Oil and Gas Production

• Test and evaluation
  
  • high pressure ocean simulation
    
  • large-scale/full-scale structural model testing
    
  • tubular goods development and evaluation
    
  • design proof testing and model fabrication
    
  • field testing and evaluation services
    
  • design and development of test methods, plans, and hardware for offshore and oil industry
    
  • downhole tools environmental/structural simulation
    

• Drilling equipment research
  
  • collapse testing
    
  • downhole simulation
    
  • drilling procedures development
    
  • casing/tubing connection evaluations
    

• Offshore engineering
  
  • power generation, cables
    
  • mechanical, hydraulic, electrical systems
    
  • vehicles (manned and unmanned)
    
  • subsea drilling and production
    
  • pipelines, flotation, anchors
    
  • feasibility studies
    
  • robotics: remote control systems for work and inspection
    
  • well head components design and analysis

This SwRI facility simulates stress, temperature, and other conditions in deep sour gas oil wells, and is typical of the kinds of facilities available for studies of material behavior under extreme conditions.

To aid in the study of problems in the drilling industry, SwRI has a 1,200-foot-deep, cased well. Programs involving drilling and workover rigs can be conducted on SwRI grounds.

For more information on materials and structures, contact Dr. Ben H. Thacker, Mechanical Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510, Phone (210) 522-3896, Fax (210) 522-6965.

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