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Why You Should Join
There are obvious benefits to those who directly operate and manufacture coiled tubing. However, the benefits to operating companies who contract the use of coiled tubing on their wells are just as important.
Research is expensive. Relying on the service companies to conduct this research causes more expensive services. An up-front contribution to the consortium can lead to more economic, safe and efficient services later.
Excellent leverage.
- The membership fee is not only combined with the fees paid by other members, but also with scholarships and fellowships provided through the University of Tulsa to graduate and undergraduate research students.
- The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratories (http://www.inel.gov) is conducting a parallel research program in full cooperation with TU-CTMRC. The INEEL project to process inspection signals increases the value of this project by more than double.
- Economic research. The extensive experimental efforts required to conduct this research can be conducted extremely economically in a University environment, relative to any industrial setting.
- Practical research. The academic studies conducted by the research are directed by an advisory board of industrial sponsors. The results are used to develop practical analytical tools in the form of field guidelines and computer programs that enable the user to predict behavior under complex operating conditions.
- Obtain important decision making tools. The harsh environment of the oilfield can result in difficult, expensive decisions. Should damaged tubing be repaired or can it be used to complete a job successfully? Can the damage be repaired? How should the repairs be accomplished? Inspections indicate an inner surface anomaly – how will that defect affect structural integrity? These questions have obvious expensive consequences. The Consortium has and will continue to provide direct, quantitative answers to questions such as these. They provide sponsors with the tools to address those questions from a position of knowledge, rather than guesswork. The money saved by one incident can offset the cost of joining for several years.
- Education. The consortium generates a steady supply of graduates with expertise in the behavior and operation of coiled tubing and the potential to transfer the consortium technology directly to your company. The ongoing nature of the consortium facilitates our ability to attract and hire some of the best and brightest graduate students.
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