Casing and Casing String Design
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Table 4-146
Casing Weight Tolerance
Quantity Tolerance
Outside Diameter,
D
4
in and smaller (tubing)
.............................................................................
f0.031
in
4%
in and larger (casing)
............................................................................
+0.75 percent
Single Lengths
..............
-3.5 percent
Carload Lots
.................................................................................................
-1.75 percent
A
carload is considered to be a minimum of
40,000
Ibs.
Table 4-147
Casing Length Range
Range 1
2
3
Total range length,
ft
16-25 25-34
34-40
Range length for 95 percent or more
of
carload
Permissible variation max.
ft
6
5
6
Permissible length min. ft
18
28
36
measured without couplings proper allowance shall be made to include the
length of coupling. The extreme-line casing and integral joint tubing lengths
shall be measured to the outer face of the box end. For pup joints and
connectors, the length shall be measured from end to end.
Casing Jointers
If
so
specified on the purchase order for round-thread casing only, jointers
(two pieces coupled to make a standard length) may be furnished to a maximum
of
5% of the order, but no length used in making a jointer shall be less than 5 ft.
Coupling
API standards established three types of threaded joints:
1.
coupling joints with rounded thread (Figures 4-369 and 4-370) (long or short)
2.
coupling joints with asymmetrical trapezoidal thread buttress (Figure 4-371)
3.
extreme-line casing with trapezoidal thread without coupling (Figure 4-372)
There are also many non-API joints, like Hydril “CTS,” Hydril “Super FJ-P,”
The following are excerpts both from API Specification 5A, 35th Edition,
Armco SEAL-LOCK, Mannesmann metal-to-metal seal casing and others.
March 1981 and API RP 5B1, 1st Edition, April 1983.