Development

Altus's Research & Development is on the frontline of creating casing and tubing analysis programs and application tools that answer the current needs for accurate stress analysis on complex well configurations. We assist clients with advanced design problems beyond the reach of standard available industry software. Beyond the immediate priority of stress analysis of wellbore tubulars, Altus is actively helping clients in cutting edge aspects of well design such as detailed wellbore thermodynamics and complex temperature simulations, stability and structural failure of pipe including non-uniform loads and wear, behavior of non-anisotropic pipe (e.g. GRE), integrity and design of carbon capture & storage (CCS) and geothermal and other extreme temperature wells. When and as needed for the situation, Altus has the background to develop proprietary code, or apply commercial FEA software such as COMSOL Multiphysics®, Abaqus® and Elfen®.