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A stabbing guide helps workers to align two separate sections of drill pipe, tubing, or casing for male-to-female connection. Stabbing guides can be used when stringing a whole new pipeline, as well as for connecting replacement sections to existing lines. This simple tool is vitally important in the energy industry, necessary for faster, easier stabbingRead more

Keystone Drill Pipe Float Valves Drill pipe float valves, or non-return valves, are downhole safety valves that create barriers to prevent unwanted flow of fluids up the drill string. The valve locks down the flow of fluids while the crew at the rigfloor is making or breaking connections. Finding the best fit for every individualRead more

At Keystone Energy Tools, we make top-of-the-line safety products, because we take worksite safety as seriously as your business does. Our wide variety of safety products are subject to the same high standards America’s biggest companies expect and rely on when they use Keystone products like our bottleneck elevators. Here are six products available fromRead more

3D modeling is revolutionizing many industries, especially manufacturing. It’s no different at Keystone Energy Tools. 3D modeling changes the way we are able to build tools from Keystone valves to bottleneck elevators. The process allows us to produce materials digitally, creating the ability to test the accuracy of design quickly and with greater cost efficiency.Read more

Last year, Oil Price posted an article stating that there might be an oil shortage in the US as early as 2016. Cited among the reasons was decreased US production due to falling oil prices. While the United States has been in an oil boom for many years, there’s significant concern about a global energyRead more

This month, researchers at Black Hat Europe will show how vulnerabilities in SAP applications can be exploited to hurt oil and gas industry processes. Many professionals are under the impression that the threat of a hacking attack is low—they’re wrong. Today oil and gas companies are more of a target than ever before. System vulnerabilitiesRead more

Oil and gas innovation is in a slump. According to the Oil and Gas Technology Radar report prepared by Lloyd’s Register Energy, 47% of executives claim they have fallen short of their innovation goals. This is double the amount from 2014, and opens the discussion about the role of innovation in today’s oil and gasRead more

Whether you’re new to the oil industry or a seasoned veteran, you’ve likely heard the terms “conventional oil” and “unconventional oil,” but do you really know what they mean? Truly, the terms can be a bit misleading, but in general, the differences lie in the method of extraction rather than the oil itself. If youRead more

Last year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Louisiana pipeline. This is just one of several pipeline expansion initiatives in the state, and many experts in the oil and natural gas industry believe Louisiana will be home to the next wave of pipeline expansions. Yet what makes thisRead more

For any drilling rig, the maintenance of equipment is paramount to ensure smooth operations. Mud screens for drill pipe help with this by filtering out large particles. This becomes particularly important when certain procedures, such as Measurement by Drilling (MWD), are used. In this article, we’ll give an overview of some factors to consider whenRead more