This paper summarizes the results of a series of demonstrations used to evaluate the effect of various conditions on conventional automated full-length ultrasonic inspection of heavy wall tubular goods using reference indicators with depths significantly less than 5% of the specified wall thickness.

Keywords:
oil country tubular goods, screen height amplitude, amplitude, pipe, upstream oil & gas, operator, wall thickness, petroleum engineer, spe 97601, society of petroleum engineers
Subjects:
Formation Evaluation & Management
Copyright 2005, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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