Production • Processing • Handling
For the instrumentation equipment that controls measuring devices and supplies hydraulic pumps and tools, primarily seamless precision tubing in straight lengths is used. Tis type of tubing is also used in onshore control panels, topside processing facilities, offshore subsea manifolds and templates up to 2,000m under the sea.
Te greater lengths that can be achieved with this tubular technology have resulted in reduced operating costs, improved recovery methods and reduced capital expenditure by connecting remote and satellite wells to fixed or floating central operating platforms. Using special orbital welds, coils of up to 13,500m can be manufactured for downhole hydraulic control and chemical injection lines, subsea hydraulic power and chemical injection lines, and smoothbore control lines used in fibre optic applications. Depending on requirements, coiled tubing can be manufactured in four main forms: seamless; welded; welded and sunk; welded and floating plug drawn. As the drive to develop ever more remote oil and gas fields continues, so the demand for tubing that will continue to perform to specification under the most extreme conditions will increase. Te key to meeting the demand for ‘fit and forget’ tubing undoubtedly lies in the ability to satisfy the need for high performance alloys whilst ensuring innovation production techniques drive cost competitiveness. l
For more information ✔ at
www.engineerlive.com/iog Fig. 2. High performance tubing for demanding oil and gas applications.
Brian Mercer is with Fine Tubes in the UK and Superior Tube in the USA.
www.finetubes.co.uk
High performance tubing for the Oil & Gas industry
Fine Tubes offer over 70 years specialist expertise in processing exotic and high performance alloys such as 6Mo, 904L, 825 and 625.
COILS STRAIGHT LENGTHS INSTRUMENTATION
Corrosion resistant tubing for super critical applications means less maintenance, less downtime and big cost savings.
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