KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Jubail Energy Services Co (JESCO) said on Sunday its first seamless pipes plant started trial production this month.

The plant, which will produce 400,000 tons per year (tpy) of seamless pipes -- used in oil and gas drilling -- is located in Jubail on the Persian Gulf coast.
Jesco is 51 percent owned by Saudi Industrialization and Energy Services Co. TAQA was established in 2003 and acts as a project developer and is involved in oil and gas exploration and drilling.
The plant could have a capacity of up to 500,000 tpy of seamless pipes, TAQA chairman Abdulaziz al-Jarbou told Reuters last month.