Inspection articles
Longer reads for operators, company men and HSE managers: the rules, the numbers and what a crew actually does on location.
Inspection articles
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Inspection 5 min readMagnetic Flux Leakage Inspection of Production Tubing, Explained
Magnetic flux leakage pushes a strong magnetic field through the tubing wall and listens for where it leaks out. Here's how that works on a string coming out of a well, what a trace can and can't tell you, and how it stacks up against other checks.
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Inspection 5 min readRod Pump Wells and Tubing Wear: Causes, Fixes and Finding the Bad Joints
A rod pump wears its own tubing from the inside, and it rarely wears it evenly. Here's why, what anchors, rotators and rod guides do about it, and why the worst joint, not the average, decides when the string fails.
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Inspection 5 min readCO2 Corrosion in Permian Basin Tubing: Sweet, Sour and CO2-EOR Wells
The Permian Basin has been injecting CO2 for enhanced oil recovery since the early 1970s. That makes CO2 corrosion a local problem, not a textbook one. Here's how sweet and sour corrosion differ, what they leave in pulled tubing, and how to catch it joint by joint.
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Inspection 5 min readWhat is OCTG? Tubing vs casing, grades, and how pipe gets inspected in the field
OCTG covers the casing, tubing and drill pipe that go in a well. This guide explains the difference between tubing and casing, keeps the grade talk short, and covers what happens to pipe after delivery: field inspection of new pipe and grading of used tubing.
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