Service searches web-based energy intelligence
MetaCarta GeoIntel for Petroleum, an online geographic search service, provides a way to geographically search and discover web-based energy-related intelligence.
Public information on the web is manually searched daily by managers and geoscientists to aid in retrieval of pertinent information for new area reconnaissance, competitive analysis, environmental concerns, and areas of political unrest.
The service is a vertical geographic search engine that searches 3,500+ web sites and 9,000,000 web pages containing information that is specific to the energy industry. The content is continually being reviewed by a “content curator” for relevancy.
Two GeoIntel for Petroleum packages are available: For current MetaCarta GTS geOdrive users, the subscription-based service easily integrates into GTS geOdrive to extend their search beyond the firewall to access these industry specific web sites. Results from the GeoIntel for Petroleum search are aggregated with the results from their existing internal systems and presented in the same context.
Source: MetaCarta Inc., 350 Massachusette Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139.
Protective wrap for downhole tubing
Ricewrap, a protective wrap of glass reinforced epoxy (GRE) material externally applied and bonded to steel pipe, is featured in new literature offered free upon request.
The wrap is recommended for external corrosion protection on downhole tubing typically used between injection mandrels and-or packers in multiple zones.
Nominal thickness of the externally applied GRE is 0.100 in. with a working envelope between -20° F. to +250° F.
Source: Duoline Technologies LP, 9019 N. County Road West, Odessa, TX 79764.
Bolt designed for corrosion-resistant uses
The new TuffCor bolt is engineered to provide lower maintenance and extended life in severe environmental conditions such as offshore and coastal onshore locations.
The company developed its new bolt category using salt fog tests conducted by independent laboratories. In these tests, TuffCor bolts lasted 5,000 hr without corroding, but standard bolts corroded after just 1,000 hr, the firm says. Although test times cannot be converted directly to field life, the tests showed a dramatic advance in corrosion resistance, the firm noted.
Because it promises to resist corrosion significantly better than conventional coated bolts, the TuffCor bolt looks better, eliminates rust bleed, and reduces breakout torque, the firm points out. It is also safer, since torch cutting isn’t necessary.
Source: Dan-Loc Bolt & Gasket, 725 N. Drennan, Houston, TX 77003-1320.
