Abstract: A male threaded joint tipped with a male lip having a male seating face and a male stop transverse surface proximate to the male seating face. A female threaded element includes for co-operation with the corresponding male threaded element, a female seating face and a female stop transverse surface provided on a female shoulder and proximate to the female seating face. The annular female shoulder zone is subjected to axial compression forces resulting from the pressure of the male and female stop surfaces and has an inner peripheral surface, the diameter of which is at least locally proximate to the female stop surface smaller than the diameter of the inner peripheral surface of the male lip. The ratio R of the two diameters is less than 1 but not less than 0.9.

Abstract: Method implemented on a computer of monitoring a supply between at least one supplier and at least one client. A client site has at least one project, each project is associated with dated requirements for products, a state of a stock of the products and purchases of the products being known. The method including creating a list of product types required for each project, and producing at least one table for each product type for a sequence of time slices having a chosen time origin. The at least one table has a first running total for each time slice from the time origin up to a time slice of interest of a first quantity associated with the dated requirements of the client site. The at least one table further has a second running total for each time slice from a time origin up to a time slice of interest. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A threaded joint for oil well pipes is provided which can guarantee a joint efficiency sufficient for practical use in deep wells, which has a decreased joint outer diameter, and which has an improved bending resistance, compression resistance, and over-torque resistance which are sufficient for use by the side track technique. It is an integral threaded joint for oil well pipes in which it has a joint efficiency of at least 70%, the outer diameter of the joint is larger than and at most 1.08 times the outer diameter of the oil well pipe bodies, and the threaded portions have a cross section of a trapezoidal shape with a load flank angle (&agr;) of the threads in the range of 0 to −20 degrees and a stabbing flank angle (&thgr;) thereof in the range of 35 to 50 degrees.

Abstract: A fatigue resistant waisted threaded tubular element for threaded tubular connection, and resulting threaded tubular connection. The threaded tubular element is waisted by a groove formed in the material beneath the threading to reduce the stiffness of the wall at the level of the first engaging threads. The groove can prevent an increase in the transfer of tensile loads at the level of the first engaging threads of the threaded element on which it is formed and on the corresponding last engaging threads of the mating threaded element intended to be connected thereto to form a threaded tubular connection. This improvement in load transfer limits the risk of initiating a fatigue crack in threaded tubular connections subjected to a cyclic load without reducing their static performances.

Abstract: The threading of a threaded tubular element includes at least one tangential multiple radius junction zone at the thread root, in particular on the load flank side. This zone include a principal arc with a radius where the support circle cuts the flank at a point. The tangent to this circle makes a strictly positive angle with the flank. The secondary arcs have lower radii that effect the tangential junction of the principal arc on one side to the flank and on the other side to the thread root. The radius of the principal are larger than that of the standard circle which passes through and which would alone constitute a tangential junction zone. Such a threaded element provides a threaded tubular connection which incorporates good resistance to both static and cyclic stresses.

Abstract: A threaded joint to be expanded, including a lip at the end of the male element end a housing for the lip on the female element to make the threaded joint capable of being sealed and of having a maximum internal passage cross-section after being subjected to diametral expansion by more than 10%. The free male end surface is socketed before expansion into a partially transverse shoulder surface of the female housing through the matching rebating shapes of the surfaces. And, the male lip outer peripheral surface is arranged with little play of the internal peripheral surface of the female housing. Such a threaded joint is particularly useful for casings and tubings used in oil wells.

Abstract: A pipe joint formed by screwing a pin portion having a tapered male thread formed on the outer peripheral surface of the end of a pipe into a box portion having a tapered female thread formed on the inner peripheral surface of the end of a pipe or a short pipe so as to threadingly engage with the tapered male thread, the pipe joint having the following shape: clearance C between thread stab flanks: 0.5-1.0 mm thread stab flank angle &thgr;:  15-60 degrees thread crest surfaces and parallel to the pipe axis thread root surfaces: radius R of stab flank corner  1.0-1.25 mm portions of male thread: In addition, the taper of the incomplete thread portion of the pin portion is preferably 0.96-0.90 times the nominal taper of the complete thread portion.

Abstract: A threaded pipe connector which may find application in the petroleum and gas industry, and pipe connections formed with the connector. The connector includes a male element disposed at the end of a first pipe and a female element disposed at the end of a second pipe. The male element is provided with an external tapered male threading and the female element is provided with an internal tapered female threading corresponding to the male threading. A central seal, formed by a male bearing surface and a female bearing surface and bearing against each other and disposed in a central zone of the male and female threading respectively where the threadings have been interrupted, seals the connector when the connector is assembled. The connector and the connected pipes formed from this connector provide a tight seal under high external pressures.

Abstract: A method for the inspection of male or female tapered threads located at the extremities of metal pipes. The pitch diameter of the threads in a measuring plane located substantially in the middle of a zone of perfect threads is inspected using a plane diameter measuring device while the pitch diameter of the threads is conventionally defined by the specification API 5B in the plane of the last perfect male thread. The pitch diameter of the threads measured is compared with an estimated value calculated from the nominal value of the pitch diameter in the plane P0, from the distance between P0 and P1, and a plot value for the taper, itself a function of the distribution of the tapers formed.

Abstract: A threaded connection for two metal pipes including a male element at the end of a first pipe and a female element at the end of a second pipe, the male element including a male external thread, the female element including a female internal thread. The male and female threads are screwed one into the other. At least one of the male or female threads includes a groove formed in the thread and opening either into a stabbing flank or into a crest of the thread or straddling the stabbing flank and the thread crest. The groove is disposed in the thread so as to increase the flexibility of the portion of the thread which comes into pressure contact with the mating thread or to reduce the contact surfaces or to affect the two aspects at the same time.

Abstract: A threaded connection for two metal pipes which includes a tapered male thread with trapezoidal threads on a male element and a mating female thread on a female element. The thread width of the male and female threads, at the thread crest, is less than the thread width at the thread root. The width of the thread crests is larger than the width of a space between the roots of the mating threads. The male and female elements are screwed to a position located beyond that of the position where two flanks of the male threads come into contact with two flanks of the female threads. Such a connection permits makeup with a very high torque. The threads of one and/or the other of the threads can optionally include a groove opening into the thread crest.

Abstract: An integral threaded connection of two metal tubes includes a male element and a female element, each of the elements including a bearing surface, a tapered threading, a sealing surface, and an end surface. The end and bearing surfaces are flat and perpendicular to the XX connection axis. The male sealing surface is separated from the male threading by a lip that has an external tapered lip surface whose amount of taper is equal to that of the male threading and has a generatrix which is substantially a roughly extension of the tangent to the male thread roots. The distance between the end and bearing surfaces of a same element is adapted to the corresponding distance on the other element so that at the end of connection, the inner pair of bearing surfaces is abutted first.

Abstract: An integral or threaded and coupled connection between two metal pipes which are provided with an internal coating to contain a corrosive fluid. The male part of the connection includes a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion with the non-threaded portion having a metal sealing surface, an annular transverse bearing surface and a nose surface. The nose surface joins the internal peripheral surface of the pipe by way of an annular radial surface termed the internal end. The female part contains corresponding elements. A sealing ring is interposed between the annular internal end surfaces to prevent the liquid phase from penetrating into the connection. Male metal sealing surfaces are provided between the treaded portion and the bearing surface. A clearance is provided between the external peripheral surface of the nose and the facing internal reinforcing peripheral surface on the female part.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a tubular threaded joint provided with a device opposed to over-screwing or unscrewing. The joint includes a male component (3) with an external threading (8) and a female component (2) with internal threading (6), these two components capable of being assembled with predetermined amount of torque. A female portion (7) arranged beyond the female threading (19) and a male portion (13) arranged beyond the male threading (12) provide between their internal surface (14) and external surface (15) an annular zone in which one part at least forms a calibrated zone (20) in which an adhesive ensures mechanical connection between the female portion (7) and the male portion (13). Use of the joint particularly for the oil and gas industry.