A compression test conducted on a 7 5/8-in., 39-lb/ft P-110 casing joint buckled the pipe body rather than the connection. The test, conducted by Grant Prideco for Shell Offshore Inc.'s Brutus oil and ...

Engineers increasingly recognize the physical and mechanical attributes of magnesium that make it such a good fit in so many applications. With one-quarter the mass of steel and two-thirds that of ...