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VAM Drilling is truly vertically integrated, providing drillstem products from the mill to the well. VAM Drilling, through parent company V&M Tubes, has its own mills, ensuring continuous supply of raw materials and mitigation of costs.

VAM Drilling receives green tubes from V&M Tubes mills in Saint-Saulve, France; Mlheim, Germany; and Belo Horizonte, Brazil and from other selected steel sources. Tubes are upset and heat-treated to the required specifications at VAM Drillings manufacturing plants in Europe and the United States. Tool joint forgings are supplied by VAM Drilling France and United States producers, and are machined and phosphated prior to friction welding in VAM Drilling plants in Houston and Aulnoye, France.

After the tubes have been upset, heat-treated and welded to the tool joint, the finished product is heat-treated, inspected and coated internally and externally before shipment. Manufacturing includes both API and high performance products, such as VAM Drillings proprietary connections VAM EIS and VAM Express; H

2S-

resistant materials; or high strength steel grades.

For bottomhole assembly (BHA) components, VAM Drillings plant in Cosne-sur-Loire, France, manufactures its patented Hydroclean product line, Kellys, heavy weight drill pipe, rotary subs, non-magnetic drill collars, spiral-grooved drill collars, slick collars, safety valves and more.

VAM Drilling has its own mills, ensuring a continuous supply of raw materials, improving delivery and mitigating costs.

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