• Counteracting and monitoring of transmission pipeline failureson crude oil and natural gas mines
  If we take into account material issues and various methods of protection against corrosion of pipelines, presented below, it briefly introduces the complexity of corrosion processes. In order to quantitatively assess the course of corrosion processes, it is necessary to use corrosion monitoring directly. The purpose of corrosion monitoring is to use countermeasures to extend the life of pipelines, installations and equipment, as well as to control and protect the environment and human safety. Correctly constructed and implemented corrosion monitoring system reduces the likelihood of a failure, mitigates the effects of a possible failure, reduces the impact of failure on the safety of society, employees, the environment and reduces the impact of failure on the negative image of the gas pipeline operator. Corrosion rate measurements can predict perforation and other corrosion damage... more

• A new technical approach to the development of Exalo Drilling S.A. – purchase of Drillmec HH – 220 FA-EU (RIG#208)
  The article presents the new category of drilling rigs produced by the Italian company Drillmec SPA. It gives an overview of the functionality of the drilling rig including its advantages going beyond the standard rigs based on rig’s derrick. It is a hydraulic drilling rig, equipped with a telescopic mast. The article also presents basic parameters as well as it describes the mode of action of its individual elements such as substructure, drill pipe ramp with automatic pick-up layout design, rig floor with telescopic mast, top drive system, rig floor equipment, hydraulic system HPU, compressor room, set of power generators control room VFD, mud pumps, diesel tank... more

• Exalo Drilling S.A. – New technologies in the drill pipe regeneration process
  During drilling work in the borehole, the drill pipe plays a very important role in rotary drilling because it transfers the rotary motion from the drilling device located on the ground to the drill bit working at the bottom of the well and supplies the drilling fluid from the mud pumps set on the ground to the drill bit at the bottom borehole. It is exposed to work in very difficult conditions, because it is subject to various loading forces and is exposed to the abrasive action of rocks on the well’s wall, which causes wear... more

• Investment in the future – development of Exalo Drilling’s machine park
  The article presents the development of Exalo’s fleet of machinery and thus the investments made in 2020 in the latest class of service equipment, manufactured by the world’s best service equipment manufacturers. The purchases made were aimed not only at expanding the offer and modernising the machinery park, but also at increasing competitiveness in the wake of changing trends in the international land drilling market... more

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