Jubail Energy Services Company aims to roll out seamless pipes from its manufacturing unit by 2009 in a turnkey project.

Construction of a seamless pipe mill, described as the first in the GCC, is under way at the Jubail Industrial City.

Its production start-up is planned for first quarter of 2009 with a production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of seamless pipes covering OCTG products and line pipes for the oil and gas industry.

Danieli Spa Italy is supplying a state-of-the-art technology to Jesco to make seamless pipes.

It will be the very first operating seamless pipe mill in the very demanding market for OCTG seamless pipes in the Middle East, said an Arab News report.

Jesco is aiming to fit in the highly competitive environment of seamless pipes manufacturing by producing its items with the latest technology available, committed to the highest qualitative levels, shorter supply chain to its users and offering competitive rates for its products.

Jesco will create about 3,000 jobs directly and indirectly in the region, aiming to achieve a high percent of Saudization in its workforce, transferring knowledge of the very new industry to the areas, providing challenging opportunities to its employees in a healthy work environment.

The company, capitalisted at SR750 million, is 51 per cent owned by the Industrial and Energy Service Company. The rest of the shares are owned by different Saudi and non-Saudi investors.