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Make-up torque table is extended. Internal coating evaluation reference photographs. New procedure for full length UT inspection of drill pipe tubes. New inspection category for heavy duty landing strings. Fishing tool inspection criteria. DS-1TM has become widely accepted as the standard for inspecting drill string components. Several questions are commonly asked about using the standard. These questions are answered here: Q: What specific drill stem components are covered by DS-1TM inspection procedures? A: The Third Edition of the standard covers used drill pipe, HWDP, drill collars, API and similar rotary shouldered connections, a number of proprietary connections, drilling jars, kellys, subs, stablizers, hole openers, underreamers, casing scrapers, roller reamers, safety valves, Kelly valves, IBOPs, MWD, LWD, fishing tools, heavy duty landing strings, motors and turbines. Q: What is DS-1TM registration? How do I get this done? A: You can get your inspection company or threading shop Registered by T H Hill Associates, Inc. (or some other registration agency) under DS-1TM. In this process, the registration agency will first review your internal quality assurance processes, your equipment and gage certification procedures, and your program for inspector training and certification. If these comply with applicable ISO, API AND ASNT documents, the registering agency will nest audit your shop to make sure that you are following them. If the results of the audit are acceptable, the registering agency will issue its Registration as an indicator that you have established acceptable internal process controls and that you were found in compliance by an audit. In a sense, its like ISO certification of a manufacturing facility. It does not guarantee the quality of your services on any specific inspection or threading job, but does show that youve established and demonstrated certain internal controls that are important in providing consistent quality to your customers. Form more detailed information and instructions for getting it done, see Chapter 4 of this volume. Q: How does a DS-1TM inspection differ from an API inspection? A: Unfortunately, neither one of the two terms in this question has any precise meaning, so the question cannot be answered. The term API inspection, although frequently used by people in the industry, has no precise meaning spelled out in any API documents. Thus, different people have different opinions of what API inspection actually entails. Neither is the term DS-1TM inspection meaningful unless its accompanied by a specific Service Category (Number 1-5 or HDLS). Q: Are DS-1TM requirements more rigid than API requirements for drill string inspection? A: This question must be answered in two parts. First, in terms of the drill pipe attributions required for a component to be accepted under Premium Class or Class 2 acceptance criteria. there is very little difference in the two standards. In fact, the majority of the DS-1TM acceptance criteria were taken directly from API RP7G. However, in terms of inspection process quality control, DS-1TM places firm requirements on how an inspector must calibrate and use his or her equipments. API RP7G at this writing does not address these points at all. Therefore, no comparison is possible in this area. Q: Can I use Volume 9 of DS-1TM for inspecting new drill string component? A: No. Volume 3 of the standard applies only to used drill stem equipment. Its procedures are specifically geared to finding service-induced defects, and would not be effective for finding typical manufacturing flaws. For new drill pipe inspection, refer to Volume 1 of this standard. For gaging new tool joints and rotary shouldered connection, see API Specification 7. Q: How do I order inspection under DS-1TM? A: How to order inspection service is covered in detail earlier in this chapter. Q: My inspection company tells me that it will cost more to do a DS-1TM inspection than an API inspection. Is the extra expenditure justified? A: This is the most frequent question that arises. It is best answered in the context of DS-1TM Service Categories. When the sponsor committee first established DS-1TM categories, the industry was using an informally defined program that many (but not all) inspection companies called a Standard Rack Inspection. This Standard Rack Inspection(or its rough equivalent, since its meaning varied by company and location) was adopted by the sponsor committee as DS-1TM Category3. To give inspection buyer some flexibility while maintaining tight control over inspection processes, the sponsor committee also established Categories 1 and 2 (with fewer inspection than Category 3), and Categories 4-5 (with more inspections). If we suppose that by API inspection the speaker above really means what was loosely called a Standard Rack Inspection, then the cost of that inspection should be nearly identical to DS-1TM Category 3. If it is significantly cheaper, then the inspection company is most likely omitting some process control step required in DS-1TM. Tightening to the DS-1TM quality requirements would almost certainly be justified. In more meaningful terms, the comparison could be phrased as Standard Rack Inspection vs. DS-1TM Category 3 inspection.
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Unless the company is omitting some step required by DS-1TM, the cost should be the same. Of course, if the comparison were made with a DS-1TM Category 4 or 5 inspection program, the latter should cost more. Conversely, a DS-1TM Category 1 or 2 program should cost less. For more on relative inspection costs, see Volume 3. Q: My company has standardized on DS-1TM Category 5 inspection program for all components, but inspection costs have increased. Are we doing the right thing? A: Probably not. The cost of a Category 5 inspection is roughly twice that of the normal program represented by Category 3. Category 5 is intended for drill string components that are to be used in extremely adverse condition where the potential cost of a failure is very large. Unless your drilling conditions are risk management policies dictate the utmost caution, Category 5 may not be justified. Q: I would like to quality my drill string by checking a sample. What percent of the string just I inspect to be sure that it is all acceptable? A: You should not inspect your drill string by checking a sample. Unless the sample you choose is truly representative of the entire lot of components, and unless you hav zero reject rate in your sample, you cannot be fully confident that every single component in the unchecked portion is acceptable. In a nutshell, if you need to do an inspection at all, you should apply it to all of the pipe in the lot. If you need to reduce inspection costs in low-risk situations, you might consider dropping to a lower service category. Q: Under what conditions could spot sampling be considered good practice? A: Spot sampling is useful if you wish to get a general feel for the condition of a lot of pipe, without qualifying every individual pieces. For example, if you were concerned with about the general condition of a string, you might use spot checking to decide whether to proceed with inspecting that string or to look for an entirely different string.
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