Oil Country Tubular Goods Full-Scale Test Center

The OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) Full-Scale Testing Center at ITE tests tubulars and devices on a full-scale basis under combined service loads and extreme conditions. This state-of-the-art research and third-party testing facility consists of a high-pressure autoclave, a medium-pressure autoclave, high- and medium-capacity combined load frames, a coiled-tubing and fatigue combined load testing frame, and an OCTG make-up and break-out center. Each of these facilities has its own unique characteristics.

Since its establishment alongside ITE in 1983, the testing center has been the only one of its kind affiliated with a university.

Javier Holzmann, Ph.D. (Engineering)