Pipeliners

Russia's pipeline and oil-producing giant TMK revealed plans to boost production further this year and focus more on exports to the U.S. market.
General director Dmitry Pumpyansky told Reuters that his company, which started selling products to U.S. oil and gas clients last year, planned to more than triple pipe supplies to North America this year to 50,000 tons from around 15,000 tons in 2004.