# This Tiny Detail Costs Oil Companies Millions

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Podcast: [Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To](https://stenobird.com/podcast/energy-101-we-ask-the-dumb-questions-so-you-don-t-have-to-5658842)
Published: 2025-12-22T16:12:59+00:00
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## Resource

Tyler Wilson at Altor Solution breaks down why corrosion quietly eats wells alive and how his team fights back by lining production tubing with stainless steel, plus a wild path from ski instructor dreams to Australia farming to freezing roughneck days in Alberta and eventually running North America ops at Tesco. We get a clean, plain English walkthrough of tubing vs casing, annular flow, why joints are 32 feet, and a few oilfield stories that make you thankful for modern safety. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply today at collide.io Click here to view the episode transcript. Apply today at https://collide.io/community 00:00 Intro and why Tyler’s on 00:22 Altor Solution and the corrosion problem 01:06 Tyler’s early path and Australia 02:20 Roughnecking in Alberta 03:51 Tesco years and moving up 06:05 Finding Altor Solution 07:18 Becoming CEO 08:23 How the liner works 09:27 Handling corrosion before 10:41 Stopping production and planning 12:24 Early results and lifespan gains 14:19 Running tubing basics 17:00 Safety then vs now 20:19 Pipe length and reuse 23:03 Why 32 foot joints 24:19 Casing vs tubing 27:36 Inside vs outside flow 31:03 Stainless grades and chemistry 33:01 The shop and automation 35:21 Why Houston 36:49 Basins and customers 38:52 Field stories and wrap up https://twitter.com/collide_io https://www.tiktok.com/@collide.io https://www.facebook.com/collide.io https://www.instagram.com/collide.io https://www.youtube.com/@collide_io https://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.social https://www…

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