Drill pipe is the heavy-walled steel tubing that connects the drilling rig at the surface to the drill bit at the bottom of the well. It transmits rotary torque to turn the bit and carries drilling fluid down to the cutting face and back up the annulus. Joints thread together with tool joints at each end and make up the drill string, which can run thousands of feet. Drill pipe is classified by the American Petroleum Institute and graded for the stresses of deep and directional drilling.
As a high-value, precision-threaded OCTG product, drill pipe ships with thread protectors and careful bundling, by breakbulk or flat-rack and open-top containers. Texas International Freight moves drill pipe and complete drilling equipment packages from Houston to drilling projects worldwide.
