March 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Total Flow Area

Total Flow Area (TFA) is summation of nozzle areas which fluid can pass through. When you consider about the TFA, you need to count all nozzles that you have in a bit or a reamer.

21 total flow area

Basically, you can determine flow area with a simple circle area formula.

21 total flow area2

Where;

Area in square inch…

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Added by Rachain Jetjongjit on March 23, 2011 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Oilfield Likes & Dislikes-What Are Yours?

I know, I know, there are some big things that really lean to the "suck" side of this new oilfield. As food for thought, I was wondering what little things you miss. Big things such as Oilbase, FRC's, and topdrive derrickhands bother all of us. But just to start it, here's some: not getting to carry a knife, these new… Continue

Added by Jay Brown on March 12, 2011 at 1:00pm — 23 Comments

Frac Iron failure & explosion

Well, here's a link to the news article, and copied here as well. I have heard that the iron failed from a few people, but I didn't get anything else more specific from anyone yet. Fortunately, no injuries have resulted from this, and also hoping this doesn't give this industry too much of a black eye up here.

http://www.kumv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=47134

McKenzie… Continue

Added by Buddy Miller on March 7, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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