API SPEC 16RCD : 2015
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SPECIFICATION FOR ROTATING CONTROL DEVICES
Hardcopy , PDF
10-17-2022
English
09-01-2015
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1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
4 Design Requirements
5 Material Requirements
6 Welding Requirements
7 Quality Control Requirements
8 Marking Requirements
9 Storing and Shipping
Annex A (informative) - Use of API Monogram by
Licensees
Annex B (informative) - Operational Characteristics
Test Procedures Used to Define the Operating
Characteristics of RCDs
Annex C (informative) - Design Temperature Verification
Test Procedures Used to Verify the Temperature
Range of Non-Metallic Seals and Molded Assemblies
Annex D (informative) - Purchasing Guidelines for Rotating
Control Devices
Annex E (informative) - Failure Reporting
Annex F (informative) - Metric Conversions and Fraction-to-Decimal
Equivalents
Bibliography
Gives safe and functionally interchangeable rotating control devices (RCDs) utilized in air drilling, drilling operations for oil and gas, and in geothermal drilling operations.
| DevelopmentNote |
RUSSIAN & Kazakh version of 1ED 2005 edition is still available, see API 16RCD RUSSIAN & API 16RCD KAZAKH. (09/2014)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
60
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| ProductNote |
This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| API 92U : 2008 | UNDERBALANCED DRILLING OPERATIONS |
| API 92U : 2008 : R2013 | UNDERBALANCED DRILLING OPERATIONS |
| API 92M : 2017 | MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING OPERATIONS WITH SURFACE BACK-PRESSURE |
| NORSOK D 010 : 2013 | WELL INTEGRITY IN DRILLING AND WELL OPERATIONS |
| ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 2 : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS DIVISION 2- ALTERNATIVE RULES |
| ASNT SNT TC 1A : 2016 | TOPICAL OUTLINES FOR QUALIFICATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING PERSONNEL |
| API 5CT : 2012 | CASING AND TUBING |
| API TR 6AF2 : 2013 | TECHNICAL REPORT ON CAPABILITIES OF API INTEGRAL FLANGES UNDER COMBINATION OF LOADING - PHASE 2 |
| ASTM D 1414 : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Test Methods for Rubber O-Rings |
| ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 1 : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS DIVISION 1 |
| API 6A : 2010 | SPECIFICATION FOR WELLHEAD AND CHRISTMAS TREE EQUIPMENT |
| API 5D : 2001 | SPECIFICATION FOR DRILL PIPE |
| ASTM D 2084 : 2017 : REDLINE | TEST METHOD FOR RUBBER PROPERTY - VULCANIZATION USING OSCILLATING DISK CURE METER |
| ASTM E 10 : 2017-05 | TEST METHOD FOR BRINELL HARDNESS OF METALLIC MATERIALS |
| ASTM E 30 : 1989 | Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Steel, Cast Iron, Open-Hearth Iron, and Wrought Iron (Withdrawn 1995) |
| ASTM D 569 : 1990 | Method for Measuring the Flow Properties of Thermoplastic Molding Materials (Withdrawn 1995) |
| ASME PV CODE 5 : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION |
| MIL-STD-120 Base Document:1950 | GAGE INSPECTION |
| ASTM E 709 : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle Testing |
| API 6X : 2014 | DESIGN CALCULATIONS FOR PRESSURE-CONTAINING EQUIPMENT |
| ASTM D 471 : 2016-02 | TEST METHOD FOR RUBBER PROPERTY - EFFECT OF LIQUIDS |
| MIL-STD-105 Revision E:1989 | SAMPLING PROCEDURES AND TABLES FOR INSPECTION BY ATTRIBUTES |
| ASTM D 1418 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Practice for Rubber and Rubber Latices—Nomenclature |
| ASTM E 92 : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Test Methods for Vickers Hardness and Knoop Hardness of Metallic Materials |
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