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Failure Analysis & Casing Deformation Course
This course offers a look into a world of interactive stresses from multiple fracturing events using case histories, plus more.
Tubing Stress Analysis & Annulus Operating Envelope (AOE)™ Course
This training session covers topics specific to deepwater production, completion, and tubing design, and the development of “A” Annulus Operating Envelope (AOE)™ characterization. Material selection aspects, performance properties, production load cases, packer performance, MAWOP calculations, and AOE™ construction are covered in detail.
Introduction to Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) Well Design Course
This training course covers the fundamentals of casing and tubing design and advanced topics affecting the CCS well design.
Introduction to Geothermal Well Design Course
This training course covers the fundamental principles in casing and tubing design and advanced topics affecting high temperature steam & geothermal well design and the impact to the overall well design.
Advanced Casing & Tubing Design Course
This 3-day course covers the relevant subjects required to understand the structural mechanics of downhole tubular design. A special emphasis on horizontal aspects will be included.
Introduction to Casing & Tubing Design Course for Non-Engineers
This 2-day session covers introductory topics in casing and tubing design.
10 Steps to Safely Handling Failed Parts for Laboratory Testing
So your pipe burst, your pump shaft snapped, or your welded joint split, and you need to figure out why and how to fix it. The next steps you take can make the difference between finding answers and leaving the mystery unsolved until the next failure.
A Simplified, Yet Rigorous Approach to Root Cause Analysis
We have many options for conducting root cause analyses (RCA) including TapRooT™ and CAST/STPA. The method described here is the method developed by GATE to simplify the analysis while maintaining adequate rigor.
Development of the NACE “MR-01-75” and NACE “TM-01-77” Standards: Part II – Accelerated Material Qualification Testing in Sour Environments at Near Atmospheric Pressure
This paper is Part II of a two-part series intended to narrate the history, some of which has been forgotten over time, leading up to the publication of the first Material Requirement (MR-01-75) standard prepared by NACE and its subsequent auxiliary standards.
Development of the "NACE MR-01-75" and "NACE TM-01-77" Standards: Part I – Field Observations and Metallurgical Factors
This is Part I of a two-part series intended to narrate the “lost” history leading up to the publication of the first Material Requirement (MR-01-75) standard prepared by NACE (now AMPP) and its subsequent auxiliary standards.
STPA: A Systems Approach to Process Hazard Analysis
Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) is a systems approach to hazard analysis. It is based on the premise that accidents happen when we lose control. They are a control problem, not a failure problem.
HAZOP Risk Assessment via the RRR Matrix
The GATE approach to risk ranking makes risk assessment easier, more accurate and more repeatable by incorporating LOPA insights into the risk matrix approach.
Combining Stream-Based HAZOPs, LOPAs & STPAs into an All-In-One Assessment
HAZOP is the most commonly applied process hazard analysis (PHA) methodology in the processing industries. It is also the most flawed!
GATE Prho™ Simulator
Through recognizing our clients’ needs, our engineering expertise, and our proprietary in-house GATE Prho™ software engine, we provide customizable, cost-effective, easy-to use software tools to deliver better client outcomes quicker.
Offshore CCUS in the Gulf of Mexico: Technical Considerations
This article discusses high-level technical considerations when refitting an existing offshore infrastructure for CCUS applications.
3 Ways to Go from Petrochemical to Renewable
Energy is changing. Because of the increasing threat of the consequences of a warming planet, new sources of energy are being developed that are expected to slow this planet-wide change. Some of these are well-known, such as nuclear, wind and solar, while others require more work, such as hydrogen, 3rd generation concentrated solar and fusion.
How Oil & Gas Can Reduce Carbon Emissions to Make Way for Renewables
The overall aim of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is to store carbon dioxide (CO2) in geological formations in order to reduce the amount in the environment and lower the risk of catastrophic climate change. The rate of CO2 emission and the amount of it in the atmosphere has been increasing steadily since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the early part of the 19th century.
How to Use Existing Petrochemical Infrastructure & Integrity Management Expertise for Hydrogen Generation
There are several developments in the area of electrolysis which seek to reduce the cost, increase the yield, or even change the source of transportable hydrogen.
VME Stress Calculator
This calculator calculates the triaxial stress (VME) at a given depth.