Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe – strong for deeper drilling
Advanced Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe provides the highest strength-to-weight ratio available, leading to a variety of benefits:
- Reduces drilling costs
- Increases rig capacity
- Reduces off-bottom torque
- Reduces total stretch in mixed string use
- Improves over pull operating margin
Take Drilling To New Extremes
Drilling is going deeper. Directional. And it’s becoming more and more demanding.
Reduce drill string weight without sacrificing strength with Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe. It’s up to 30% lighter (dry weight) and up to 50% lighter (wet weight). That means superior horizontal and directional drilling performance - until now, unmatched in the industry.
Alcoa’s best-in-class, high strength-to-weight drill pipe performance means you can drill deeper, drill faster, and drill more efficiently - often without upgrading your current rig floor equipment, or sacrificing reliability.
Put more pipe downhole to reach ultra-deep reserves. Plan and execute even the most challenging horizontal drilling programs, previously thought to be unworkable. Count on Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe to deliver the strength, corrosion-resistance, and high performance you need in today's high-demand oil and gas exploration industry.
Designed to meet demanding oil and gas applications
Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe is available in 3-1/2” and 5-1/2” sizes in a high-performance 2014 alloy with standard API connections (see diagram). This allows ready deployment of full aluminum or mixed steel/aluminum pipe drill strings.
Offering an unmatched combination of mechanical strength and corrosion resistance, Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe is available in custom tempers and internal polymer coating for high strength and durability.
Custom pipe geometries, coupled with a proprietary thermal tool joint assembly process, places the material strength where it’s needed most.
Improved hydraulic design is the result of Alcoa's unique internal pipe geometries and inherently smooth extruded bore, which allows for minimal pressure drop through the bore and provides more drilling fluid at the bit.
Unmatched performance characteristics
Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe leads the industry, offering an impressive list of performance characteristics. A Properties Summary for Alcoa 2014 Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe provides detailed specifications.
This advanced pipe is proven to perform well in High Temperature and Low Temperature Environments. In addition, Alcoa 2014 pipe delivers outstanding Strength Properties that meet the demands of wide range of drilling applications. Outstanding performance characteristics, plus unmatched Weight Savings, make Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe the choice for many of today’s most demanding drilling applications.
Why Alcoa Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe?
Reduces drilling costs - Extends drilling depth capacity of existing rigs
- Reduces the weight load on the rig and during shipping
- The higher initial cost of aluminum drill pipe can be more than offset by savings in operation
Increases rig capacity
- In many cases, rig capacity can be upgraded by 50 to 100 percent
- Reduced weight of aluminum drill pipe means reduced rotating torque and improved over pull margin
Delivers dependability
- Alcoa’s seamless method of manufacturing provides superior tolerance control and quality
- Alloy chemistry select for excellent fatigue characteristics and greater resiliency for maximum dependability
- Anti-corrosive properties can mean greater durability and operating life
Improves drilling characteristics
- Greater elasticity and resiliency can result in lower lateral wall forces, reducing abrasive action and wear on tool joints and pipe body
- Because of improved strength-to-weight, less energy is required for rotation
Provides operating safety
- Lower weight can allow for easier and more productive handling on the rig
- Impact forces are reduced when a joint of pipe is accidentally dropped during handling
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