BlueRodTM Premium Sucker Rod

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BlueRodTM
Premium Sucker Rod
Tenaris’s BlueRodTM premium sucker rods open up a new future
for oil pumping operations as they provide an excellent performance
in the field.

Tenaris presents its latest development, the BlueRodTM premium sucker rods with a remarkably
resistant connection designed for high loads. The connection improves the rod’s fatigue life and
provides an excellent performance in the field.

The total capacity of the sucker rod string depends entirely on the connection capacity.
Up to now, a third of conventional pumping failures were traceable to this part of the sucker
rod. The new BlueRodTM offers 100% connection efficiency and opens up a new future for oil
pumping operations.

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Flank-to-flank contact.
Reduces the thread’s tendency
to loosen.

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Stress reduction.
Higher fatigue life.

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Reduction of
thread deformation.
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BLUERODTM
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SUCKER RODS

Diametrical interference.
Increases the working
capacity by decreasing
the necessary pre-tension
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in the pin make-up.

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 Pumping at maximum
performance
Conventional connections’ design limitations drove Tenaris to develop
this product capable of increasing the life and efficiency of sucker rods.

API Design Tenaris BlueRodTM Design

API BlueRodTM

Reduction of the
Tendency Toward
Loosening

Gap

API Design Tenaris BlueRodTM Design

Relative principal
stresses Tpi/Ty
(Ty = 59,77 kg/mm2)
Improved Stress
Distribution
1.125
Stress distribution
0.900
0.675 diagram at 100%
0.450 Goodman
0.225
0.000
-0.225
-0.450

API Design Tenaris BlueRodTM Design

Plastic Strain (%) Plastic Deformations

11 Reduction
67 Plastic Deformations
43
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at 100% Goodman
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11
0.71
0.45

BENEFITS FEATURES

• Dramatically reduces the number of workover
operations caused by sucker rod connection failures.
• Expands the traditional working capacity
of the rod pumping system to operations
that are normally restricted to ESPs.
• Improves performance in high load operations.
• Reduces the stress level, together with the energy
consumption, in the pump jack by using a lighter rod
string composed of smaller sucker rods.
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• Flank-to-flank contact that eliminates the gap existing
in the conventional profile thread, thus reducing the
tendency to loosen.
• Cut-tapered trapezium profile thread with diametrical
interference that reduces the pre-tension in the pin
make-up.
• Lower displacement during make-up and uniform contact
between the flanks, allowing a better stress distribution
and a reduction in the permanent deformations created
in threads during both make-up and operation.

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MULTIAXIAL STRESS FATIGUE ANALYSIS NEW MODIFIED GOODMAN DIAGRAM
The Sines method was employed to evaluate Given the results obtained through Finite
fatigue behaviour. The Sines coefficient predicts Element Analysis (FEA), lab tests and field
a better fatigue behaviour the higher its value. trials, a new Goodman diagram showing a
The charts show that the new BueRodTM higher working capacity for the BlueRodTM
exhibits higher and more uniform values than was generated.
the conventional one.

API Design Tenaris BlueRodTM Design

NEW MODIFIED GOODMAN DIAGRAM
Zone A Zone A D High Resistance
Smin BlueRodTM Premium Sucker Rod

Zone B Zone B 100

90
80
Zone C Zone C
70
Smax (Ksi)

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Zone D Zone D
50
40
Zone E Zone E
30
20
10

API DESIGN 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Smin (Ksi)
Zone A Zone B Zone C
Zone D Zone E

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Sines Fatigue Coefficient, D

-5

-15

-25

-35

-45

-55
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4
Distance from the Edge (mm)

BLUERODTM DESIGN
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Zone A Zone B Zone C

BLUERODTM

Zone D Zone E
Sines Fatigue Coefficient, D

15.0
10.0
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5.0
SUCKER RODS

0.0
-5.0
-10.0
-15.0
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-20.0
Tenaris

-25.0
0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40
Distance from the Edge (mm)
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 Increased rod string
working capacity
The BlueRodTM premium sucker rods improve the rod’s fatigue life and
provide an excellent performance in the field, maximizing the results
of rod pumping system applications.

LABORATORY TESTING OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE VERIFIED ON SITE

Laboratory tests were performed to evaluate
and compare the maximum resistance of
BlueRodTM and API connections. To this end,
it was necessary to increase the rod body
diameters of the samples and to isolate the
effects on them.
When the sucker rod string reaches 10 million
cycles, it is considered to have infinite fatigue
life. This number of cycles has been reached in
an operating well in which high-strength
sucker rods were replaced by 7/8” Grade D
BlueRodTM.

GOODMAN DIAGRAM FOR GRADES D GOODMAN DIAGRAM FOR GRADES D

AND HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH STRENGTH

MIN YS Sallowable Sallowable MIN YS Sallowable Sallowable

Grade D (Ksi) Grade D (Ksi) Grade UHS-NR (Ksi) Grade D (Ksi) Grade D (Ksi) Grade UHS-NR (Ksi)
Sallowable BlueRodTM (Ksi) Smin (Ksi) Sallowable BlueRodTM (Ksi) Smin (Ksi)

1" Grade D BR 7/8" Grade D BR 3/4" Grade D BR 7/8" Grade D BR 1" High Strength Rods

120 100
Smax (Ksi)

Smax (Ksi)

110 90
100
80
90
70
80
70 60
137% (0.9 SF)
60 50
83% (0.9 SF)
50 40
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10 10
0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
BR: BlueRod TM
Smin (Ksi) BR: BlueRodTM Smin (Ksi)

The connections’ stress level was evaluated The chart shows 7/8” Grade D BlueRodTM
following the Modified Goodman Diagram working under similar stress conditions to
method, as recommended by API Specs. those of 1” high-strength rods with conventional
Results showed that: connections. In this scenario, the new Tenaris
• Grade D BlueRodTM reached infinite fatigue BlueRodTM has enabled a higher Grade D
life (10 million cycles) working up to 336% on efficiency to be achieved in the field.
the Goodman Diagram.
• The conventional connection could not
surpass half these cycles at lower stress levels.
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IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
The ability of BlueRod™ technology to increase
string capacity is fundamentally driven by the
adoption of new design technologies, supported
by results obtained from:
HANDLING AND OPERATIONS
No special tools are necessary for handling
and make-up operations when using Tenaris
BlueRodTM. Conventional power sucker rod
tongs can be used with this new product.

• Thread design through Finite Element Analysis. ACCESSORIES

• Full scale laboratory tests.
• Customer field trials.
• Laboratory failure analysis.
As part of its integrated manufacturing process,
Tenaris produces all accessories needed for
the setting up of BlueRodTM premium sucker rods,
including reductions, cross-overs, pony rods and
couplings.

General Dimensions
DIAMETER LENGTH THREAD PITCH WRENCH SQUARE
(INCHES) (FEET) (TPI)

3/4" 25 OR 30 10 API
7/8" 25 OR 30 6 REINFORCED
1" 25 OR 30 6 API

Material Specifications
ROD GRADE YS (KSI) UTS (KSI) COUPLING
KD BLUEROD™ 85 MIN 115 - 140 UHS 8630M
D BLUEROD™ 100MIN 125 - 140 UHS 8630M

MANUFACTURING & QUALITY CONTROL

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Tenaris uses state-of-the-art numerical control

BLUERODTM

lathes and control gauges in order to ensure

the highest quality in its connections.
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Strict measurement equipment permanently

SUCKER RODS

monitors compliance with the design variables

of the thread in order to ensure the uniformity
and reliability of the product.
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to change or modification without notice. For more complete information please contact a Tenaris’s representative or visit our website at www.tenaris.com. This catalogue supersedes
Version 05 / February 2012. BlueRod™ Premium Sucker Rod. Version 06 / April 2012. ©Tenaris 2012. All rights reserved.