I kēia lā, ke hoʻolauna nei mākou i ka paipu kila ʻaila humuhumu maʻamau, kahi paipu aila (GB9948-88) kūpono no ka ʻōmole umu hoʻomaʻemaʻe aila, ka mea hoʻololi wela a me ka paipu humuhumu ʻaila.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka paipu kila no ka ʻeli ʻana i ka honua (YB235-70) no ka ʻeli ʻana i ke kumu e ka ʻoihana honua, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i paipu ʻeli, kola ʻeli, paipu kumu, paipu pahu a me ka paipu hoʻopulapula e like me kāna hoʻohana.

ʻO ka paipu ʻaila he ʻano kila lōʻihi me ka ʻāpana hakahaka a ʻaʻohe hui a puni, ʻoiai ʻo ka paipu haki ʻaila he ʻano kila ʻāpana hoʻokele waiwai.
API: ʻO ia ka pōkole o The English American Petroleum Institute, ka manaʻo Kina no ka American Petroleum Institute.

OCTG: ʻO ia ka pōkole o Oil Country Tubular Goods, ʻo ia hoʻi ka paipu kūikawā ʻaila ma ka ʻōlelo Kina, me ka ʻili ʻaila i hoʻopau ʻia, ka paipu wili, ke kola wili, ke kola, a me ka hui pōkole, a pēlā aku.

Paipu: He paipu i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻaila a me ke kinoea, ka hoʻokomo wai, a me ka haki ʻakika i loko o kahi luawai.

ʻŌpū: He paipu e holo ana mai ka ʻili o ka honua i loko o kahi lua i wili maikaʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he uhi e pale ai i ka hiolo ʻana o ka paia.

Paipu wili: paipu i hoʻohana ʻia no ka wili ʻana i nā lua.

Paipu: he paipu i hoʻohana ʻia no ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻaila a me ke kinoea.

ʻOla: he paukūʻoloka me kahi kaula kūloko i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻohui i ʻelua paipu wili.

Mea hoʻohui: paipu i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i ka hoʻohui ʻana.

Nā kaula API: nā kaula paipu i kuhikuhi ʻia ma ka API 5B, me nā kaula paipu poepoe, nā kaula paipu poepoe pōkole, nā kaula paipu poepoe lōʻihi, nā kaula paipu trapezoidal offset, nā kaula paipu pipeline, a pēlā aku.

Kaula kūikawā: ʻano kaula ʻaʻole API me ka sila kūikawā, ka hoʻohui ʻana a me nā waiwai ʻē aʻe.

Ka hāʻule ʻana: ka nalowale ʻana o ka hana mua ma muli o ke ʻano ʻino, ka haki a me ka hōʻino ʻana o ka ʻili ma lalo o nā kūlana lawelawe kikoʻī. ʻO nā ʻano nui o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka casing: extrusion, slip, rupture, leakage, corrosion, bonding, wear a pēlā aku.