Hocal Pipe Industries | Mechanical Industrial specialist of the oil sector – Do you want to learn how oil rigs are built, and what is each specific part of it for? How does an oil pumper work? And what is a digging tower? Do you need advice before acquiring oil-related machinery? You have come to the right place.

Flow Assurance in the Oil Industry

9 January, 20209 January, 2020 by hocalpipeindustries

The gas and water injected to stimulate an increase in the extraction and production of oil can produce gas and sediments that alter significantly the life span of the flow lines, process equipments, and production tanks.With the optimization of the implicit processes of oil production, oil’s flow assurance has become a key element to predict, prevent, … Continue reading Flow Assurance in the Oil Industry

Impact and Prevention of Oil Spills

9 January, 20209 January, 2020 by hocalpipeindustries

From the use of fungus to decompose the contaminants from hydrocarbons to machines to process hydrocarbons, scientific advances aim to find better methods to collect oil spilled.Unfortunately, in multiple occasions, oil spills happen due to accidents or inadequate practices; extremely dangerous when it happens in the sea, giving origin to the term ‘black tide’. The … Continue reading Impact and Prevention of Oil Spills

Oil pipelines in the oil industry

2 December, 20192 December, 2019 by hocalpipeindustries

Oil has been transported through pipelines since the XIX century, and it has been carried through a vast extent of the pipe system. This way of bringing the oil from one point to another is considered the most efficient one when it comes to hydrocarbons.Oil pipelines are the most efficient way to transport oil and its derivates. … Continue reading Oil pipelines in the oil industry

The Cannonade in the Perforation of Wells

31 July, 201928 August, 2019 by hocalpipeindustries

ACCORDING TO THE ESTIMATED DEPTH OF THE OIL WELL, THE STRUCTURES TO BE TRAVERSED AND THE SUBSTITUTE CONDITIONS, THE DRILLING EQUIPMENT IS SELECTED. In oil wells, devices called cannons or drilling guns containing pre-molded explosive charges of different sizes and configurations are used for drilling. Well drilling. Picture from steemit.com The characteristics of the well, … Continue reading The Cannonade in the Perforation of Wells

The Pumping and Extraction of Oil

26 July, 201928 August, 2019 by hocalpipeindustries

THE ICONIC FIGURE IN THE OIL EXTRACTION CORRESPOND TO THE EXTRACTION SYSTEM KNOWN AS A ROD PUMP, WHILE IT HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE NAMES DUE TO ITS SINGULAR FORM AND MOVEMENT. When there is not enough pressure in the oil fields for the hydrocarbon to flow to the surface on its own, the rod pump is … Continue reading The Pumping and Extraction of Oil

Oil Refining Processes

24 July, 201928 August, 2019 by hocalpipeindustries

REFINING THE OIL ALLOWS US TO GIVE VARIOUS USES TO THE HYDROCARBON, AFTER BEING SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT SEPARATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND PURIFICATION PROCESSES.To transform hydrocarbons into various derivative products, they must be some of the processes of separation, transformation, and purification, which are encompassed in what is known as refining. Derived products are required by distillation of the hydrocarbon, obtaining finished products, which … Continue reading Oil Refining Processes

Desalination and Dehydration of Oil

19 July, 201928 August, 2019 by hocalpipeindustries

THE DESALINATION AND DEHYDRATION OF HYDROCARBON, PERFORMED UNDER DIFFERENT PROCESSES, ALLOWS THE EXTRACTION OF SALTS, WASTE AND WATERPROOF CONTENTS. When the oil is extracted from its depths, it usually goes through processes that make it suitable for its subsequent use. It often contains gases, unwanted contaminants, soluble solid particles such as sand and salts dissolved … Continue reading Desalination and Dehydration of Oil

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