Connections for future energy supply and secure CO₂ transport:
The SMS group expects a growing demand for high-grade oil country tubular goods (OCTG), as additional oil and gas production capacities will be needed. In particular, the quality of pipes and their threads is critical in these applications.
The greater the depth at which exploration activities are performed, the higher the quality and performance requirements on the equipment become. Especially, high-pressure, high-temperature and vertical drilling activities have significantly gained importance. Here, in particular, the pipe connections are exposed to extreme stresses. CCS applications (Carbon capture and Storage) require similar product and quality features. Premium connections with lip seals provide for the safe transport of carbon dioxide. At the same time, the pipes must withstand extremely low temperatures (down to minus 80 degrees Celsius) and corrosion.
There is no premium threaded pipe without premium heat treatment. Therefore, heat treatment lines are crucial in the technology chain for premium thread-cut pipes.
During heat treatment, the pipes obtain the metallurgical and mechanical properties that make them premium products. Thread-cutting system for oilfield pipes Following the heat treatment, the pipe ends are threaded. SMS group’s OCTG thread-cutting system has become known on the market as the TCG series. Designed specifically for operation under the harsh conditions prevailing in pipe mills, “our TCG machines produce threaded oilfield pipes with unparalleled precision,” the SMS group states. With its latest generation of RMG-series thread-cutting machines for premium couplings, the SMS group has rounded out its portfolio as a full-line systems supplier. “Plant operators can now add a premium couplings solution to their finishing equipment”. The design of the RMG-series is based on the field-proven TCG-series concept for premium threads. With both machine series, operators can manufacture high-grade threaded products that comply with international standards, such as API or GOST. Such checks used to be performed manually by the operator in a time-consuming effort. That’s why SMS group has expanded its portfolio with a fully integrated thread measurement system. ThreadView is an automated system for the optical inline measurement of threads and seal seats in OCTG production, including data evaluation and documentation. “It is the first system to offer the possibility of automatically measuring the negative flanks of premium threads,” the SMS group explains. ThreadView is not only designed for integration into new machines. It can also be retrofitted to existing thread-cutting lines. Everything for Premium Finishing from a single source Premium Finishing is the solution for safe connections for developing gas and oil fields under the most difficult conditions and for CO₂ transport in CCS applications. The design of the RMG-series is based on the field-proven TCG-series concept for premium threads.
With both machine series, operators can manufacture high-grade threaded products that comply with international standards, such as API or GOST. Such checks used to be performed manually by the operator in a time-consuming effort. That’s why SMS group has expanded its portfolio with a fully integrated thread measurement system. ThreadView is an automated system for the optical inline measurement of threads and seal seats in OCTG production, including data evaluation and documentation. “It is the first system to offer the possibility of automatically measuring the negative flanks of premium threads,” the SMS group explains. ThreadView is not only designed for integration into new machines. It can also be retrofitted to existing thread-cutting lines.
Everything for Premium Finishing from a single source
Premium Finishing is the solution for safe connections for developing gas and oil fields under the most difficult conditions and for CO₂ transport in CCS applications.
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