Stabbing Guides

There has been an explosion of exploring and drilling for natural gas and oil around the world. Like most technical professions, drilling has its own unique terms, jargon and definitions for parts, tasks and definitions.

"Stabbing" for those in the oil and gas drilling industry has a very different meaning than the term that might come immediately to mind (no, we don't advocate doing the more familiar definition to anything but food). Instead of a knife, "stabbing" in the drilling industry refers to making a connection from the male threaded end of a pipe into the female end of a pipe. 

Such joint sections are normally part of a pipe string assemble on a rig deck near a drilling site.

Another term in conjunction with the drilling definition of "stabbing" is a "stabbing guide." Made from high-grade steel or urethane, a stabbing guide is used during the make up of pipe strings to align the pin to box threads between two sections of pipes. This prevents any damages that might occur in the threading. It also helps prevent any potential connection failures.

The stabbing guide models can be custom fit to various sizes for a broad range of pipe size (usually from 1" to 18") and to use in tubing, casing, and drilling applications. A spring-loaded latch will open and close the guides from the closed position or will use a torsion spring. 

With the demands of exacting tasks in the drilling industry, stabbing guides are a critical investment that will help provide an extra measure of precision that ensures that pipe connections are secure, tight, and properly aligned.

If you would like more information on vendors and companies that provide the best selection of stabbing guides, contact us for more information. We can partner you up with reliable, trusted vendors and organizations that offer both standard and heavy duty stabbing guides.

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