Composite materials, notably those reinforced with carbon or glass fibres, are increasingly utilised in engineering applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio and durability. However, ...

ABB Vetco Gray has developed a unique approach to the MCI joining issue for its composite drilling riser design. Originally developed for the aerospace industry by Northrop Grumman and licensed to ABB ...

Lincoln has been producing flexible composite drill pipe for short-radius, horizontal drilling since 1991. Its nominal 2.375 inch /60.3 mm (OD), 30 ft/9m long pipe shaft is filament wound with 12K ...

Norske Conoco AS and Kvaerner Oil Field Products AS have developed a high-pressure composite drilling riser for field demonstration, which they believe is the world's first. Partially sponsored by EU ...

Advanced fiber-reinforced polymer composites offer new options for working on and completing deep wells that have high temperatures and pressures (HT-HP) and produce corrosive fluids, although proper ...

This Amamco Tool diamond-coated composite drill drills 12.5 times faster than a PCD drill and lasts 4.36 times longer. Inset: The interlocking layers of polycrystalline and nanocrystalline diamond of ...

Sandvik Coromant (hall 3, D6) is launching three geometries for its CoroDrill Delta C R854 product that it says will reduce splintering and help avoid delamination for carbonfibre reinforced plastic ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the development of a new "composite" drill pipe that is lighter, stronger and more flexible than steel, which could significantly alter the ability to ...