Flow sensor brochure
The new Verabar, a velocity averaging insert flow sensor designed for gas, liquid, and steam applications, is displayed in a free 6 page foldout brochure.
Color photos and drawings illustrate the sensor, a unit that senses the natural differential pressure produced by the sensor in a flow stream. The product's low pressure port locations prevent clogging and produce a nonpulsating differential pressure signal.
Source: Veris Inc., 6315 Monarch Park Pl., Niwot, CO 80503.
New subsea sealing technology
The new Optima subsea connector promises first time connection every time and operational efficiency because of its enhanced angular and axial tolerance and seal ring technology.
The connector can engage around a hub with an angular misalignment of 5°or an axial misalignment of 2 in. (whichever is less). This enhanced misalignment capability increases the acceptable closure envelope, thereby increasing the target area. Relaxation on final pull-in alignment helps ensure first time closure every time, potentially reducing installation time.
The connector's Duoseal double action metal to metal sealing technology has a self-energized inner seal to stop the egress of the pipeline contents, plus a second self-energized seal to prevent ingress of water from around the connector.
The external seal allows the Optima subsea connector to work in deep waters of more than 3,000 m.
Source: Vector International, 18, Baglan Industrial Park, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, SA12 7DJ, U.K.
Pressure management software
An updated software product, PressureView 2.1, offers pressure management and interpretation during drilling operations.
The software can handle large volumes of pressure and associated geological, reservoir, and drilling data. It has SQL Query Wizard to search for pressure data by geographical areas or by a range of engineering and geological parameters (mud weight, rock type, pressure type). The multiwell plotting functions are designed to help identify pressure compartments, location of seals, and flow barriers as well as fracture gradients.
Location of oil, gas, and water bearing zones and hydrocarbon contacts can be achieved using a single well plotting option.
Data can be input and edited using the data wizard, which guides users through the data entry process and autocorrects common data entry errors. Commercially available pressure data sets can be converted and uploaded into copies of PressureView.
Data can be exported in a variety of user definable ASCII formats, and plots can be saved in several image file formats, which can then be imported into reports, presentations, or graphics packages for further graphical enhancement. Plots and data can also be e-mailed from the well site for review by onshore personnel.
Source: GeoPressure Technology Ltd., c/o Geological Sciences Dept., University of Durham, Science Labs, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, U.K.
Layer wound slick lines
New spooling equipment is designed specifically for complete layer winding of slick lines.
Spools are guaranteed with no crossovers so that wire lines will pay-off smoothly from the first to the last layer. The firm's agent will be winding stainless steel slick lines on to customers' wire line drums, and is therefore able to guarantee also no contact with, or contamination from, carbon wire line materials. The potential corrosion problems associated with carbon pickup is avoided, the firm points out.
This company produces corrosion resistant and weld free stainless steel slick lines in continuous lengths up to 25,000 ft and from 1.83 mm up to 3.18 mm diameter. Material qualities available range from Sandvik Sanicro 28 grade for use in sour well conditions to AISI 304 and AISI 316 grades for sweet wells and wells with less severe corrosion conditions.
Source: Sandvik Steel, Green Lane, Walsall, West Midlands WS2 7BW, England.
