The sales value of industrial oil seals made from rubber in the rubber industry in Japan increased by 3.4 billion yen (+3.19 percent) since the previous year.
Actually a design fault, rubber seals in bulkheads blew out owing to tremendous pressure differentials allowing water in - and the near catastrophe. If WT's data are correct - and I've just been speaking to him - then this could kill off deep water developments - once bitten twice shy -...
In view of the patent situation, California Talc Company agreed to discontinue the sale of Plastiwate. The announcement was made in oil industry magazines that beginning March 1, 1931, Baroid* would be sold by Baroid Sales Company (a subsidiary of National Lead Company) through distributors in ...
A com- mon sign of kicking is mud that continues to flow out of the well even when the pumps are shut off.The kick can usually be stopped by closing an annular preventer, which seals off the annular space around the drill pipe. If the annular preventer fails, there are ram preventers...
"The wholesalers -- the distributors -- may well be the bigger source of the problem than the guys pumping gas or owning the retail stations." Texas: Gas rationing just a rumor, official says A rumor circulating Wednesday that gas deliveries were being cut off and that stations would ...