Products

Slotted pipe, perforated pipe and wire-wrapped screens

Three product lines for sand control in oil, gas and water wells. All three are manufactured in our plant in El Tigre, Venezuela, on our own machines.

Base pipe can be supplied by the customer or sourced by us. Every joint is gauged against the order before it leaves the plant.

01 Slotted pipe

Tubería ranurada

Longitudinal slots are cut through the pipe wall with gang-mounted circular saws under coolant. Slot width, length and density follow the completion design, or are replicated from sample joints. Slot width is gauged on every joint.

The crew at the slotting line
Slotting line
Saw blades and coolant nozzles on the slotting line
Saw heads under coolant
Specification
Cutting
Gang-mounted circular saws under coolant
Slot pattern
Longitudinal, interrupted, full length and circumference
Slot width
To specification, gauged on every joint
Slot length and density
Per completion design
Base pipe
Customer-supplied or sourced API casing and tubing
Output
About 3,000 joints a month
Applications
  • Stand-alone sand control in horizontal and heavy oil wells
  • Steam-assisted and cyclic steam completions
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02 Perforated pipe

Tubería perforada

Holes are drilled through the pipe wall on multi-spindle heads to a specified diameter, density and phasing. Perforated pipe is used as wash pipe, as base pipe for wire-wrapped screens and for chemical injection.

An operator at the perforating line
Perforating line
An operator at the control panel of the perforating line
Line control
Specification
Outside diameter
1-1/16 in to 20 in
Joint length
Up to 45 ft
Hole diameter
To specification
Pattern
Hole density, rows and phasing per drawing
Method
Multi-spindle drilling under coolant
Base pipe
Customer-supplied or sourced API casing and tubing
Applications
  • Base pipe for wire-wrapped screens
  • Wash pipe for gravel pack operations
  • Chemical injection and circulation
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03 Wire-wrapped screens

Rejillas

A continuous keystone wire is wrapped over longitudinal ribs and welded at every crossing. The slot between turns widens inward, so a particle that passes the surface passes the screen. The slot gauge is set from the formation sieve analysis. The jacket is fitted over perforated base pipe and welded at the ends.

Wire being wrapped on the screen machine
Wire-wrap line
A joint under coolant mist on the line
Under coolant
Types
03.1Open flow area

Superflujo

Direct-wrapped screen for the largest open area per foot. Used in stand-alone completions and in high-rate water and gas wells.

Construction
Direct wrap over longitudinal ribs
Materials
304L, 316L, Inconel 825
Service
Vertical, horizontal and multilateral wells
03.2Steam service

Térmica

Wire, ribs and welds selected for thermal recovery. The slot gauge holds through repeated heating and cooling.

Construction
Direct wrap, thermal-rated welds
Materials
316L, Inconel 825
Service
Steam-assisted and cyclic steam wells
03.3Pre-packed media

Preempacada

Two concentric jackets with graded, resin-bonded gravel between them. It runs as a screen and filters as a gravel pack, for wells where a downhole gravel pack is not practical.

Construction
Dual jacket, pre-packed media
Media
Resin-bonded graded gravel, sized to the formation
Service
Fine or poorly sorted sands, remedial and through-tubing work
Specification
Outside diameter
1-1/16 in to 9-5/8 in
Joint length
Up to 40 ft
Wire profile
Keystone, slot widening inward
Slot gauge
Set from the sieve analysis
Jacket materials
304L, 316L, Inconel 825
Base pipe
Carbon steel API grades; alloy on request
Well types
Vertical, horizontal and multilateral
Applications
  • Stand-alone completions in well-sorted sands
  • Base screens for gravel pack and frac pack
  • Water and gas wells that need a large open area
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04 Request a quote

Send the specification and we quote against it. We need the following:

  1. 01Casing or tubing size
  2. 02Slot width, hole pattern or screen aperture
  3. 03Joint length
  4. 04Quantity
  5. 05Delivery point

A casing programme, sieve analysis or drawing can be attached in place of the list.