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Pressure Control
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Contents
History
Management Team
Manufacturing Facilities
Worldwide Sales & Service
Product Lines
Commitment
Summary
Additional Information
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History
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Management Team
Chairman
Hydril Company
Richard Seaver
Director Director
Advanced Technology & Applications Research & Development
Graeme Reynolds Charlie Peterman
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Hydril Technology Center
Scope of Activity
World headquarters
Design, manufacture and test of pressure control products
Manufacturing Competence………………...ISO 9001 awarded by ABS
ABS, DNV, Lloyds
API Spec 6A, 7, 8C, 16A D and (RP) E, 17D and (RP) 64
ASME B-PV Code Section VIII, Div. 1
Quality Assurance program conforms to API Spec Q1
Facility Size……………………………………. 96 acres, 218,000 square feet covered
Manpower……………………………………….600 employees of which 303 are pressure control
Location…………………………………………Houston, Texas, USA (since 1978)
Convenient to Intercontinental Airport 6
Valvcon Facility
Scope of Activity
Repair and remanufacture of Hydril blowout preventers, pulsation dampeners
Repair and remanufacture of other brands of blowout preventers and marine riser
Fabrication and unitization of Hydril blowout preventer stacks
Manufacture of FlatpakTM chemical injection and downhole control lines
Manufacturing Competence………….. ABS, DNV, Lloyds
API 6A, tested to 16A
Testing to 30,000 psi
Facility Size…………………………… 6 acres, 59,000 square feet covered
Manpower…………………………….. 119 employees
Location………………………………. Houston, Texas, USA (since 1976)
Convenient to William P. Hobby Airport
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Elastomer Facility
Scope of Activity
Formulation of elastomeric compounds and molding of Hydril, BettisR, proprietary and
contract rubber and rubber-over-metal products
Design and manufacture of pulsation dampeners
Manufacturing Competence….ASME B-PV Code Section VIII, Div. 1
ABS, DNV, Lloyds
API 6A, 16A
Quality Assurance program conforms to API Spec Q1
Facility Size…………………….. 44 acres, 100,000 square feet covered
Manpower………………………..160 employees
Location…………………………. Houston, Texas, USA (since 1979)
Convenient to Intercontinental Airport
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Sales/Service - Western Hemisphere
Hydril
Coverage Personnel Agent ARF*
Argentina X
Bolivia X
Brazil X X X
Canada X X
Chile X
Colombia X
Costa Rica X
Ecuador X
Guatemala X
Mexico X
Peru X
Trinidad X
United States X X
Venezuela X X X
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Sales/Service - Europe, Middle East, & Africa
Hydril
Coverage Personnel Agent ARF*
Algeria X
Angola X
Cameroon X
Congo X
Croatia X
Denmark X
Egypt X
Gabon X
Germany X X
Italy X X
Jordan X
Netherlands X X
Nigeria X
Norway X X X
Oman X
Qatar X
Russia X
Saudi Arabia X X
South Africa X
Sudan X
Syria X
Turkey X
U.A.E. X X X
United Kingdom X X
Yemen X
Zaire X
* Authorized Repair Facilities
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Sales/Service - Asia Pacific
Hydril
Coverage Personnel Agent ARF*
Australia X X
Azerbaijan X
Bangladesh X
Brunei X
China X
India X
Indonesia X X
Japan X
Kazakhstan X
Korea X
Malaysia X
Myanmar X
Pakistan X
Philippines X
Russia X
Singapore X X
Taiwan X
Thailand X
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Products for Oil/Gas Well Drilling
Control systems
for operating
Drill pipe wiper
subsea BOP
Control
Line
Drill pipe
protectors
Anti-
collapse
Annular valve
Drill stem blowout
valves preventers
and ram
blowout
preventers
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Blowout Preventers - Drilling
Developed 1930s (market pioneer)
Broadest offering in the industry
Models GK, GL, GX, MSP ...34
configurations
2-9/16 to 30 inch, 500 to 20,000 psi
$10,000 to $500,000
Conforms to API 16A, DNV, ABS,
Lloyds,NACE MR0175
GX Annular
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Control Systems
Developed 1950s, acquired Valvcon 1976,
acquired Syntron 1995
For surface applications
Custom designed to meet customer specs
Encompasses accumulator bottles, hydraulic
fluid pumps, valves and gauges, motors
Unitized system or individual major
Skid Mounted Surface Unit components
Phillips Ekofisk
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Diverter Systems
Developed 1960s
FS/FSP patented design 1985
For offshore applications
Diverts the flow of gas and/or
sand away from the rig in the
event a pressurized gas zone is
penetrated during shallow drilling
Positioned between the water line
and drill floor, or
Subsea latched to the wellhead
Breadth of offering
5 configurations
21 to 30 inches, 500 to 2,000 psi
Flow selector with actuator
optional
$200,000 to $1,300,000
FS 21-500 Diverter
Conforms to API RP 64
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FS Diverters / Gas Handlers
HYDRIL FS DIVERTERS / GAS HANDLERS
Customer List CUSTOMER LIST
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Elastomer Capability
150 active compounds
Most frequently sold. . . . .
Buna Nitrile Natural Rubber
EPDM Neoprene
Hydrogenated Nitrile Viton
Temperature range. . . . -100 to +500° F.
Fluid mediums encountered . . . .nonpolar hydrocarbons
to sulfuric acid
Press capability up to 96” X 96” compression and 630 ton
injection
Size range of molded products . . . . 2 to 90 inches O.D.
Expertise in bonding rubber to metal 23
Commitment
Mission Statement
To provide our customers with technology that enables
them to increase productivity, improve safety, reduce
operating costs, protect the environment
To make it easy for our customers to do business with us
To maintain the highest standards for quality of products
and operations
How We Do This
Focus on the customer
Improve product lines and work processes
Develop or acquire new/enabling technologies
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Improved Products
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R&D Projects
Proprietary Studies
Underbalanced Drilling
Riserless Drilling
Free Standing Riser
Joint Studies
Deepstar…… Gulf of Mexico deep water (oil
companies, engineering firms, manufacturers,
service companies)
Jamstec……. Japan offshore geological strata
NIST ………. U.S. National Institute for Standards &
Technology study of composite materials
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Summary
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Authorized Repair Facilities
Country Company Name Since
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Enabling Technology
Patented design
Developed 1984
4-piece connector
For marine drilling riser joints
Greater fatigue life in ultra-deep water (to 13,000 ft)
Reduced joint cycle time by 50% with hydraulic make-up tool
Companion products include
Telescopic joint
HST Coupling Stowable tensioner ring
Gas handler
Anticollapse valve
Patented design
Developed 1987
3-piece connector
Connects joints of pipe to form unitized tendons for
a TLP mooring system
Shell Oil purchased and tested 6 prototypes in 1988….funded
further development in 1995
XST Coupling 29