AlcoA Flush joint Aluminum Drill PiPe

Flush Joint Drill Pipe Designed for Mobile Drilling Rigs

Drill farther, faster.

Extend your rig’s drilling capacity - 30% to 50% or more - using the same portable rigs typically used to drill 500 – 4,000 feet. Alcoa Flush Joint Aluminum Drill Pipe makes it possible because of its inherent strength-to-weight ratio: Alcoa Aluminum Drill Pipe delivers the load capacity of steel with approximately half the weight. Alcoa Flush Joint Aluminum Drill Pipe is available in Range 1 and Range 2 lengths or custom lengths to suit customer specifications.

Increase rig capacity. Save on transportation costs.

Designed for use with all standard mobile rigs, whether top head or rotary table drive, Alcoa Flush Joint Aluminum Drill Pipe can increase your rig capacity by as much as 30% in air drilling, and significantly more in mud drilling. In addition, it reduces transportation costs, because a truck can handle up to 60% more aluminum pipe than steel. In fact, a 2,500 ft. string of 4-1/2” flush joint aluminum drill pipe can be delivered to the drill site on one trailer.

Extend drilling capacity.

Drilling with Alcoa Flush Joint Aluminum Drill Pipe can reduce rotating torque, providing for extended drilling capacity. In addition, it exhibits less string drag during pull-out than steel pipe, as well as greater buoyancy when drilling in fluids.

Alcoa Flush Joint Aluminum Drill Pipe’s lighter weight also offers:

• Energysavings–aportablerigwill use from 15% to 20% less fuel to hoist aluminum pipe vs. steel.

• Durable-extrathickwallallowsdrill pipe to withstand nearly twice as much wear before downgrading.

• Easeofconnections–aluminumpipe is easier to stab on connections, adding to the efficiency of drilling operations.

Rig photo courtesy of Schramm, Inc.

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AlcoA FluSh JoInt AluMInuM DRIll PIPE SPEcIFIcAtIonS

4.5” 7.54# Alcoa Aluminum Alloy 2014-t6 2-7/8” IF

tool Joint Data

Connection Type 2-7/8IF (NC31)

Outside Diameter (in) 4.5

Inside Diameter (in) 2.0

Tensile Yield Strength of the Pin1 (lbf) 495,700

Minimum Yield Strength (psi) 120,000

Torsional Yield1 (ft-lbf) 13,200

Makeup Torque1 (ft-lbf) 7,890

Pipe Body Data

Outside Diameter (in) 4.5

Inside Diameter (in) 3.5

Wall Thickness (in) 0.5

Tensile Yield2 (lbf) 356,000

Torsional Strength3 (ft-lbf) 31,600

Collapse4 (psi) 12,000

Yield Strength (psi) 58,000

Assembly Data

Adjusted Weight (lbs/ft) 9.4

Weight per 30 ft Joint (lbs) 282

Open Displacement (gal/ft) 0.34

Capacity (gal/ft) 0.48

Drift (in) 1.875

1. Determined per ISO/CD 10407-1” Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries — Drilling and Production Equipment — Part 1: Drill Stem Design and Operating, Limits, 2004. 2. Based on preliminary analysis of the tool joint to pipe body connection. 3. Based on pipe body only. 4. Determined per ISO/DIS 20312 Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries — Design and Operating Limits of Drill Strings with Aluminum Alloy Components, 2009.