OCTG Hub  ·  Introducing OCTG.ai

Engineering-first AI for well tubular design.

OCTG Hub builds OCTG.ai — a cloud-native workspace that unifies catalog intelligence, certified stress analysis, and source-grounded retrieval. The mathematical core is third-party certified and immutable. The AI assists, retrieves, and recommends. It never decides.

Built on API TR 5C3 ISO 10400 Third-party certified HITL validated
Design-limit plot5½″ · 23.0 ppf · L80 · Triaxial (VME)
1.62
Safety factor
Axial 320 klbf ΔP 6,200 psi PASS · DF≥1.25
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The problem

OCTG engineering still runs on PDFs, scanned manuals, and spreadsheets.

The tubular ecosystem is fragmented across manufacturers, standards, and units — and locked into legacy desktop tools that conservative engineering teams trust but can't audit, search, or scale.

01

Fragmented data & connection silos

Pipe-body specs, premium-connection performance envelopes, and steel grades live in disconnected PDF catalogs and proprietary sheets that never reconcile.

02

The legacy trust barrier

Teams are locked into deeply trusted desktop software and customized Excel models — and rightly skeptical of any "black-box" AI touching safety-critical numbers.

03

Manual, unauditable workflows

Casing and tubing design means manual catalog lookups, hand cross-referencing of standards, and spreadsheet verification with little traceability.

04

Tribal knowledge loss

Critical engineering judgment is buried in non-standardized documents and senior engineers' heads — vulnerable to attrition and impossible to search.

The platform

Five modules. One data record. Full lifecycle.

OCTG.ai is a connected suite built around a certified engineering core. Every tubular is cataloged, designed, sold, stocked, and permanently recorded — one continuous record from spec sheet to wellbore.

How the modules connect heat number · grade · OD/WT · connection — carried end to end
Stage 01
CatalogIQ
Cataloged
Stage 02
TubularIQ
Designed
Stage 03
PipelineIQ
Sold · PO
Stage 04
YardIQ
Stocked
Stage 05
WellRecordIQ
Recorded

One data record, full lifecycle — designed → purchased → stocked → installed.

01 · Engineering
TubularIQ

AI-assisted casing & tubing design workspace, powered by the certified core.

  • Certified burst / collapse / triaxial calc engine
  • Interactive load-envelope visualization
  • Parallel validation — Excel vs. system
  • RAG-backed, standards-grounded AI assistant
  • Design audit trail & full reproducibility
Buyer Well / Drilling Engineer · Consultant
02 · Sales & Commercial
PipelineIQ

OCTG-native CRM for distributors and manufacturers.

  • Lead tracking & opportunity pipeline
  • Quote generation direct from live catalog
  • RFQ management
  • Customer engagement history
  • Sales performance analytics
Buyer Distributor Sales Team · Commercial Manager
03 · Inventory & Warehouse
YardIQ

Joint-level OCTG stock management for suppliers and operators.

  • Joint-level traceability — heat, grade, OD/WT, connection
  • Inspection certificates & drift records
  • Yard location mapping
  • Stock alerts & reorder triggers
  • Condition grading — new / used / reconditioned
Buyer Supply Chain Manager · Warehouse Supervisor
04 · Well Integrity & As-Built
WellRecordIQ

The permanent tangible record of actual well construction.

  • As-built casing/tubing tally — depth, run, joint count
  • Heat number → wellbore traceability
  • Regulatory compliance documentation
  • Anomaly & incident logging
  • Lifecycle link: designed → purchased → stocked → installed
Buyer Well Integrity Engineer · Regulatory Compliance
Shared intelligence layer
05 · Tubular Intelligence
CatalogIQ

The unified, searchable OCTG catalog and connection database every module draws from. Each tubular's life starts here.

Buyer All users — shared intelligence layer
  • AI-ingested vendor catalogs — HITL validated
  • Premium connection performance envelopes
  • Cross-reference & alternative finder
  • Specification comparison tool
  • BYOL standards retrieval — API TR 5C3, ISO 10400
  • Normalized across vendors, grades & units
Inside TubularIQ · The migration bridge

Parallel Validation

The only workspace built to help engineers move off Excel with proof. Upload a legacy sheet and run a differential analysis against the certified core — value by value, side by side — until trust is earned, not assumed.

Excel vs. System Differential analysis Trust-building
Check Legacy sheet OCTG.ai
Burst (DF) 1.31 1.31
Collapse (DF) 1.08 1.08
Axial (DF) 1.74 1.74
Triaxial (VME) 1.59 1.62
✓ 3 exact matches · 1 within 1.9% (rounding)
AI Non-Authority Boundary

AI proposes. Deterministic math decides.

A hard architectural line separates the evolving app layer from the frozen calculation core. Cross it and you'd compromise the audit trail — so nothing does.

What AI does

Proposes & retrieves

  • + Retrieves and cites licensed standards
  • + Normalizes and extracts catalog data
  • + Surfaces and compares tubular options
  • + Explains methods and flags risks
What math does

Computes & decides

  • × Burst, collapse, axial & triaxial ratings
  • × Safety-factor and compatibility checks
  • × Every certified, reproducible output
  • × The numbers you stake a well on

"Engineering-first AI, not AI-first engineering. AI proposes; deterministic math decides."

Roadmap

A deliberate path through a conservative industry.

We certify the mathematical core first, prove it against your own sheets, then scale catalog intelligence and retrieval. Trust before reach.

Phase 1
Months 1–6

Frozen core & validation

  • Build the immutable physics engine
  • Secure third-party math audit
  • Ship Parallel Validation (Excel vs. System)
Phase 2
Months 6–12

Pilots & digitization

  • White-glove distributor pilots
  • HITL catalog ingestion
  • Byte-for-byte audit trail
Phase 3
Months 12–18

RAG & PLG scaling

  • BYOL standards retrieval
  • Free engineering calculators
  • Premium-connection modules
Phase 4
Months 18–24+

Enterprise & on-prem

  • Multi-user collaboration
  • Local enterprise deployments
  • Trajectory data (WITSML)
Who it's for

Built first for the people digitizing the supply chain.

Our primary go-to-market is OCTG distributors and service companies under pressure to digitize catalogs and recommend alternatives fast — with operators, consultants, and academia close behind.

OCTG distributors & service companies

Digitize fragmented catalogs and recommend qualified alternatives during supply-chain crunches.

Primary GTM

Mid-sized independent operators

Faster iteration cycles and digital transformation without heavyweight legacy enterprise suites.

Growth

Well engineering consultants

High-mobility users who demand agile, cloud-accessible tools and reproducible, defensible outputs.

Growth

Universities & training

Free calculators build grassroots familiarity and seed the next generation of OCTG engineers.

Seed
Early access · 2026

Get early access to OCTG.ai.

We're onboarding a small group of distributors and operators for white-glove pilots and certified-core validation. Join the waitlist to be first in line.

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