"Green" Casing dope

29 September 2005 Vallourec & Mannesmann recomend that Weatherford's
proprietary "green" casing dope Ecolube (ELS 325 AG)is not used on
VAM threads as it has not been through qualification testing.

Weatherford will not put the dope through VMOG's qualification test
due to price VMOG charge for the test. Weatherford do say that other
operators are using Ecolube on Vam Threads without any problems.

Is anyone else aware of this issue?
Is anyone using Ecolube on VAM threads?
Has anyone done any independent testing?

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