Quality Impacts Value
PipeFacts™ is a proprietary for-hire service that provides ultimate clarity to tubular product quality. PipeFacts™ helps sellers increase their asset value, and it gives buyers confidence in the material's quality.
Field inspections, technical analysis, and operational analysis power PipeFacts™ and are inclusive of the service.
Tally
Pipe Body
Stencil
Coupling Stencil
Pipe Surface Condition
Coupling Surface Condition
Visual Thread Inspection
Dimensional Verification
Review Mill Test Reports”
*Sample information only
Inspection Criteria + Scope
PipeFacts™measures over 200 data points through a combination of field assessments, formal inspections, and office technical review. We utilize API 5CRA as our baseline analysis criteria and have included other industry best practices to guide our comprehensive quality service, PipeFacts™.
Storage Conditions & Accessibility
When our quality team first arrives to field locations, we first analyze the pipe's packaging condition and how it is stored. Proper storage is key to the long-term preservation of OCTG and may impact its future useability.
Location/Yard
Storage
Rack
Rack Position
Metel To Metal
Bumpers
Ring Type
Ring Cond.
Big Bend / Houston
Outside
Inspection
N/A
False
Good
Plastic 3/per
Good
*Sample information only
Alloy Confirmation
When it comes to alloy confirmation, we not only verify, we validate. We combine visual verification techniques with positive material identification (PMI) readings. The PMI reads the product chemistry and validates the alloy in the review.
3.5” 12.70# 25CRS-125 Vam Top R3
UNS: S32760
#API Group: Group 2 Category 25-7-4
API Spec: Super Duplex, 25CRS, 25 Super Chrome
Trade Name(s): Super Duplex, 25CRS, 25 Super Chrome
Joints Tested with PMI: 6
Pass: 100%
Fail: 0%
Item Traceability
It is important to review all stencils and etchings to connect each joint to a specific heat number on the original mill test reports (MTRs). Our team records and reviews all stencils and etchings to link critical quality information to a joint level basis, and we use the markings to better understand the history of the pipe.
Mill
Year
Joint/MTR
Pipe Body
Heat #(s)
Joint/MTR
Coupling
Heat #(s)
COC
Stencil
Stencil Cond.
Etching
Tubacex
2011
559/559
516
559
557
556
Mill
Faded
CRA Applied
43 Joints have no visible pipe body stencil. 2 Joints have no visible coupling stencil.
*Sample information only
API Spec
API Compliance
Not within API
Comments
5CRA PSL2
F04913, F04915, F04916
F03447
F03447 Includes a single joint, toughness frequenc...
API Compliance
Our technical team reviews all mill test reports (MTRs) against API 5CRA requirements. In this review, we identify heat numbers within API acceptance and perform a gap analysis on the heat numbers that are not within API. This review provides complete clarity on how the product compares to the leading industry specification API 5CRA.
Material Condition
We verify the finish and surface condition of both the outside diameter (OD) and the pipe's inside diameter (ID). This process will also identify joints that require any remediation in line with API-approved remediation techniques.
Inside Diameter
Outside Diameter
Wall
Used
Finsih
OD Condition
Surface Cond.
Rust
Tong Marks
Connections
Surface
ID Condition
Roughness
Surface Cond.
Imperfections
0%
Mill
Good
0
None
N/A
Mill
N/A
Good
3%
20%
Mill
Good
Light
None
N/A
Mill
N/A
Good
20%
*Sample information only
Boxes Inspected
Box Pass
Box Reject
Pins
Pins Pass
Pins Reject
28
28
0
28
28
0
Thread Inspection
We have multiple stages of visual thread inspections (VTI) in PipeFacts™. When we first inspect material, we perform a sample VTI to ensure threads are free of contamination, rough edges and burrs. During this time we also ensure threads have proper storage compound. Prior to material being sold, we coordinate with each particular thread licensee to conduct a 100% VTI. Threads are the area of the pipe most likely to have a potential failure, so we put extra attention to assuring threads are 100% per threads licensee standards.
Next Steps After Report
Action Needed Prior to Listing
43 Joints missing pipe body stencil not to be listed
2 Joints missing coupling stencil not to be listed
44 Total joints missing stencils not to be listed
1 Joint missing coupling COC, coupling COC required prior to listing
Action Needed Prior to Sale
1 Joint not meeting 5CRA toughness test frequency requires customer
Faded pipe body stencils may require reapplication
Surface rust requires remediation
Recover Target End Goal
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PipeFacts™
Quality Impacts Value
PipeFacts evaluates, verifies, and validates pre-owned tubular product quality.