Whether You Need To Ream Casing To Bottom, or Rotate During Cementing, MLT Rings Enable Success
Whether You Need To Ream Casing To Bottom, or Rotate During Cementing, MLT Rings Enable Success
Whether You Need To Ream Casing To Bottom, or Rotate During Cementing, MLT Rings Enable Success
Tubing
Applications
Casing
Applications
Problem. Solution.
Problem Problem
Where: Tubing Systems Where: Center Section of Coupling (J Section)
What: Downhole progressing cavity pumps driven What: High velocity gas travelling up the tubing string
by a shaft from the surface, apply a reverse torque to can erode the inside of the coupling at the J section.
tubing connections tending to unscrew them. When
this happens the well must be worked over. Solution
Volant MLT Rings fill the J section, smooth the flow
Solution stream and protect the coupling from erosion.
Volant MLT Rings fit into standard API connections
to increase torsion capacity, eliminating the need
for additional downhole hardware. Preventing sand
Problem
accumulation in the coupling keeps threads clean and Where: Casing
extends service life. What: Difficult casing runs often require rotation
to overcome friction and work past downhole
Problem obstructions. Casing rotation requires a top drive, a
CRT and connections with adequate torsion capacity.
Where: Tubing Running
What: Tubing threads are often screwed together
quickly in the high-paced world of well servicing. As
Solution
a result, the connection is often over torqued and the Volant MLT Rings convert tapered threaded
pin advances into the box further each time the tubing connections with modest torsion capacity, to tapered
string is run into the hole. When the connection threads threaded shouldering connections with superior
are sufficiently deformed, the pins must be recut. This torsion capacity.
is an expense many operators tolerate, but it doesn’t
need to be that way. Problem
Where: Casing
Solution What: Casing threads loaded in compression can
Volant MLT Rings provide a positive shoulder that stops ‘jump in’, which compromises both the structural
makeup at the correct position time after time. The ring capacity and the sealability of the connection.
is resistant to over torque and therefore extends the life
of the tubing connection. Solution
Volant MLT Rings fill the gap between the pin tips,
providing a direct compressive load path to protect
threads from overload.
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