OCTG Inspections

This very specialized type of services is now offered by Oilfield Inspection. Our inspectors are fully trained and certified to deliver your company international certificates after performing the inspections listed here below:

  • Visual Body Inspection
  • Visual Thread Inspection
  • Electro-Magnetic Induction Inspection (EMI)
  • Full length API drifting
  • Full length Ultrasonic inspection
  • Special End-Area Inspection by wet MPI or UT
  • Ultrasonic wall thickness control
  • API thread gauging
  • Hardness testing

Those inspections of drill pipes, casings, tubing or MWD/LWD tools are usually performed based on the following international standards:

  • API RP7-G, API 5CT, API 5B, API 5L
  • H.Hill DS1 Cat 1 to 5
  • Fearnley Procter NS1/NS2

Those standards and their acceptance criteria can be discussed ahead of the inspection to ensure which one is the preferred one. The regulation in OCTG inspection is very severe and does not allow much gap for defects. Oilfield Inspection will ensure your equipment is properly fitted for purpose.

By providing these OCTG services to your company, Oilfield Inspection aims at providing a full panel of inspections and tests covering all the Oil & Gas expectations.