Business Editors
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2002
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. (NYSE:OS) announced today that its Napa Division was awarded a purchase order to supply approximately 97,000 tons of large diameter pipe for the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline System, a new
Cameron Highway is expected to deliver up to 500,000 barrels of oil per day from the southern Green Canyon and western Gulf of Mexico areas to Port Arthur and Texas City, Texas. Napa Pipe will begin production of the 30-inch large diameter pipe for the project beginning the first quarter of 2003. Construction of the pipeline is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2003 and the new pipeline is expected to be in service by the third quarter of 2004.
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. is organized into two divisions. The Oregon Steel Division produces steel plate, coil and welded pipe from plants located in Portland, Oregon, Napa, California and Camrose, Alberta, Canada. The Rocky Mountain Steel Mills Division, located in Pueblo, Colorado, produces steel rail, rod, bar, and tubular products.