Upco, Inc.

Saturday 18th of May 2013 01:52:13 PM CST

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UPCO, Inc. has achieved a Sigma Six level of quality in regard to field failures. During the past 7 years there have been only six rod failures due to manufacturing or field defects while the company has produced and shipped over 1,765,000 rods. This is a failure rate of less than 3.4 failures per million.

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UPCO Type AD Sucker and Pony Rods

UPCO Type AD, API Grade Alloy D Sucker Rods are designed for medium to heavy rod loads in medium to deep wells with mild to medium corrosive well fluids that are chemically treated against corrosion.

Modified AISI 4142 special bar quality steel
API Grade Alloy D
115-140,000 PSI Tensile Strength 85,000 PSI Min Yield
Yellow Pin Protectors

UPCO Type AD Circumferential Displacement

	New Install				Rerun
	Minimum		Maximum		Minimum		Maximum
Size	Inches	Metric	Inches	Metric	Inches	Metric	Inches	Metric
5/8	19/64	7.5	23/64	9.1	12/64	4.8	16/64	6.4
3/4	23/64	9.1	27/64	10.7	20/64	7.9	24/64	9.5
7/8	29/64	11.9	33/64	13.5	26/64	10.3	30/64	11.9
1	38/64	15.1	42/64	16.7	34/64	13.5	38/64	15.1
1 1/8	42/64	16.7	46/64	18.3	38/64	15.1	42/64	16.7

Sucker and Pony Rod Specifications

Chemical Composition | Physical Properties | Weights and Bundle Dimensions | Sucker Rod Selection

UPCO Rod Type	K	C	CD	AD	KD	SD	HS	HX
Material	4620M	1536M	1541M	4142M	4720M	4730M	4138M	4334M
API Grade	K	C	D Carbon	D Alloy	D Special	Exclusive	Exclusive	Exclusive
Color Code	Blue	White	Brown	Yellow	Orange	Gray	Green	Purple

Chemical Composition, %

UPCO Rod Type	K	C	CD	AD	KD	SD	HS	HX
Carbon	.20/.25	.30/.37	.40/.44	.40/.45	.19/.23	.25/.33	.38/.42	.32/.36
Manganese	.75/1.00	1.20/1.50	1.35/1.55	.75/1.00	.85/1.05	.95/1.15	1.20/1.40	.75/.95
Phosphorus	.035 Max	.040 Max	.035 Max	.035 Max	.035 Max	.035 Max	.035 Max	.035 Max
Sulphur	.040 Max	.040 Max	.040 Max	.040 Max	.040 Max	.040 Max	.040 Max	.035 Max
Silicon	.20/.30	.20/.30	.15/.30	.15/.35	.20/.35	.15/.35	.20/.35	.15/.35
Copper	.40 Max	.35 Max	.35 Max	.45 Max	.40/.60	.40/.60	.35 Max	.35 Max
Nickel	1.65/2.00	.25 Max	.25 Max	.25 Max	.90/1.20	1.20/1.45	.30 Max	1.65/1.85
Chromium	.25 Max	.25 Max	.25 Max	.80/1.10	.80/1.05	.80/1.05	.55/.85	.70/.90
Molybdenum	.20/.28	.05 Max	.05 Max	.15/.25	.22/.30	.22/.30	.24/.32	.20/.30
Vanadium	.015/.030	.015/.030	.05 Max	.020/.030	.020/.030	.02/.03	.045/.065	.060/.090
Niobium							.030/.040

UPCO reserves the right to deviate from the above listed percentages of a particular chemical element of a grade of steel, however we will always adher to the requirements of API Specification 11B.

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Physical Properties

UPCO Rod Type	K	C	CD	AD	KD	SD	HS	HX
Tensile, KSI	90/115	90/115	115/140	115/140	115/140	135/150	140/160	140/160
Yield, KSI	60 Min	60 Min	85 Min	85 Min	85 Min	100 Min	105 Min	115 Min
Elongation 2", %	16 Min	14 Min	10 Min	10 Min	10 Min	16 Min	8 Min	8 Min
Reduction, %	40 Min	45 Min	40 Min	40 Min	40 Min	35 Min	30 Min	30 Min
Hardness RC	6/21	10/21	21/31	21/31	21/31	29/33	30/36	30/36

Tensile value is the only steel sucker rod and pony rod physical requirement of API Specification 11B. All other physical properties are expected values only and UPCO reserves the right to deviate from the above listed values.

Hardness values below 20 are for reference use only.

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Sucker Rod Weights and Bundle Dimensions

Diameter * Length	Weight/Rod Less Cpfg	Weight/Rod SH Cpfg	Weight/Rod FS Cpfg	Rod * Layers = Rods/Bundle	Bundle Dimensions Lgth * Width * Hght	Feet Per Bundle
5/8" x 25'	27.57#	28.29#	28.89#	20 x 6 = 120	312" x 29" x 10"	3000'
3/4" x 25'	39.20#	40.30#	40.60#	20 x 5 = 100	312" x 29" x 9-1/4"	2500'
7/8" x 25'	53.47#	54.67#	55.23#	20 x 4 = 80	312" x 29" x 8-1/2"	2000'
1" x 25'	70.89#	72.93#	73.55#	15 x 4 = 60	312" x 29" x 9"	1500'
1-1/8" x 25'	90.41#	93.09#	93.86#	10 x 5 = 50	312" x 29" x 11-1/2"	1250'

5/8" x 30'	32.85#	33.57#	34.17#	20 x 6 = 120	372" x 29" x 10"	3600'
3/4" x 30'	47.14#	48.24#	48.62#	20 x 5 = 100	372" x 29" x 9-1/4"	3000'
7/8" x 30'	63.79#	64.99#	65.55#	20 x 4 = 80	372" x 29" x 8-1/2"	2400'
1" x 30'	84.35#	86.41#	87.03#	15 x 4 = 60	372" x 29" x 9"	1800'
1-1/8" x 30'	107.48#	110.48#	110.93#	10 x 5 = 50	312" x 29" x 11-1/2"	1500'

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Selection of Steel Sucker Rods

UPCO Type K

Light to medium loads
Shallow to medium depths
Where corrosion is a problem and the well fluids are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type C

Light to medium loads
Shallow to medium depths
Non-corrosive or mild corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type CD

Medium to heavy loads
Medium to deep well depths
Non-corrosive or mild corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type AD

Medium to heavy rod loads
Medium to deep wells
Mild to medium corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type KD

Medium to heavy rod loads
Any depth
Corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type SD

Heavier rod loads
Any Depth
Corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.
More difficult wells

UPCO Type HS

Extra heavy rod loads
Any depth
Non-corrosive or mild corrosive well fluids that are effectively inhibited against corrosion.

UPCO Type HX

High alloy, toughest high strength rod

Loads		Depths
Light	Up to 25,000 psi	Shallow	Up to 4,000'
Medium	Up to 35,000 psi	Medium	Up to 7,000'
Heavy	Up to 42,000 psi	Deep	7,000' & over
Extra Heavy	42,000 psi & over

Contact UPCO or one of our select distributors for a rod string design based on your specific well data to ensure that the optimum rod type is selected for your application.

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