Services

Independent Oilfield Inspection Services Limited performs non destructive testing include magnetic particle inspection (MT) for ferrous equipment, and liquid penetrant inspections (PT) for non-magnetic equipment, of end area connections, thread profile gauging and visual end area inspection, to what is commonly referred to as an “API inspection”. Further to this, dimensional checks are made for compliance to API Specification 7, for new rotary shouldered threaded connections, and also compliance to the used criteria for drill pipe and bottom hole assembly (BHA) such as T. H. Hill, Drill Stem 1, commonly referred to as T. H. Hill, DS-1.

Independent Oilfield Inspection Services Limited can inspect drill pipe, full length, using the Electronic Magnetic Induction method (EMI, buggy run) to the following recommended procedure of API RP7G and can up that inspection to a T. H. Hill DS-1, drill pipe inspection category 4, if required, which encompasses the dimensional check of rotary shouldered connections, average ultrasonic (UT) wall thickness measuring, and MT inspections of the tubular outside diameter in compliance with that procedure. During 2008 Independent Oilfield Inspection Services Limited purchased two new VEDAQ 2000 mobile drill pipe units and can perform inspections from 2-7/8 inch to 5-1/2 inch OD drill pipe. Giving full digital acquisition search coil and hall effect monitoring of tube integrity.

Directional equipment such as drilling motors, non-magnetic jewellery, intelligent directional equipment, and BHA dumb iron have been a core part of Independent’s business and the company has been entrenched with major players in this business since day one.