Oil Country Tubular Goods

The most common term used for pipes in the oil and gas industry is Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG). Their purpose varies: pipes can be used to produce or inject gas, oil, water, steam etc., and depending on their application, they can be categorized as casings or tubing. Casings serve as a protective layer to help maintain the durability of a well against inside or outside contaminants, whereas tubing is used to inject or produce fluids.

Drill pipes and couplings constitute the remaining main components. Drill pipes are heavy seamless tubes that rotate the drill bit and circulate drilling fluid, while couplings are internally threaded cylinders for joining two lengths of threaded pipe.

Main components in OCTG

• Casings
• Tubing
• Couplings
• Drill pipes

Tooling solutions for the OCTG segment

Sandvik Coromant offers a complete program of tools for all OCTG components. These tooling solutions deliver high productivity in combination with an excellent thread quality, particularly when used together with Silent Tools™ dampened adapters.
The assortment consists of a mix of standard tools such as CoroTurn® 107, CoroTurn® TR and T-Max® P, as well as tooling solutions with SL32, SL40 and C8 connections with corresponding Silent Tools™ recommendations. The offer covers most of the applications for the key components in the OCTG segment, from pure threading, turning and peeling tools to multipurpose tools such as threading and peeling combination tools.