Houston-based MRC Global (MRC), provider of pipe, valves and fittings to the energy and industrial sectors, recently announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its oil country tubular goods business in the U.S. to Sooner Pipe for USD $48 million. The transaction will be completed in in the first quarter of 2016.
MRC provides stainless steel and alloy pipes, and fittings; carbon steel fittings and flanges comprising carbon weld fittings, flanges, and piping components; carbon line pipes; and oil country tubular goods, such as casings and tubing pipes. The company also offers ball, butterfly, gate, globe, check, needle, and plug valves; and other products, such as lined corrosion resistant piping systems, control valves, valve automation, and top work components, as well as steam and instrumentation products.
In addition, it offers natural gas distribution products, including risers, meters, polyethylene pipes and fittings, and various other components and industrial supplies; oilfield and industrial supplies and completion equipment; and specialized production equipment comprising meter runs, tanks, and separators.