API 54 :1999
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY FOR OIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING AND SERVICING OPERATIONS
Hardcopy , PDF
03-02-2019
English
01-01-2013
1. GENERAL
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Responsibility
2. REFERENCES
3. DEFINITIONS
3.1 General Definitions
4. INJURIES AND FIRST AID
4.1 General
4.2 Medical Services
4.3 First Aid
4.4 Emergency Eye or Body Wash Stations
5. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
5.1 General
5.2 Wearing Apparel
5.3 Hearing Protection
5.4 Respiratory Protection
5.5 Fall Protection
6. OPERATIONS
6.1 General
6.2 Over Water Operations
6.3 Preliminary Rig-up Operations
6.4 Blowout Prevention Equipment for Drilling and Well
Servicing Operations
6.5 Housekeeping
6.6 Hydrogen Sulfide Environment
6.7 Confined Space, Excavations, or Hazardous Environments
6.8 Machinery and Tools
6.9 Lockout/Tagout
6.10 Auxiliary Escape
6.11 Personnel Lifting Systems
6.12 Racking Tubulars and Drill Collars
6.13 Handling Drilling Fluid Chemicals and Additives
7. FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
7.1 Fire Prevention
7.2 Fire Protection
8. FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
8.1 Containers
8.2 Fuel and Oil Transfers and Refueling
8.3 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
8.4 Storage
9. DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING RIG EQUIPMENT
9.1 General
9.2 Derricks and Masts
9.3 Ladders, Stairways and Platforms
9.4 Drawworks
9.5 Catheads and Lines Powered by the Cathead
9.6 Hoisting Lines and Other Wire Rope
9.7 Hoisting tools, such as Hook, Bails, Elevators
and other related equipment
9.8 Rotary
9.9 Drill String Handling Equipment
9.10 Weight Indicators
9.11 Drilling Fluid Tanks
9.12 Pipe Racks and Pipe Tubs
9.13 Pressure Equipment
9.14 Generators, Motors and Lighting
9.15 Internal Combustion Engines
9.16 Inspection of Critical Equipment
10. DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING RIG ELECTRICAL
SYSTEMS
10.1 Work in Proximity to Exposed Energized Power
Sources
10.2 Rig Electrical Systems Equipment
10.3 Classification of Areas
11. PUMPING UNITS
11.1 Well Pumping Units
12. SPECIAL SERVICES
12.1 General
12.2 Equipment
12.3 Communications
12.4 Discharge Line (Temporary Treating or Cementing
Lines)
12.5 Lubricator Operations
13. WIRELINE SERVICE
13.1 General
13.2 Placement and Handling of Wireline Service Units
13.3 Gin Poles (Telescoping and Single Poles)
13.4 Rope Falls (Block and Tackle)
13.5 Wellheads, Wellhead Connections and Adapters
13.6 Lubricators and Wireline Blowout Preventor
Equipment
13.7 Wireline Operations
13.8 Perforating
13.9 Swabbing
13.10 Bailing
14. STRIPPING AND SNUBBING
14.1 General
14.2 Operations
15. DRILL STEM TESTING
15.1 General
15.2 Preliminary to Drill Stem Test
15.3 Performing the Drill Stem Test
16. ACIDIZING, FRACTURING AND HOT OIL OPERATIONS
16.1 General
16.2 Pumping Operations
17. CEMENTING OPERATIONS
17.1 General
17.2 Pumping Operations
18. GAS, AIR OR MIST DRILLING OPERATIONS
18.1 General
18.2 Training
18.3 Equipment
18.4 Procedures
18.5 Minimizing Sources of Ignition
19. HOT TAPPING AND FREEZING OPERATIONS
19.1 General
19.2 Hot Tapping Operations
19.3 Freezing Operations
20. HOTWORK, WELDING AND FLAME CUTTING OPERATIONS
20.1 General
20.2 Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
20.3 Fire Protection
20.4 Equipment
20.5 Welding Fumes and Ventilation
APPENDIX A ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Figures
1 Guyline Anchor Locations Outside the Fall Zones
2 Example of Sample Catcher Recommended to Protect
Personnel from Deflected Solids
Tables
1 Maximum Permissible Noise Exposures
2 Recommended Minimum Clearances Between Power
Lines and Derricks, Masts or Guylines
Includes procedures for promotion and maintenance of safe working conditions for employees engaged in rotary drilling operations and well servicing operations, including special services. These recommendations apply to rotary drilling rigs, well servicing rigs, and special services as they relate to operations on locations.
DevelopmentNote |
Also available in RUSSIAN version, see API 54 RUSSIAN. (03/2012) Also available in Kazakh version, see API 54 KAZAKH. (09/2014)
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DocumentType |
Standard
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Pages |
50
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ProductNote |
Reconfirmed 1999
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PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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Status |
Superseded
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SupersededBy |
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