The idea of using expandable pipe in oil wells, once just a promising notion, is starting to become standard operating procedure with the rapid evolution of this technology developed in Houston. In ...

In a play on words, Bill Dean, business development manager for Houston-based Enventure Global Technology LLC said expanding solid tubulars was a "pipe dream" of which many in the industry were ...

Several Russian oil field case histories have demonstrated that expandable-profile tubulars or pipes have proven to be an effective way to control formation caving and sloughing problems in ...

Threaded oil-well pipe or casing after expansion shows Von Mises stresses at maximum deformation. Red indicates highest stresses, not failure. Enventure engineers use nonlinear FEA from Ansys Inc. to ...

To produce slotted pipe, a pattern of very fine cuts is made right though the wall by a high pressure sand/water jet. When the expansion force is applied this pipe opens up to a strong but highly ...