Tata Steel is to invest almost ￡2m in its Hartlepool operations in a bid to emphasise its commitment to the North Sea.
The project includes spending ￡1m on the installation of accelerated cooling equipment, ￡350,000 for further safety improvements in guarding, pipe handling and immobilisation control access and ￡400,000 to install automatic laser measurement to its hot structural finishing line.
Tata's Hartlepool investment is being supported by a multimillion-pound spend at its Port Talbot hot strip mill in Wales.
Barry Rust, energy and sustainability manager at Tata Steel, said: "These important investments demonstrate Tata Steel's continued commitment to health and safety and in improving and increasing our product range to the North Sea and the oil and gas industry around the world, to help it meet ever increasing challenges.
"We've been involved in some of the largest projects in the UK continental shelf over the last 20 years and look forward to supporting the North Sea and the international industry for many years to come."
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