HSC®, one of the world’s leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, announces that qualification tests of HICOM™ premium connections have been successfully held in accordance with the ISO 13679 CAL IV standard. The tests were conducted at the Oil States Industries international testing center (Aberdeen, UK) where products for world’s largest oil and gas companies undergo qualification testing,

With a target of total reliability and reassurance as our objective, the HSC  HICOM™ was successfully mechanically tested in compliance with ISO 13679 series A (100% compression rated, 100% tension rated, 100% internal and external pressure rated) plus series C in the extreme condition of thermal cycling at the super-high temperature of 250 C (180 C is required to meet ISO 13679 CAL IV).

HSC® HICOM™ unique design provides the ultimate gas-tight seal under the most severe and hostile operational conditions, while maintaining the ability to repeat make-and-breaks with and increased resistance to galling.