High Pressure/High Temperature

HPHT Testing

• Equipment capabilities for combined load testing:
  • Gas pressures to 45,000 psi (310 MPa) or higher and liquid pressures to 60,000 psi (414 MPa) or higher
  • Tension to 6,000,000 lb (26,700 kN) and compression to 4,700,000 lb (20,900 kN) and beyond
  • Bending to 13,500,000 ft-lb (18,300 kN-m)
  • Temperatures to 700°F (371°C) or higher
• General developmental testing, qualification testing, cycle testing, and failure testing under combined loads of pressure, tension/compression, bending, and temperature
• Tubular qualification testing per ISO 13679/API 5C5 with pressure, tension/compression, bending, and temperature
• Valves, chokes, seals, and connector system qualification testing per API 6A, Annex F (PR2) and API 17D
• Custom testing of a wide range of completion equipment, safety valves, packers, etc. in environments at pressure and temperature

HPHT Materials

• Full-scale sour service environmental (H₂S and CO₂) testing of components at pressure and temperature
• Materials sour service environmental (H₂S and CO₂) fatigue testing
• Fracture mechanics material testing
• Fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) testing at temperature
• S-N materials fatigue testing at temperatures up to 2000°F (1093°C)
• Non-metallic materials testing in various environments of fluid, temperature, and pressure
• Full metallurgical laboratory facilities including scanning electron microscope (SEM) with staff of experienced metallurgists to evaluate fitness-for-service of materials along with failure analysis

HPHT Design / Analysis

• Design and manufacture of ASME-coded Div 3 pressure vessels for HPHT testing
• Third-party review of design verification and validation documentation for HPHT equipment
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis for various conditions including multi-phase flow
• Finite element analysis (FEA) of systems and components:
  • Limit-load analysis
  • Elastic-plastic analysis
  • Heat-transfer analysis (steady-state and transient)
• Fracture mechanics fatigue analysis
• Design of subsurface safety valves and other completion equipment

HPHT Standards / Committees

• Active member of API 17TR8, High-Pressure, High-Temperature Design Guidelines
• Active member of API PER15K-1, Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-Pressure High-Temperature Equipment
• Active member of API S53, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells
• Active member of API 16A, Specification for Drill Through Equipment
• Active member of API 16D, Specification for Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment and Control Systems for Diverter Equipment
• Active member of API 6A, Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
• Active member of API 5C5, Recommended Practice on Procedures for Testing Casing and Tubular Connections
• Active member of ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 3, Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels
• Advisory Board member for World Oil’s HPHT Conference
• Active member of NACE, National Association of Corrosion Engineers