SPE paper 163884 in 2013 entitled "Development of a New CT Life Tracking Process" envisaged a new CT fatigue modeling and tracking process. A new process has been implemented, with several significant changes from the original vision. This paper documents the process and system that has been implemented and is now being used by a significant portion of the CT industry.

Keywords:
Upstream Oil & Gas, strain range, diametrical growth, fatigue life, stress strain range, bias weld, safety factor, grade material, fatigue test, base material model
Subjects:
Information Management and Systems
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