Oil States Industries' structural test laboratory offers an extensive range of facilities to third party clients. The laboratory has the capability to simulate typical and extreme service loading on a variety of structures, for the purposes of product assessment, prototype development, generation of design data and validation of analytical models.
• The Test Laboratory offers comprehensive testing services including tension, compression with combinations of internal & external pressure with bend. Extreme temperature cycling with gas or hydrostatic pressure available.
• Trouble-shooting and commissioning engineers are available around the clock, using portable data acquisition equipment for a variety of tasks, including structural load monitoring. Data can be promptly analysed by Oil States' stress engineers to solve problems and reduce downtime.
• Oil States can arrange for the witnessing of any test by approved authorities such as Lloyds Register, Det Norske Veritas or the American Bureau of Shipping.
• The Test Laboratory has been accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) since 1992, and internationally recognised for the competence of laboratories BS/EN/ISO/IEC 17025.
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 2000 ton tension/1000 ton compression test rig. The only one of its kind in the UK for ISO 13679-API 5C5 testing.
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UKAS Royal Crown, mark of testing competency | |