Lower your lifting costs. Identify and remedy sucker rod failures

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1973 · Heart of Amer. Kansas Oil Lifting Short Course, Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6802323

Moore, K H

Every sucker rod failure should be examined and identified as it occurs so that steps can be taken immediately to prevent repeated failures which would rapidly increase lifting costs. Each failure will give clues to its cause. This brochure shows some typical failures, tells how to identify them and their causes, and gives suggestions to remedy the problems that lead to the failures. Specific failures include the following: (1) tensile failures; (2) stretched rods; (3) fatigue failures; (4) stress fatigue; (5) stress corrosion fatigue; (6) bends and bending; (7) nicks and dents; (8) improper joint makeup; (9) galled threads; (10) abrasion; (11) abrasion corrosion; (12) oxidation; (13) oxygen corrosion; (14) hydrogen sulfide corrosion; (15) carbon dioxide corrosion; and (16) electrolysis.

• Research Organization: Dover Corp
• OSTI ID: 6802323
• Report Number(s): CONF-730393-
• Journal Information: Heart of Amer. Kansas Oil Lifting Short Course, Proc.; (United States), Conference: Kansas oil lifting short course, Great Bend, KS, USA, 14 Mar 1973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
02 PETROLEUM
ARTIFICIAL LIFTS
RODS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
CORROSION
FAILURES
MAINTENANCE
TENSILE PROPERTIES
COST
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
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