The idea of using expandable pipe in oil wells, once just a promising notion, is starting to become standard operating procedure with the rapid evolution of this technology developed in Houston. In ...
Several Russian oil field case histories have demonstrated that expandable-profile tubulars or pipes have proven to be an effective way to control formation caving and sloughing problems in ...
This photo provided by the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings shows what they call a "Telesco-style" extendable pipe robot on July 10, 2024. (TEPCO via AP) (Uncredited) TOKYO – An attempt to use an ...
In a play on words, Bill Dean, business development manager for Houston-based Enventure Global Technology LLC said expanding solid tubulars was a "pipe dream" of which many in the industry were ...
To produce slotted pipe, a pattern of very fine cuts is made right though the wall by a high pressure sand/water jet. When the expansion force is applied this pipe opens up to a strong but highly ...
Threaded oil-well pipe or casing after expansion shows Von Mises stresses at maximum deformation. Red indicates highest stresses, not failure. Enventure engineers use nonlinear FEA from Ansys Inc. to ...
An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was suspended yesterday due to a ...