VAM® HTTCTM is a Threaded & Coupled (T&C) premium connection offering extreme high torque capacity combining sealability / reliability as per API RP5C5:2013 CAL IV.
APPLICABLE RANGE
- Available on the main casing sizes.
- Standard, alternative and special drifts.
- Carbon, Martensitic stainless steel (13%Cr & Super 13%Cr), Duplex, Super Duplex and Nickel base Alloys.
- Yield Strengths from 80 ksi to 125 ksi.
APPLICATIONS
- Extended reach drilling / wells (ERD) and horizontal wells with long laterals
- Rotating while cementing
- Drilling with casing / reaming with casing
- Production casing, tie-backs and liners.
PERFORMANCES
- Gas Sealability as per API RP5C5:2013 CAL IV, including at Maximum Torque with Sealability (MTS)
- Extreme high torque capacity
- Tension: 100% PBYS capacity
- Compression: 80% PBYS compression for sealability (100% PBYS uniaxial compression)
- Internal pressure: 100% pipe pressure rating
- Collapse: 100% Pipe collapse
- Bending: up to 42°/100 ft under combined loads
- Thermal cycles up to 356°F (180°C)
BENEFITS
- Simple, reliable and easy running (running practice similar to standard premium connections)
- High bending capacity
- Performances preserved even at extreme high torque (Maximum Torque with Sealability –MTS) allowing string rotation through highly deviated and long lateral sections
- Recess free bore as standard feature for all sizes