Key Considerations for the Design of Fiberglass (GRE) Lined Downhole Tubing ABSTRACT Downhole production well tubing is exposed to severe corrosive environments. Plain carbon steel tubing usually does not exhibit an...Go To Paper
Rational Stress Limits and Load Factors for Finite Element Analyses in Pipeline Applications Part I – Linear Elastic Stress Limit Development ABSTRACT: In this paper, a rational stress limit based on the von Mises equivalent stress is established for pipelines subjected to internal...Go To Paper
The Use Of Acoustic Emission Testing On Long Term Monitoring Of Damaged Components ABSTRACT: Conventional acoustic emission (AE) commercial applications in the USA focus on assessing the structural integrity of pressure vessels...Go To Paper
Setting Up Pipe Hanger Survey Programs At New Power Plants ABSTRACT The ASME piping Code has long recognized the need to perform regular monitoring of pipe hangers at power plants. This is true not only...Go To Paper
Prediction of Elastic-Plastic Boundary Around Cold-Expanded Holes Using Elastic Strain Measurement Abstract The cold-expansion process is used routinely for improving the fatigue life of holes in a variety of components. The expansion process...Go To Paper
The Feasibility Of Mini Coiled Tubing To Cleanout A Plugged Umbilical ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation and assess the feasibility of various Coiled Tubing (CT) sizes to reach and remove a...Go To Paper
Dynamic Buckling Of Coiled Tubing During A Completion/Workover Application ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to present how hand-calculations and a general finite element analysis program can be utilized to determine...Go To Paper
Operation Integrity Evaluations For Deepwater Drilling Riser System ABSTRACT This paper highlights concerns and operating issues for deepwater drilling risers operated from dynamically positioned or moored rigs,...Go To Paper
An Integrated Approach to Successful Integrity Management of Deepwater Facilities within the Framework of API RP 75 Abstract The broad goals of a strategy to provide effective integrity management of a deepwater drilling and production facility should be: (1)...Go To Paper
Load Extrapolation Methods for Offshore Wind Turbines ABSTRACT Statistical load extrapolation is required to predict long-term extreme loads for offshore as well as onshore wind turbines, as per design...Go To Paper
Calculation of Finned Tube Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer Using Fully Three-Dimensional CFD Methods ABSTRACT The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the design and troubleshooting of HRSGs is now well established. However, the large...Go To Paper
UBD or MPD: An Engineering Choice Based on Intent, IADC/SPE 130563 ABSTRACT: Often times reservoir and drilling engineers are faced with the decision on how best to construct a well to exploit zones of interest...Go To Paper
