Welcome to the Integris Technology Services Learning Center. Here, you will find our portfolio of content on engineering, reliability, design, and related topics. This page is updated frequently so visit it often.

If you are an engineering leader, you may have been asked to explain schedule delays, reliability issues, and cost overruns in stage-gate meetings. How can you avoid this uncomfortable situation? Read more…

Operators and system integrators, have you experienced a failure with third party equipment purchased for a critical application? Design Assurance may be what you need for the next purchase. Read more…

Do you know why the equipment really failed? Going down the wrong path will only make the failure more costly. Conduct a proper failure analysis using the recommendations in this article. Read more…

U.S. Shale Operators have continually optimized the drilling and completion of shale wells for 20 years, but now they must adapt to a lower for longer oil price environment. There are several technologies that can help them achieve this. Read more…

Unconventional Perspectives

This five article series looks at risk and reliability in oilfield equipment. Whether you are an OEM or end-user, read all five articles to better understand equipment risk and reliability.

Part 3. To maximize equipment reliability, an OEM must be focused on minimizing reliability incidents. In this article, the author explains how culture, capabilities, and best practices maximize equipment reliability. Learn more…

Part 1: If a product is perceived to be of high quality, does it mean it’s reliable? Conversely, if the product is perceived to be reliable, does it means it’s made with high quality?      Learn more…

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Part 2: Equipment risk is a reality of every oil or gas well completion, but is this risk the exclusive responsibility of the equipment manufacturer? Learn more…

Part 4. Changes are a part of the evolution of any new design. But changes consume time and cost $ to implement.  However, Design for Reliability activities can reduce the cost of making changes. Learn more…

Part 5. Your project team is told to set a reliability target for the new product using historical reliability data as a guide. But where can the team find that historical reliability data? Learn more…