NORSOK Qualification

As a result of taking part in qualification program of Statoil company VSMPO Titan Ukraine Ltd was included into the list of qualified suppliers according to NORSOK M-650, Rev. 4. VTU became the first company-manufacturer of seamless tubes from titanium alloys which is entered in this list of subcontractors.
NORSOK standard was developed by the leading representatives of Norwegian petroleum industry (including Statoil & Phillips) and is owned by the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) and The Federation of Norwegian Industry. And Statoil itself is a Norwegian state oil company, the first-rate in Northern Europe. Statoil company is one of the biggest suppliers of crude oil on the World market, as well as the biggest supplier of nature gas to the European market. Qualification according to NORSOK gives the opportunity to take part in the major engineering and building projects of oil-and-gas industry and Norwegian shelf developments, constructing of static and floating oil-and-gas extracting platforms, etc.