On June 30, 2025, Vallourec announced an order from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for more than 30,000 tonnes of carbon steel tubulars and associated accessories featuring VAM® premium connections. The order was part of an existing long-term OCTG supply agreement. To meet the order’s production and delivery requirements, Vallourec said it would use facilities in Brazil, China, and Indonesia. The announcement did not disclose how much each country would produce.

For companies sourcing oil country tubular goods (OCTG) in 2026, this earlier order is a useful reference for how China can participate in a Middle Eastern supply chain. It also illustrates a distinction that matters when buying accessories: the country of manufacture, the tubular supplier, and the premium connection specified on the drawing are separate pieces of information. China was one of the planned production locations for the Vallourec order; VAM® was the connection brand named in the announcement.

How to read a multinational OCTG order

The order volume applies to the full package of tubulars and accessories described by Vallourec. It cannot be assigned to the Chinese facilities alone. The announcement also described field services and digital support under the agreement. For a procurement team, that detail is a reminder to look at what an order covers before comparing it with another offer. A shipment of finished pup joints, a threading service for customer-supplied bodies, and a tubular supply package with field support are three different purchasing scopes.

The distinction becomes practical when tubing and accessories are bought separately. A tubing purchase order may identify the manufacturer and the manufacturing site. An accessory supplier also needs the specific connection designation and the required configuration at each end. If an inquiry says only “pup joint to match Chinese tubing,” the supplier still needs to know which connection and which tubing specification the short joint must match.

A useful procurement record answers three questions:

This approach is especially useful when a project permits more than one tubular supplier. When a purchase team changes the selected tubular, it should recheck the matching accessory drawing before releasing the order. Keeping the same nominal diameter and steel grade does not resolve a change in the specified connection.

A separate SWS delivery: 26 L80-13Cr pup joints with Baosteel BGT3

A March 2026 delivery note from Jiangsu Service Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (SWS) records 26 finished tubing pup joints with Baosteel BGT3 premium connections. Each was 4½ inches, 12.6 lb/ft, L80-13Cr, and 1.5 metres long, with a BGT3 box at one end and a BGT3 pin at the other.

This was an independent SWS delivery. It was not part of the ADNOC order, which specified VAM®. The two examples show why origin and connection should be recorded separately: one is a multinational supply order featuring an international connection brand; the other is a finished accessory order expressly specifying a Chinese premium connection.

For the SWS order, L80-13Cr identified the material, while BGT3 box × pin identified the connection and end configuration. Both were necessary to define the finished item. If a subsequent inquiry specifies the same size and grade but requests pin × pin ends, or a different connection at one end, it should be treated as a separate line with its own drawing, quantity, and machining review.

How to request a quote for a Chinese premium connection accessory

Start with the latest drawing or an item list that identifies the component and both mating ends. Include the material grade, nominal size, weight or wall thickness, length, exact connection at each end, and quantity. If the order includes different lengths or end configurations, list each one separately. State whether you want finished components or will supply the bodies for threading, and identify any material certificates, conformity documents, inspection records, or third-party inspection required by the project.

For an inquiry involving BGT3, SWS reviews the component and the work requested against the applicable Baosteel licensing documents. If your project also controls the manufacturing origin or requires a particular supplier approval, provide that requirement with the drawing so it can be considered before quoting.

If you are sourcing premium connection pup joints, crossover subs, or threading services for the UAE or elsewhere in the Middle East, send the latest drawing and required shipment date to SWS. We can review the connection, material, and supply scope together before preparing a quotation.