March 11, 2021

Well Tubing Inspection (WTI)

PIPECARE's Well Tubing Inspection (WTI) service provides specialized ultrasonic inspection for small-diameter tubing systems commonly found in refineries, fired heaters, boiler coils, and downhole production wells.

The 2" UTWM tubing tool delivers direct wall-thickness measurement with ±0.1 mm depth accuracy, detecting general corrosion, pitting, erosion-corrosion, and sulfidation in tubing from 2" to 4.5" diameter.

Key capabilities include bidirectional data collection, high-resolution echo processing, and the ability to navigate U-bends and return bends that disqualify standard ILI tools. The cable-operated system supports inspection speeds up to 0.9 m/s with circumferential resolution of 3.7 mm.

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