Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries
Drill pipe manufacturers choose Duraband®NC and Tuffband®NC for their reliability and performance.
For more than 40 years, Postle Industries has built a strong reputation for developing durable hardfacing alloys and welding procedures for industries including drilling, mining, construction, agriculture, recycling and many others.
For more than 40 years, Postle Industries has built a strong reputation for developing durable hardfacing alloys and welding procedures for industries including drilling, mining, construction, agriculture, recycling and many others. In the oil and gas exploration and drilling field, Postle’s Hardbanding Solutions business unit has developed a comprehensive product line which benefits both the drill pipe tool joint and the casing. The company is best known as the maker of Duraband, the world’s most trusted hardbanding.
Our research and design department has worked tirelessly to address the tool joint wear and casing concerns of the drilling industry related to the hardbanding of drill pipe. In 2003, to protect drill pipe and casing, Postle Industries introduced Tuffband NC, a non-cracking hardband.
As drilling increased and techniques adapted to industry advancements, the need for a more wear-resistant, non-cracking product became apparent due to the severe conditions encountered in the oil and gas fields. Postle addressed this dilemma with Duraband NC, which was designed for all drilling conditions, including sour gas, HPHT, ERD and highly abrasive conditions. In addition to this we developed tool joint build-up wires and non-magnetic hardbanding to further rectify the problem facing the offshore industry.
Hardbanding Solution by Postle will continue to be there to support, develop and deliver quality hardbanding products as technological advancements and industrial needs develop. Your drill pipe deserves the best…it deserves Duraband NC and Tuffband NC.
Duraband® NC is a completely crack-free hardband that provides maximum protection to the tool joint and casing. Its microstructure consists of a mixture of resilient tool steel matrix with a high volume of tightly packed micro-constituents. This combination ensures excellent wear resistance in open hole drilling while being casing-friendly.
Since its introduction to the market in 2007, Duraband has maintained an excellent track record, due to its ability to lay down a totally crack-free deposit. MPI testing throughout the world has substantiated this claim, something which no other rival product can claim.
A leading titanium containing product states in its manual that 1in (25mm) long cracks in both the traverse and longitudinal directions are acceptable. The Duraband manual, however, allows zero cracks, regardless of direction. The virtues of crack-free deposits provide numerous benefits to all stakeholders in the drilling industry – operators, drilling contractors, rental companies and applicators – and cannot be stressed enough.
Duraband NC is unique. It is Fearnley Procter NS-1™ certified for new applications to tool joints and certified for re-application over itself and other hardband products as specified in the NS-1 re-application approval certificates. It is the only product that provides maximum protection that is also applied crack-free. For maximum reliability and wear resistance, Duraband NC is a market-leading product.
Tuffband® NC is a high hardness hardband that may be used on its own for casing-friendly hardband applications, or utilised as a weld matrix with tungsten carbide (WC) when casing protection is not a factor.
Tuffband NC is applied crack-free and prevents spalling, even under the most extreme drilling conditions, and is completely rebuildable. It is Fearnley Procter NS-1™ certified for new applications to tool joints and it is certified for re-application over itself and other hardband products as specified in the NS-1 re-application approval certificates. It offers good protection for tool joints and casing, and crack-free application means no trapped abrasive materials that might lead to unexpected casing wear. Advantages of Tuffband NC include:
Duraband is the most trusted hardband in the drilling industry. To support your offshore drilling projects, Hardbanding Solutions by Postle has seven strategically located technical centers and has certified almost 200 applicators worldwide, in almost every country involved with oil and gas, and geothermal drilling. More than 200 applicators on every continent in almost every country and drilling location involved within the oil and gas and geothermal industries choose Duraband.
Duraband is completely applicator-friendly and has been successfully applied at rig sites throughout the world.
Customers of Duraband are provided with 100% support, anywhere in the world. This ensures the quality of their work and our product. Our support service includes:
Drill pipe manufacturers choose Duraband®NC and Tuffband®NC for their reliability and performance.
The Fram oil and gas field is situated within block 35/11 of production licence 090 (PL090) in the northern region of the Norwegian North Sea.
The Buzzard field expansion, or Buzzard phase II (BPII) project, will involve the further development of the Buzzard field, which is located approximately 100km north-east of Aberdeen in the Outer Moray Firth, North Sea, UK.
The Brasse prospect lies in blocks 30 / 9 and 31 / 7 of the production licence (PL) 740 of the Norwegian North Sea, in 118m-deep waters.
Producers, drilling contractors and rental companies periodically experience marginally acceptable hardbanding applications.
15 January 2015A new standard operating procedure for the application of Duraband® NC hardbanding on completion tubing connections has just been released by Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries.
16 December 2014Advanced drilling technology and economic pressures are pushing the envelope of drill string tool joint life, as well as casing wear.
14 November 2014Producers, drilling contractors and rental companies periodically experience marginally acceptable hardbanding applications.
15 October 2014Hardbanding drill pipe with trusted hardbands, such as Duraband® NC or Tuffband® NC from Hardbanding Solutions by Postle, has been shown to decrease drilling costs and downtime while increasing profitability and productivity.
16 September 2014Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries has just introduced a new non-magnetic hardband, which is said to dramatically improve wear-resistance.
15 August 2014Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries is now offering site inspections to ensure that its certified hardband applicators are properly applying Duraband® NC and Tuffband® NC hardbanding alloys.
17 July 2014Hardbanding has been proven to decrease drilling costs and downtime while increasing profitability and productivity. But if the finished hardband tool joint is allowed to cool too fast, it can seriously damage the structural integrity of the drill pipe or string.
19 June 2014Two of the most recognised hardbands in the industry are non-cracking Duraband NC and Tuffband NC. Each product has been proven to decrease drilling costs and downtime while increasing profitability and productivity. Both are casing-friendly.
27 May 2014Advanced drilling technology and economic pressures are pushing the envelope of drill string tool joint life as well as casing wear.
24 April 2014The cost of hardband reapplication can be very expensive if the previous hardband must be removed prior to reapplication.
17 March 2014Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries has introduced a new non-magnetic hardband which is said to dramatically improve wear resistance.
16 January 2014Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries is now offering site inspections to ensure that their certified hardband applicators are properly applying Duraband® NC and Tuffband® NC hardbanding alloys.
13 December 2013Hardbanding has been proven to decrease drilling costs and downtime while increasing profitability and productivity. But if the finished hardband tool joint is allowed to cool too fast, it can seriously damage the structural integrity of the drill pipe or string.
14 November 2013Thank you for submitting the form. Your enquiry will be submitted to the company.
Thank you for subscribing to Offshore Technology