Minimum Technical Specification For 88.9
Minimum Technical Specification For 88.9
Minimum Technical Specification For 88.9
9 MM EXTERNAL
UPSET DRILL PIPE ASSEMBLIES FOR USE IN WATER WELL DRILLING
APPLICATION:
External upset drill pipes of 88.9mm dia and 6.096 meters long having wall thickness 9.35mm
are required for use on direct circulation rotary well drilling rigs
TECHNICAL SPECIFCATIN:
The external upset drill pipe should be complete with alloy steel frication welded tool joints.
These should be having box type connection at one end and pin type connection at other end
these shall conform to 11312-part-I 1985 (latest).
A. MATERIAL:
1. The drill pipe shall be made from seamless tubing made from alloy steel equivalent to API
SCT-N80 grade conforming or exceeding to IS grade "Yst 517".
2. The tubing shall be either hot finished seamless conforming to general requirements of IS:
1387-1987 (latest). The yield strength should be minimum 517 N/mm² and the tensile
strength should be minimum 690 N/mm².
3. The chemical composition of each lot is to be furnished by manufacture. The percentage of
sulphur should be less than 0.06% and phosphorus should be less than 0.04% .
4. The tool joint should be made of alloy steel conforming to Cr-I grade or EN-19 steel as
specified in schedule IV of IS 1570-1961 (latest).
B. DIMENSIONS:
The raw tubing’s should conform to IS: 11312 (part-I) 1985 (latest). The dimensions &
tolerances should be as under:-
C. TOOL JOINT:
1. The drill pipe should be complete with alloy steel frication welded tool joints.
2. The tool joints should be bucked on the drill rod with a minimum bucking torque of 10845
Nm.
3. The tool joint should be heat treated to minimum hardness of 285 BHN.
4. The threads should conform to API 3½ IF . The box & pin connection should confirm to API
3½ IF threads. Threads are to be checked by API approved gauges
D. TESTS: