficiently from its facilities across the Kingdom. Since 1995, APC has operated a world-class ERW tube mill incorporating the most advanced pipe making, weld and testing facilities, hi-tech laboratories and the latest handling and storage methods.
The mill's nominal pipe diameter ranges from 6 to 20 inches. Pipe thickness range from 3.2mm (0.128 inch) to 16mm (0.625 inch). Any standard length of pipe is available up to 15.24m.
APC offers a wide range of pipe products, though the final choice of product specification is determined by the particular application.
APC can handle any demands from special purpose piping used in the oil and gas industries – line pipes, high test line pipe, casing and tubing for the transport of oil, gas and water from production operations – to critical and high-pressure services and structural piping.
For the petroleum sector, the long distance and safe transportation and distribution of oil and gas requires pipes meeting the most stringent specification levels including API (5CT and 5L up to X70), ASTM, JIS, DIN and BS.
Quality control and testing are integral to meeting these stringent specifications, assurance procedures that APC is fully equipped to handle.
APC will also shortly commission its Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) process pipes facility to meet increased demand worldwide for a high quality manufacturer and supplier of wider range of high quality steel pipes.
The new mill represents a major investment for the company with production capability of 300,000 metric tonnes of steel pipes, from 16 to 48 inches, per year.
The project is considered a fundamental and significant stage for implementing APC's strategy of becoming the first specialist center for supplying wide range of high - quality welded steel pipes (bare/coating) for most applications.
APC's coating facility, located in Riyadh, has captured a significant share of the local and export market.
Arabian Yadong Coating Ltd is a joint venture between Arabian Pipes Company and Yadong Coating International and since commissioning of the coating facility in Riyadh in 2002, the company has been actively serving the needs for the local industrial, as well as the regional market, with various projects on Fusion Bonded Epoxy (FBE) single layer coating to Saudi Aramco Specification 09-SAMSS-089, and three layer polyethylene coating to Din 30670.
The coating mill is capable of coating steel pipes size from six inches up to 48 inches in diameter, and from 10 metres up to 18 metres in length.
The annual production capacity is over three million square metres for FBE Single Layer coating to Saudi Aramco Specification as well as Canadian Specification CSA Z245.20-02, and over two million sq meters for three-layer Polyethylene coating meeting Din 30670 and other international standards.
The joint venture plant is set up with this vertical integration within the existing APC tube mill in Riyadh.
APC is a leading supplier to all regional and international oil & gas companies and contractors operating in the Gulf and Middle East and Africa regions and has entered in long-terms agreements with several reputable companies in Yemen, Oman and the UAE.