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A Drill String Failure Occurs If A Component Breaks
A Drill String Failure Occurs If A Component Breaks
A Drill String Failure Occurs If A Component Breaks
Properties
Rig Operations
Inspection
Design
Environment
This course manual goes into detail on each of the above topics with further sub sections.
Responding to Drill String Failures
If a drill string washout or twistoff occurs, the first step toward preventing a second failure is to understand what caused
the first. This section covers how to identify the most common failure mechanisms and, in broad terms, what to do about
each.
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Torsion
Tension
Combination Tension/Torsion
Split Box
Connection Leak
To keep the maximum stress at any point in the drill string less than yield strength, derated by a design factor
Select components and configure assemblies to retard fatigue as much as economically practical
Inspection
How many times have we heard someone say "Give me an API inspection"? It sounds good, but there is simply no such
thing as an API drill string inspection. API RP7G gives many useful performance properties for drill pipe and connections.
It tells us what the attributes of a "Premium Class" piece of pipe are. It does not however give instructions on how to
inspect a piece of pipe to determine whether or not it meets those attributes! Therefore, we must supplement what's
available in API. In total, inspecting our drillstring must include all three of the following tasks:
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