Mechanical Testing Services
PPI Mechanical Testing Services, LLC, offers inspection and testing services for oilfield materials, from prequalifying drilling and casing to analyzing engineering failures. Our extremely competent personnel provide certainty about equipment fitness by applying advanced engineering principles and close examination.Testing Facility
PPI Mechanical Testing operates a multimillion-dollar state-of-the-art testing facility in Waller, Texas. It offers testing of oilfield casing and tubulars, drilling equipment, and new tools.The facility features 1.5-million-lbf, 3-million-lbf, and 5-million lbf test frames. Casing and tubular connections can be qualified at up to 45,000 psi and 750 degF, as can drilling equipment such as tool joints, slips, and elevators.
In addition, PPI Mechanical Testing Services provides environment-specific material qualification of metallurgies and elastomers.
The PPI MTS test facility offers computer-controlled testing and monitoring using custom software that both controls choreographed testing and monitors all aspects of testing conditions. Features include:
- Consistency, reliability and accuracy
- Alarms, halts, fail safes
- Specimen saver: exceed threshold auto-load backoff
- Automatic and smart scan: R&D limit data
- Secure live streaming globally: data, graphics, and video
- Optional quantitative leak detection
- Daily reporting
Forensic Services
PPI Technology Services also provides engineering failure analysis and expert witness services. Our experienced professionals analyze pre- and post-job procedures and reports, conduct mechanical analysis of surface or downhole hardware, and determine failure mechanisms through- Computer modeling
- Destructive and non-destructive evaluation
- Mechanical and chemical analysis
- Disassembly of equipment
- Dissection of equipment
PPI has provided expert testimony for more than 450 court cases in actions ranging from drilling and completion operations, industry standards and process specifications, and accident reconstruction.