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AGA

American Gas Association

API

American Petroleum Institute
Bevel

The angle formed between the prepared edge of the end of the pipe and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the member. The standard bevel for line pipe is 30o to facilitate welding.
Corrosion Barrier Option
  • Completes the protections provided by plastic coating.
  • Insures isolation of the connection interface.
  • Teflon™ ring is inert to internal fluids.
  • Protects the metal seal from crevice corrosion.
  • Seal ring is capable of repeated makeups
  • Engineered to maintain a smooth ID, reducing turbulence and erosion/corrosion
Coupling

Threaded sleeve used to connect two lengths of pipe.
Gost

Serving as the regulatory basis for government and private-sector certification programs throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the GOST standards cover energy, oil and gas, environmental protection, construction, transportation, telecommunications, mining, food processing, and other industries.
UCTS-Corpus Christi

United Casing Tubular Services. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. The facility is on 37 acres (15 hectares) with 5 seperate manufacturing and processing buildings with total covered space in excess of 100,000 square feet (9,300 square meters). This plant is capable of processing tubings from 1.050" OD (19mm) through casing 13-3/8" OD (339.7mm)...
UCTS-Houston

United Casing Tubular Services - Houston ["UCTS-Houston"] located in Houston, Texas, has threading capacity for casing in sizes 114.3mm - 339.7mm (4-1/2” – 13-3/8”). The threading capacity is for all API grades as well as non- API specialty grades. UCTS-Houston also has the capability to thread the UCPJ connections (gas-tight) for pipe sizes (OD) 168.3mm through 244.5mm (6-5/8” – 9-5/8”) in all API, Gost, and specialty steel grades. The facility also provides full pipe servicing capabilities which include third party inspection, third party hydrostatic testing, and general services such as O.D. cleaning, recoating, etc.
Yield Strength

The stress at which a material exhibits a specified deviation from proportionality of stress and strain. An offset of 0.2% is used for many metals including steels.
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