Oil Well Casing
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Oil Well Casing
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Description
Oil well casings consist of a serie of methal tubes, which are installed in a drilled hole. Applied in the oil and gas industry.
The casing strengthens the side of the well-hole and ensures that no oil or gas can escape out of the well-hole as it is brought to the surface. The tubes are provided with threaded ends at either end for connection purposes. Threads on ends are particularly liable to damage by rough handling, even though thread protectors are fitted.
Mostly shipped loose or in bundles. Damaged threaded ends may be cut and re-threaded in the oil-fields, where special machinery is usually available. Bends and dents, if not too severe, may also be straightened by special machinery in the larger oilfield centres, but, as oilwell casing is subject to high pressure, such repairs must be tested and inspected by technical processes, which are expensive.
Full information on this product is in the process of completion.