Based on a presentation to the 13th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, May 25-30, 2003. A new high-strength steel with a specified minimum yield strength of 120 ksi has ...

The increased growth in the development and use of plastic pipes for oil pipelines, gas and water distribution, and ducting for telephone and electrical cables, etc. has created a need for a vast ...

Continuous thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) manufactured in lengths up to 1.2 kilometers is wound onto 3-meter-diameter transportation spools, significantly ...

PG&E is mobilizing this week to begin pressure testing major gas pipelines in Mountain View — one of the first two Bay Area cities to see a new round of gas pipe testing following the catastrophic ...

Millions of miles of aging water, wastewater and natural gas pipelines across the nation are at growing risk of failure, posing significant environmental, safety and financial challenges. Repairing ...

The study of drill pipe failure analysis and fatigue testing is critical in understanding the mechanisms behind fracture and degradation in drilling operations. Research in this field integrates ...

Saudi Aramco has successfully deployed modern composite materials across a significant portion of its oil flowline network and some of its natural gas flowline network, managing corrosion and reducing ...