Premium-Connection Design

High resistance to fatigue loading together with high torque and compression capacities is necessary for connections used for drilling with casing. On the other hand, cost-effective solutions must be found to provide connections for shallow wells for which sophisticated premium connections are not economical. The full-length paper describes the development and evaluation of premium and semipremium connections for tubing/casing.

Synopsis of OTC 17221

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper OTC 17221, "Premium & Semi-Premium Connections Design Optimization for Varied Drilling-With-Casing Applications," by N.J. Santi and G.E. Carcagno, SPE, Tenaris, and R. Toscano, Centro Investigation Industrial, prepared for the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2-5 May. Copyright 2005 Offshore Technology Conference. Reproduced by permission.

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