A drill boss needs to juggle hundreds of tasks, from ROP optimization to kick detection and stuck pipe prevention. But the job may soon be a bit easier, according to the American Oil and Gas Reporter. Control of weight-on-bit, mud flow, and rotation speed is moving downhole, using sensors that rapidly and accurately determine conditions at the business end of the string. As "wired pipe" usage expands, penetration performance is expected to increase while at the same time lowering the risk of kicks, vibration damage, or other minor and major disasters.

PIG® Well Pad Liner 130 keeps liquids contained and workers on their feet.

Three times more tear resistant and 5x more puncture resistant than standard 30-mil HDPE liners, the PIG® Well Pad Liner 130 endures multiple phases of drilling while requiring minimal repair. The liner will not pull apart under wheels or foot traffic.

Positive Displacement Flow Meters from AW Gear Meters — a proven solution for chemical injection applications, both onshore and offshore. Whether measuring scale/corrosion inhibitors or a wide array of chemicals injected during production, AW has the flow meters for you, including hazardous-area approved transmitters — used on production platforms around the globe.

TRICOR Coriolis Flowmeters are ideal for measuring the flow of liquid chemicals, solvents, and additives in chemical blending and loading/off-loading applications. Our high tolerances and excellent accuracies provide real-time monitoring, critical tracking, and accurate record-keeping in blending applications around the globe. Now available in Hastelloy for some sizes!

The combination of a demand for low emissions controls and an ever increasing focus on maximizing engine control and efficiencies makes the potential for new and exciting products limitless. Our goal is to provide innovative and reliable systems and components that advance the state-of-the-art in control of all gas turbines and gas engines.

Naptha hydrotreater heat exchangers react badly to fouling. Run lengths get shorter, inlet temperatures decrease, and production declines. This study from EPTQ identified problems with the feedstocks and excessive nitrogen-based reactions. A simple but effective cure eliminated unplanned shutdowns, with the added advantage of a 500% ROI.

Shallow gas regions absorb seismic signals, masking the details of deeper formations. This paper from First Break presents a proof of concept study that looks at ways to improve deep resolution using full-azimuth acquisition techniques. Recommendations include increasing azimuth sampling rates, trying circular shoots, and several other image-sharpening solutions.

Estimating pore pressure using only seismic interpretation and rock physics models can be risky, but is often the only way to predict conditions ahead of the bit. By comparing logging while drilling measurements with predicted values, events like kicks and mud losses can be prevented.

Mechanical data and formulae are critical parts of every driller's arsenal, but it's hard to keep all that in your head. This complimentary driller's engineering handbook compresses joint data, pipe capacities and specifications, stretch data, and hundreds of useful facts into a concise and downloadable package.

ACE Controls offers Stainless Steel Industrial Shock Absorbers for long-life applications. The PMC Series includes a Teflon bellows cap that protects against damaging environmental agents. Ideal for packaging, food processing, medical, marine, and more. Energy capacities from 175 to 30,000 in. lbs/cycle (20 to 3,400 Nm/cycle).

The Xentaur Moisture Analyzer Model XTDL-HT™ is designed with a new proprietary optical sampling system for the dirty blanket gases in your heat treating applications that causes other analyzers to be damaged, readings to drift, and a measurement that cannot be trusted.

Applications: Annealing, Brazing, Carburizing, Carbonitriding, Hardening, Sintering, and Low Moisture Content in CO2.

Whether you need to know the density of barite or other weighting agents for formulating mud, or of cement for well casings, gas pycnometers are the method of choice. Choose from manually operated or fully automatic models. Quantachrome Instruments — the authority in powder density measurements.

HPA has the inventory to provide same day shipments for small and medium shipments. Larger quantities can be supplied through their network of mills. Some of their mills may allow them to offer a better delivery to their customers by adding the requirements to HPA's own stock material purchases.

Separating produced water at the seabed sounds logical, but the technical challenges at extreme depths are daunting. External pressures of 4,000 psi and freezing temperatures require thermal insulation and high-pressure pumps, but it can be done. The real hurdles include solids removal and better filter design, according to Offshore Magazine.

Alkaline-surfactant-polymers (ASP) are added to injected water to improve oil recovery from marginal fields. Their ability to lower interfacial tension and improve sweep reduces the need for water, but they are expensive to use haphazardly. Upstream Pumping explains how ASPs work and how to optimize your return on investment.

Being able to identify the exact boundaries of an oil spill is critical to remediation. Oil is fluorescent, but so are many other organic and inorganic compounds. The trick is designing a sensor that responds just to oil's glow. Offshore Technology explains the benefits and challenges of accurate detection.

Black powder is the bane of gas pipeline operators. Left uncontrolled, this corrosion-induced powder can clog pipelines, incapacitate valves, and bring pigging operations to a halt. There are several black powder inhibitors on the market. Saudi Aramco tested 14 of them and found two that met performance expectations.

Res-Kem has skid-mounted, rental Sodium Cycle Condensate Polishers available for immediate deployment. The CP's are preconfigured in single, double, triple, and quadruple module designs to treat condensate return for reuse as boiler feedwater. All wetted parts for Res-Kem Condensate Polishers are 316SS. Single module can treat condensate flows up to 210 gpm.

ELAN-Cast® E, ELAN-Cast® P, and ELAN-Tron® U resins have many uses including wire harnesses, battery potting, OLED sealants, cable joints, connectors, and relays. These resins provide mechanical stability with low shrinkage and excellent adhesion to plastic and metal substrates. Learn more.

The New Air Edger™ Flat Jet Nozzle is extremely flexible where you can add, remove, and stack various shims to control the gap and force that is required up to 3 lbs! Available in Zinc Aluminum cast for rugged applications. Force can be varied from weak to extra powerful depending on the application.

This compact 4-way valve was primarily designed as a pneumatic control valve for operation of double-acting cylinders to 2 in. bore. But in fact, the applications for this valve are unlimited. Available as single or double acting, or one end double acting and one end single acting. More about us.

This classification standard facilitates the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of offshore metallic pipelines. In addition, ABS 64 addresses pipeline function and serviceability with regard to safety.

For more information on IHS standards, visit us here.

The main purpose of this guide is to supplement rules and design/analysis criteria that ABS has issued for the classification of offshore installations. These include mobile offshore drilling units, single point moorings, floating production installations, and — in limited instances — ship structures.

For more information on IHS standards, visit us here.

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