American Petroleum Institute (API) Drilling Related Standards

Reference
API Spec 2C

Offshore Cranes

API RP 2D

Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes

API Spec 2F

Mooring Chain

API RP 2I

In-service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Drilling Units

API Spec 4F

Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures

API RP 4G

Maintenance and Use of Drilling and Well Servicing Structures

API Bull 5A3

Thread Compounds for Casing, Tubing and Line Pipe

API RP 5A5
API Spec 5CT

Recommended Practice for Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing

and Plain End Drill Pipe
Specification for Casing and Tubing

API RP 5C1

Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Casing and Tubing

API Bull 5C2

Bulletin on Performance Properties of Casing, Tubing and Drill Pipe

API RP 5C7

Coiled Tubing Operations in Oil and Gas Well Services

API Spec 5D

Specification for Drill Pipe

API Spec 7

Specification for Rotary Drill Stem Elements

API Spec 7B-11C

API Spec 7F

Specification for Internal-Combustion Reciprocating Engines for Oil

Field Service
Rec. Practices for Installation Maintenance and Operation of
Internal Combustion Engines
Oil Field Chains and Sprockets

API RP 7G

Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits

API Spec 7K

Drilling Equipment

API RP 7L

Inspection, Maintenance, Repair and Remanufacture of Drilling

Equipment
Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment

API RP 7C-11F

API Spec 8A
API RP 8B

API Specifications Description

API Spec 8C

Recommended Practice for Hoisting Tool Inspection and

Maintenance Procedures
Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL 1 & PSL 2)

API Spec 9A

Specification for Wire Rope

API RP 9B
API Spec 10A

Recommended Practice on Application, Care and Use of Wire Rope

for Oil Field Service
Well Cements

API RP 10B

Testing Well Cements

API Bull 10C

Bulletin on Oilwell Cement Nomenclature (Out of Print)

API Spec 10D

Specification for Bow-Spring Casing Centralizers

API RP 10F

Recommended Practice for Performance of Cementing Float

Equipment
Specification for Oil Well Drilling Fluid Materials

API Spec 13A

API RP 13B-1

API RP 13C

Recommended Practice for Standard Procedure for Field Testing

Water-Based Drilling Fluids
Recommended Practice for Standard Procedure for Field Testing OilBased Drilling Fluids
Drilling Fluid Processing Systems Evaluation

API RP 13D

Rheology and Hydraulics of Oil Well Drilling Fluids

API RP 13E

Recommended Practice for Shale Shaker Screen Cloth Designation

API RP 13F

Bulletin on Oil Gas Well Drilling Fluid Chemicals (Out of Print)

API RP 13I
API RP 13J

Recommended Practice, Standard Procedure for Laboratory Testing

Drilling Fluids
Recommended Practice for Testing Heavy Brines

API RP 13K

Recommended Practice for Chemical Analysis of Barites

API RP 13B-2

API Spec 16A

Drill Through Equipment

API Spec 16C

Choke and Kill Systems

API Spec 16D

Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment

API RP 16Q

Design, Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Marine Drilling

Riser
Marine Drilling Riser Couplings

API Spec 16R

API RP 44
API RP 48
API RP 49
API RP 52
API RP 53

Recommended Practice for Sampling Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

(Out of Print)
Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Test Report Form (Out of
Print)
Recommended Practices for Safe Drilling of Well Containing
Hydrogen Sulfide
Land Drilling Practices for Protection of the Environment

API RP 59

Recommended Practices for Blow Out Protection Equipment

Systems for Drilling Wells
Recommended Practices for Safety and Health for Oil and Gas Well
Drilling and Servicing Operations
Recommended Practices for Well Control Operations (Out of Print)

API RP 64

Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations

API RP 54

API RP 67

Oilfield Explosives Safety

API RP 68

Well Servicing and Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide

API Bulletin D10

Procedure for Selecting Rotary Drilling Equipment