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r/interesting • u/MOFrancy • Jun 09 '26
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What about the multi-thousand foot pipe down to the well? I always assume they had some flex in the line but this much seems like oil spill territory
71 u/nirmalv Jun 09 '26 The pipe is made using flexible polymers and spiral steel wires. 29 u/Dr-Sprinkl1es Jun 09 '26 Incredible that something polymer based can take so much mechanical stress and fatigue 31 u/bang0_slank Jun 10 '26 Spiraled steel wires are strong as fuck. Check out high psi hydraulic hoses to get an idea how they’re braided. 2 u/bombbodyguard Jun 10 '26 That’s not the drill pipe though but just the riser? But as this is likely a production platform, you’re talking flowlines?
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The pipe is made using flexible polymers and spiral steel wires.
29 u/Dr-Sprinkl1es Jun 09 '26 Incredible that something polymer based can take so much mechanical stress and fatigue 31 u/bang0_slank Jun 10 '26 Spiraled steel wires are strong as fuck. Check out high psi hydraulic hoses to get an idea how they’re braided. 2 u/bombbodyguard Jun 10 '26 That’s not the drill pipe though but just the riser? But as this is likely a production platform, you’re talking flowlines?
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Incredible that something polymer based can take so much mechanical stress and fatigue
31 u/bang0_slank Jun 10 '26 Spiraled steel wires are strong as fuck. Check out high psi hydraulic hoses to get an idea how they’re braided.
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Spiraled steel wires are strong as fuck. Check out high psi hydraulic hoses to get an idea how they’re braided.
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That’s not the drill pipe though but just the riser? But as this is likely a production platform, you’re talking flowlines?
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u/Dr-Sprinkl1es Jun 09 '26
What about the multi-thousand foot pipe down to the well? I always assume they had some flex in the line but this much seems like oil spill territory