Protecting Your Tubular Equipment with Thread Protectors Is Still Important
Drill Pipe Thread Protector The experienced oil worker will find this rather obvious, but it is never an option to cut corners when it's talk about protecting the casing tubular. Still, we see that routines are not followed or someone takes too many personal liberties. A quick brush-up of dos and don'ts, including a time-saving tip, will not harm anyone. Familiar situation You stand on the drill floor running casing in the hole and suddenly your graphs are bad. You try to make up, but your threads are damaged. Then you break out, take the pipe away, check the threads in the box for damage, perhaps change the box, before running a new joint. Even though it is quite time-consuming, changing the box is cheaper than changing the whole joint. Part of everyday life on the drill floor, yes, but the added time these interruptions causes is expensive and can easily be reduced to a minimum. Thread compound Running compound will dry out faster and won't provide the prot...