API 5A3 REDLINE : 2009
Withdrawn
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ON THREAD COMPOUNDS FOR CASING, TUBING, LINE PIPE, AND DRILL STEM ELEMENTS
English
01-01-2009
30-08-2024
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Withdrawn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 |
A newer version of this standard is available.