A new drillpipe design virtually eliminates failures that result from slip damage

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-36

  Wilson, G E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Grant Prideco Inc   (United States)

^b Carter Oil Co   (Venezuela)

^c Standard of California (Now Chevron)   (Venezuela)

^d Standard of California (Now Chevron)   (Colombia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OIL WELL DRILLING;

DRILL COLLAR WEIGHT; DRILLPIPE; SLIP DAMAGE; WHIPPING ACTION;

DRILL PIPE;

FAILURE; FATIGUE; PIPES; SLIP;

EID: 0031105563     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/35036-PA     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. W.L. Kirk, "Deep Drilling Practices in Mississippi," JPT(June 1972), 633.
2. Arthur Lubinski, "Maximum Permissible Doglegs in Rotary Boreholes," JPT (February 1961), 175.
3. G.E. Wilson and J.S. Shepard, "What Difference Does MIU Make in the Fatigue Life of Drillpipe?" paper IADC/SPE 23841 presented at the 1992 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, New Orleans, 18-21 February.
4. G.E. Wilson, "A New Tool Joint Design Increases the Fatigue Life of Drillpipe Tubes," paper SPE/IADC 25772 presented at the 1993 SPE/ IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, 23-25 February.