Case Studies

Depleted Gas Fields

Drilling with casing

The “silver lining” in depleted gas fields

A new drilling technique using steel casing in place of drill pipe, coupled with the TenarisHydril Wedge 533™ tubing connection, has reduced drilling costs by 30 percent compared to traditional methods.

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Barents Sea

Dopeless® technology

Complying with stringent environmental requirements in the Arctic

The groundbreaking Snohvit project was the first development worldwide to adopt dope-free connections for all casing, production tubing and liners run into its wells.

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North Sea

Dopeless® technology

A customer’s request becomes a new technology

Tenaris developed its Dopeless® technology to eliminate dope from the well bore for a major North Sea-based exploration and production company.

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Venezuela

Dopeless® technology

Achieving more efficient operations

Our dope-free, premium connections beat the competition during a trial run in a high-pressure well.

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Connection Rods

Premium connection rods

An innovative solution for oil pumping

Sucker rods with premium connections successfully reduced well interventions in a YPF field in Argentina. During the last three years, no failures have registered.

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Thermal Applications

Thermal applications

Rotating while cementing solves mud removal problem

The TenarisHydril Wedge 563™ solves torque requirements in high deviated, SAGD wells located in Alberta, Canada.

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