(includes Addendum 1 dated March 2007, Addendum 2 dated August 2009, and Addendum 3 dated April 2011) Replaces, in part, API Spec 7, 40th Edition. API Spec 7, Addendum 2 removes the following products now covered by this standard.
Spec 7-2/ISO 10424-2:2007
Specification for Threading and Gauging of Rotary Shouldered Thread Connections (includes Addendum 1 dated December 2010)
Specifies requirements on rotary shouldered connections,
Number (NC) style, Regular (REG) style, Full hole (FH) style. These are traceable to an internationally supported system of gauges and calibration.
RP 7G Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits
(includes Errata 1 dated May 2000, Addendum 1 dated
November 2003, and Addendum 2 dated August 2009) Covers recommendations for the design and selection of drill string members and includes considerations of hole angle control, drilling fluids, weight, and rotary speed. Tables and graphs are included that present dimensional, mechanical, and performance properties of new and used drill pipe; new tool joints used with new and used drill pipe; drill collars; and kellys. Recommended standards for inspection of used drill pipe, used tubing work strings, and used tool joints are included. Pages: 154 16th Edition | August 1998 | Effective Date: December 1, 1998 Reaffirmed: October 2010 | Product Number: G07G6A | Price: $194.00 RP 7G-2/ISO 10407-2:2008 Recommended Practice for Inspection and Classification of Drill Stem Element Inspection (includes Errata 1 dated October 2009) Specifies the requirements for each level of inspection and procedures for the inspection and testing of used drill stem elements. This document has been prepared to address the practices and technology commonly used in inspection. This document also specifies the qualification of inspection personnel, a description of inspection methods, and apparatus calibration
and standardization procedures for various inspection
methods. The evaluation of imperfections and the marking of inspected drill stem elements is included. This edition of API RP 7G-2 is the identical national adoption of ISO 10407-2:2008. Pages: 213 1st Edition | August 2009 | Product Number: GX7G201 | Price: $140.00 Spec 7K Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment (includes Errata 1 dated August 2010) Provides general principles and specifies requirements for design, manufacture, and testing of new drilling and wellservicing equipment and of replacement primary load-carrying components manufactured subsequent to the publication of this specification. This specification is applicable to the following equipment: a) rotary tables; b) rotary bushings; c) standard rotary slips designed for use in standard rotary bowls with a 33.333 cm/m (4 in./ft) API taper; d) nonstandard rotary slips without a taper of 33.333 cm/m (4 in./ft) for use in manual spiders as described in Item i); e) high-pressure mud and cement hoses; f) piston mud-pump components; g) drawworks components;
h) manual spiders that use standard rotary slips as
described in Item c) that are not capable for use as elevators and are installed on or above the master bushing/rotary table; i) manual spiders that use nonstandard rotary slips not having a taper of 33.333 cm/m (4 in./ft) not capable of use as elevators, and installed on or above the master bushing/rotary table; j) spring, pneumatic, or hydraulic spiders with integral slips not capable for use as elevators and are installed on or above the master bushing/rotary table; k) spring, pneumatic, or hydraulic spiders with integral slips not capable for use as elevators and are installed in, or partly in, the rotary table; l) manual tongs; m) safety clamps not used as hoisting devices; n) power tongs, including spinning wrenches; o) blowout preventer (BOP) handling systems; p) pressure-relieving devices for high-pressure drilling fluid circulating systems; q) snub-lines for manual and power tongs. Pages: 105 5th Edition | June 2010 | Effective Date: December 1, 2010 Product Number: G07K05 | Price: $182.00
RP 7L
Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and
Remanufacture of Drilling Equipment (includes Addendum 1 dated February 2006 and Addendum 2 dated March 2006) Provides owners and users of drilling equipment with guidelines for inspection, maintenance, repair, and remanufacture procedures that may be utilized to maintain serviceability of the drilling equipment. Covers the following drilling equipment: rotary tables; rotary bushings; rotary slips; rotary hoses; slush pump connectors; drawworks components; spiders not used as elevators; manual tongs; and safety clamps not used as hoisting devices. Pages: 26 1st Edition | December 1995 | Effective Date: April 1, 1996 Reaffirmed: August 2012 | Product Number: G07L01 | Price: $109.00 Spec 7NRV Specification for Drill String Non-Return Valves Provides the minimum acceptable requirements for drill string non-return valve (NRV) equipment. It covers drill string non-return valves, non-return valve subs, non-return valve landing nipples, non-return valve equalizing heads, and all components that establish tolerances and/or clearances
which may affect performance or interchangeability of
the NRV equipment. Non-return valve subs, non-return valve landing nipples, non-return valve equalizing heads, and NRVs manufactured by different facilities or manufacturers may be supplied as separate items. Pages: 19 1st Edition | July 2006 | Reaffirmed: December 2012 Product Number: G7NRV01 | Price: $70.00