Oil and Gas & Alternative Energy

1. Case Study: Oil and Gas Valve For Drill Stem Testing

   Read our new oil and gas case study to see how our team of experts worked with a customer to analyze a competing material’s failure in a valve used for drill stem testing. The analysis also includes a comparison of the competing material to our Alloy 25.

2. Galling Resistance of Alloy 25 and ToughMet 3 to Various Materials

   Galling occurs when metals adhere to each other during sliding contact. This is especially important when considering threaded connections that need be assembled rapidly and repetitively as required in drill string applications.

3. Materials for Solar Energy

   Learn about Materion's range of materials for the solar energy market.

4. Technical Review - Analysis of ToughMet 3 and Cu-14Ni-3Al

   Technical Reviews are detailed comparisons of Materion products to competitor materials. ToughMet® 3 and Cu-14Ni-3Al are both high strength copper alloys commonly used in the marine and oil and gas industries, but significant differences are realized when their properties are compared. This Technical Review discusses those differences that make ToughMet an advantageous replacement for the nickel bronze alloy in demanding applications and severe environments.

5. Tech Brief - Cavitation Resistance of Selected Copper Alloys

   Materion ToughMet® and copper-beryllium products are highly resistant to cavitation.

6. Tech Brief - A Guide to Galvanic Corrosion

   Galvanic can occur when two or more dissimilar metals contact each other in an electrolytic environment. This can occur in seawater, chemical processing, or in automotive fasteners and connectors exposed to road salt spray. It is important to understand the relative position of metals on the galvanic series when they will be coupled near an electrolytic solution.

7. Brochure - Alloy 25 For The Oil And Gas Market

   Alloy 25 by Materion is the material of choice for downhole drilling tools, production and completion tools, subsea and wellhead products. The alloy is also used for highly demanding applications like MWD/LWD tools, drill collars and subs, flex subs and shafts, drill rods, drill bit bushings, valve components, pump shafts and fasteners.

8. High Strength, Non-galling, Non-Magnetic Precision Tube

   Materion provides Alloy 25 copper beryllium and ToughMet® copper-nickel-tin alloy tube for Instrumentation pressure housings and battery housings used in downhole MWD, downhole LWD, and wire line oilfield tools.