NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- BP Plc successfully cut the riser pipe at the ruptured well in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but the diamond wire blade got stuck during the second cut on Wednesday ...

Dozens of risers were linked together to reach deeper into an earthquake fault than ever before. ... Riser Pipe (IMAGE) University of Texas at Austin. Caption.

    The design characteristics of composites make them good material candidates for both risers and drill pipe. The high strength-to-weight ratio of composites means that they can ...

Now that the damaged riser pipe is severed close to the stricken BP well, engineers can try placing a cap to catch the leaking oil, Adm. Thad Allen told reporters.

All you need to build this chest support is a few small pieces of PVC pipe, a bolt, a nut, and something to function as the hinge on which your camera will sit (you can get creative with what you ...

The company’s tactics are based on m-pipe becoming an enabling technology, meeting demands for risers in the deepest waters and for the highest pressures — 8-inch internal diameter or more and ...

Contractors and other commercial purchasers of PVC pipe have secured their first settlement in a lawsuit in U.S. court accusing some of the industry’s largest manufacturers of conspiring to fix ...

An electrical contractor has filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing Westlake, Atkore and other major PVC pipe manufacturers of conspiring to overcharge municipal and commercial buyers.

Plastic pipe to the fore in search for riser-less solution ONCE a well has reached the end of the line and an operator has run out of options, the hope is to complete the decommissioning as ...

PITTSBURGH, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an improved pipe adapter that would be used to permit the vertical stacking of septic tank risers," said one of ...

Magma to qualify performance of m-pipe at high pressures and temperatures to augment HWCG’s well containment solution. HWCG Selects m-pipe for next generation emergency well containment riser.

HWCG commissioned Magma Global, manufacturer of PEEK and carbon-fibre composite m-pipe®, to qualify and manufacture a high pressure, high temperature m-pipe® to be used as a flexible riser connection ...