Spring-energized metal seals help protect equipment: Technology offers benefits over traditional sealing systems

摘要

Spring-energized metal seals provide numerous advantages in oil and gas applications, including but not limited to MWD and LWD tools, couplings, subsea compressors, enclosures/vessels, Christmas trees, electronic submersible pumps and flowmeters. Extreme operating pressures and temperatures, together with more difficult resource recovery, zero tolerance for failure and environmental concerns, are placing unprecedented demands on this equipment.