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Titanium’s seawater corrosion resistance, lightweight, high strength and low modulus make it ideal for a variety of applications in off shore oil and gas exploration and production. Topside, titanium tubing and pipe is used extensively in fire main and service water systems, because it eliminates difficult, expensive off shore maintenance, repairs and replacement. Its high strength-to-weight ratio and low modulus make it well suited for dynamic production and drilling riser systems, where every pound of weight saved below the surface also saves three to five pounds on the platform and anchoring system.
High operating pressures, temperatures, and sour environments also favor titanium risers over traditional metallic/rubber composites. With its low modulus, titanium is also used for stress joints, to accommodate platform movement. Titanium is ideal for seismic array and down-hole well-logging components because it is non magnetic and immune to seawater corrosion immune. As deeper reservoirs are explored throughout the world and higher temperature oil and gas are recovered, titanium’s role in off shore oil and gas exploration should continue to expand. The titanium industry, with its enhanced international production capacity and fabrication capabilities, is ready to meet the rising global demand for energy exploration.
Tungsten heavy alloy for oil and gas
The radiation shielding properties of tungsten alloys make them exceptional for use in manufacturing products to surround data logging instrumentation and isotopes, vital to locating oil and gas deposits. Shielding the instrumentation from radiation significantly enhances the performance of the data logging, as well as enhancing operational safety for personnel.
As well as radiation shielding, tungsten alloys are also advantageous for sinker bar applications. These high density weights or series of weights are fixed to the down-hole logging tool assemblies so as to add the extra weight to help the tool to properly descend through the heavy borehole fluids.
Tungsten alloys can be used in a wide range of applications for the oil and gas industry, including well logging equipment, tungsten drilling components, well logging casing, nuclear logging equipment, and directional drilling equipment.
