Paper: PREMIUM TECHNOLOGY CONNECTION DESIGN AND LABORATORY TESTS

With the aim of developing a more reliable connection to be used in the current artificial lift systems, Tenaris has worked in an innovation process whose outcome was the premium connection product family for sucker rods. This paper explains the comparison between the premium connection design and the API connection design through finite element analysis methods, the product validations full scale tests for beam pumping and progressive cavity pumping, and the application recommendations.