API 5A3 REDLINE : 2009
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ON THREAD COMPOUNDS FOR CASING, TUBING, LINE PIPE, AND DRILL STEM ELEMENTS
Hardcopy , PDF
30-08-2024
English
01-01-2009
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API Foreword
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms and definitions
5 Thread compound characteristics
6 Thread compound performance properties
7 Quality assurance and control
8 Marking requirements
Annex A (informative) - API modified thread
compound
Annex B (normative) - Casing, tubing and line
pipe reference standard formulation
Annex C (normative) - Penetration test
Annex D (normative) - Evaporation test
Annex E (normative) - Oil separation test
Annex F (normative) - Application/adherence test
Annex G (normative) - Gas evolution test
Annex H (normative) - Water leaching test
Annex I (informative) - Frictional properties test
Annex J (informative) - Extreme surface-contact
pressure (galling) test for casing, tubing
and line pipe
Annex K (informative) - Fluid sealing test for casing,
tubing and line pipe
Annex L (informative) - Corrosion inhibition tests
Annex M (informative) - Compound high-temperature
stability test
Bibliography
Specifies requirements, recommendations and methods for the testing of thread compounds intended for use on threaded casing, tubing, and line pipe connections; and for thread compounds intended for use on rotary shouldered connections.
| DevelopmentNote |
Also numbered as ISO 13678. (02/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Redline
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| Pages |
140
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| SupersededBy |
| ISO 10405:2000 | Petroleum and natural gas industries — Care and use of casing and tubing |
| API 5CT : 2012 | CASING AND TUBING |
| ISO 11007:1997 | Petroleum products and lubricants Determination of rust-prevention characteristics of lubricating greases |
| ASTM D 566 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Test Method for Dropping Point of Lubricating Grease |
| ISO 13679:2002 | Petroleum and natural gas industries Procedures for testing casing and tubing connections |
| NFX 41 002 : 1975 | PROTECTION AGAINST PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS - SALT SPRAY TEST |
| API 5A2 : 6ED 88 | BULLETIN ON THREAD COMPOUNDS FOR CASING, TUBING AND LINE PIPE |
| ISO 2137:2007 | Petroleum products and lubricants Determination of cone penetration of lubricating greases and petrolatum |
| DIN 51802:2013-12 (Draft) | TESTING OF LUBRICANTS - TESTING OF THE RUST-PREVENTION PROPERTIES OF GREASES - SKF-EMCOR-METHOD |
| ASTM D 6184 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Test Method for Oil Separation from Lubricating Grease (Conical Sieve Method) |
| API 7A1 : 1992 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR TESTING OF THREAD COMPOUND FOR ROTARY SHOULDERED CONNECTIONS |
| ASTM C 561 : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Test Method for Ash in a Graphite Sample |
| ASTM D 217 : 2017 : REDLINE | TEST METHODS FOR CONE PENETRATION OF LUBRICATING GREASE |
| ASTM D 4048 : 2017-01 | TEST METHOD FOR DETECTION OF COPPER CORROSION FROM LUBRICATING GREASE |
| ASTM D 283 : 2013 | Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Cuprous Oxide and Copper Pigments |
| ASTM E 11 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves |
| ISO/TR 10400:2007 | Petroleum and natural gas industries Equations and calculations for the properties of casing, tubing, drill pipe and line pipe used as casing or tubing |
| FED-STD-791 Revision D:2007 | TESTING METHOD OF LUBRICANTS, LIQUID FUELS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS |
| ASTM D 128 : 1998 | Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Lubricating Grease |
| API TR 5C3 : 2008 | CALCULATING PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES OF PIPE USED AS CASING OR TUBING |
| ISO 2176:1995 | Petroleum products — Lubricating grease — Determination of dropping point |
| API 5C5 : 2017 | PROCEDURES FOR TESTING CASING AND TUBING CONNECTIONS |
| ISO 11960:2014 | Petroleum and natural gas industries Steel pipes for use as casing or tubing for wells |
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