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NS-1™ Sub-specification Numbers

10. Material Certification
10.1 General
10.2 Type ’A1’ Certificate of compliance
10.2.1 C.O.C. for raw materials & consumables
10.2.2 Assembly certificate of compliance
10.4 Type ’B’ Material test certificate
10.5 Type ’C’ witnessed material test certificate
10.6 Certification of Non Metallic Sealing Materials
12. Powder Technology Tests
12.1 Infiltration Testing of Matrix Powders for PDC Bits
12.2 Tap Density of Matrix Powders
12.3 Sieve analysis of matrix powder
20. Traceability
20.1 Limited Traceability
20.2 Heat Traceability
20.3 Serialisation
20.3.1 General
20.3.2 Serialization of components
20.3.3 Serialization of assemblies
20.3.4 Traceability safeguard
20.4 Heat/Heat Treatment lot Traceability
20.5 RFID Tagging
20.5.1 Service Conditions and RFID Life
20.5.2 RFID Location & Attachment
30. Welding Qualifications
30.1 General
30.2 General Hardbanding
30.3 Performance Qualification of Friction/Inertia Welding
30.4 Hardband Product Qualification
30.5 Hardband Welding Qualification
30.6 NS-1™ Hardbanding Approvals Re-applications
40. Detection and Acceptance of Surface Imperfections
40.1 NDE Surface, General
40.2 Magnetic Particle Examination (MT) of Castings
40.2.1 Technique
40.2.1.1 Wet or Dry Method
40.2.1.2 Wet Method
40.2.1.3 Wet Fluorescent Method
40.2.2 Required Extent
40.2.2.1 Ten Percent PT and 100 Percent VE
40.2.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.2.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.2.3 Acceptance Standard
40.2.3.1 Maximum Acceptable Linear/Rounded Indications
40.2.3.2 Maximum Permitted Imperfection Classification
40.2.3.3 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/Rounded/All Indications
40.2.3.4 Relevant Indications

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40.2.3.5 Maximum Permitted Imperfection Classification

40.3 Magnetic Particle Examination (MT) of Plate Material
40.3.1 Technique
40.3.1.1 Wet or Dry Method
40.3.1.2 Wet Method
40.3.1.3 Wet Fluorescent Method
40.3.2 Required Extent
40.3.2.1 Ten Percent
40.3.3 Acceptance Standard
40.3.3.1 Maximum Acceptable Edges/Bevels and Surface Indications
40.3.3.2 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/Rounded/All Indications
40.4 Magnetic Particle Examination (MT) of Forgings, Mechanical Tubing and Barstock
40.4.1 Technique
40.4.1.1 Wet or Dry Method
40.4.1.2 Wet Method
40.4.1.3 Wet Fluorescent Method
40.4.2 Required Extent
40.4.2.1 Ten Percent
40.4.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.4.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.4.3 Acceptance Standard
40.4.3.1 Maximum Acceptable Linear/Rounded Indications
40.4.3.2 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/All Indications
40.4.3.3 Maximum Permitted Relevant Indications
40.4.3.5 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/Rounded/All Indications
40.4.3.6 Maximum Permitted Relevant Indications
40.5 Magnetic Particle Examination (MT) of Tubular Material
40.5.1 Technique
40.5.1.1 Wet or Dry Method
40.5.1.2 Wet Method
40.5.1.3 Wet Fluorescent
40.5.2 Required Extent
40.5.3 Acceptance Standard
40.6 Magnetic Particle and Visual Examination (MT + VE) of Threads
40.6.1 Technique
40.6.1.1 Wet or Dry Method
40.6.1.2 Wet Method
40.6.1.3 Wet Fluorescent Method
40.6.2 Required Extent
40.6.2.1 Ten Percent
40.6.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.6.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.6.3 Acceptance Standard
40.6.3.1 Relevant Indications
40.6.3.2 Relevant Indications
40.6.3.3 Relevant Indications
40.7 Magnetic Particle (MT) and Visual (VE) Examination of Welds
40.7.1 Technique
40.7.1.1 Wet or Dry Method

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40.7.1.2 Wet Method

40.7.1.3 Wet Fluorescent Dry Method
40.7.2 Required Extent
40.7.2.1 Ten Percent MT and 100 Percent VE
40.7.2.2 Fifty Percent MT and 100 Percent VE
40.7.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.7.3 Acceptance Standard
40.7.3.1 Acceptable Level Of Imperfections
40.7.3.2 Friction/Inertia welds
40.8 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT) of Castings
40.8.1 Technique
40.8.2 Required Extent
40.8.2.1 Ten Percent
40.8.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.8.2.3 One Hundred Per cent
40.8.3 Acceptance Standard
40.8.3.1 Maximum Acceptable Linear/Rounded Indications
40.8.3.2 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/Rounded/All Indications
40.8.3.3 Relevant Indications
40.8.3.4 Maximum Permitted Relevant Indications
40.9 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT) of Plate Material
40.9.1 Technique
40.9.2 Required Extent
40.9.2.1 Ten Percent
40.9.3 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT) of Plate Material – Acceptance Standard
40.9.3.1 Maximum Acceptable Edges/Bevels/Plate Surface Indications
40.9.3.2 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/Rounded/All Indications
40.10 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT) of Forgings, Mechanical Tubing and Barstock
40.10.1 Technique
40.10.2 Required Extent
40.10.2.1 Ten Percent
40.10.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.10.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.10.3 Acceptance Standard
40.10.3.1 Maximum Acceptable Linear/Rounded Indications
40.10.3.2 Maximum Acceptable Linear/Rounded Indications
40.10.3.3 Maximum Permitted Relevant Linear/Rounded/All Indications
40.10.3.4 Maximum Permitted Relevant Indications
40.10.3.5 Maximum Permitted Relevant Indications
40.11 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT) of Tubular Material
40.11.1 Technique
40.11.2 Required Extent
40.11.3 Acceptance Standard
40.12 Liquid Penetrant and Visual Examination (PT + VE) of Threads
40.12.1 Technique
40.12.2 Required Extent
40.12.2.1 Ten Percent
40.12.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.12.2.3 One Hundred Percent

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40.12.3 Acceptance Standard

40.12.3.1 Relevant Indications
40.12.3.2 Relevant Indications
40.12.3.3 Relevant Indications
40.13 Liquid Penetrant (PT) and Visual (VE) Examination of Welds
40.13.1 Technique
40.13.2 Required Extent
40.13.2.1Ten Percent PT and 100 Percent VE
40.13.2.2 Fifty Percent PT and 100 Percent VE
40.13.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.13.3 Acceptance Standard
40.14 Liquid Penetrant Examination (PT) of Weld-deposited Cladding
40.14.1 Technique
40.14.2 Required Extent
40.14.2.1 Ten Percent
40.14.2.2 Fifty Percent
40.14.2.3 One Hundred Percent
40.14.3 Acceptance Standard
50. Detection and Acceptance of Sub-Surface Imperfections
50.1 General
50.2 Radiographic Examination (RT) of Castings
50.2.1 Technique
50.2.2.1 Ten Percent
50.2.2.2 Fifty Percent
50.2.2.3 One Hundred Percent
50.2.3 Acceptance Standard
50.2.3.1 Acceptable Levels Of Imperfection
50.2.3.2 Acceptable Levels Of Imperfection
50.2.3.3 Acceptable Levels Of Imperfection
50.2.3.4 Acceptable Levels Of Imperfection
50.3 Radiographic (RT) and Visual (VE) Examination of Welds
50.3.1 Technique
50.3.2 Required Extent
50.3.2.1 Ten Percent RT and 100 Percent VE
50.3.2.2 Fifty Percent RT and 100 Percent VE
50.3.2.3 One Hundred Percent
50.3.3 Acceptance Standard
50.4 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Ferritic Steel Castings (incl. Low Alloy)
50.4.1 Technique
50.4.2 Required Extent
50.4.2.1 Ten Percent
50.4.2.2 Fifty Percent
50.4.2.3 One Hundred Percent
50.4.3 Acceptance Standard
50.4.3.1 Acceptable Indications
50.4.3.2 Acceptable Indications
50.5 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Forgings, Mechanical Tubing and Barstock (Non-Austenitic Steels)
50.5.1 Technique
50.5.1.1 Applied Technique/Conditions

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50.5.1.2 Applied Technique/Conditions

50.5.2 Required Extent
50.5.2.1 Ten Percent
50.5.2.2 Fifty Percent
50.5.2.3 One Hundred Percent
50.5.3 Acceptance Standard
50.5.3.1 Acceptable Indications
50.5.3.2 Acceptable Indications
50.6 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Forgings, Mechanical Tubing and Barstock (Austenitic Steels)
50.6.1 Technique
50.6.2 Required Extent
50.6.2.1 Ten Percent
50.6.2.2 Fifty Percent
50.6.2.3 One Hundred Percent
50.6.3 Acceptance Standard
50.7 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Plate Material (Ferritic Steels)
50.7.1 Technique
50.7.2 Required Extent
50.7.3 Acceptance Standard
50.7.3.1 Acceptable Indications
50.7.3.2 Acceptable Indications
50.8 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Tubular Material
50.8.1 Techniques
50.8.1.1 Applied Technique/Conditions
50.8.1.2 Applied Technique/Conditions
50.8.1.3 Applied Technique/Conditions
50.8.2 Required Extent
50.8.3 Acceptance Standard
50.9 Ultrasonic (UT) and Visual (VE) Examination of Welds
50.9.1 Technique
50.9.2 Required Extent
50.9.2.1 Ten Percent UT and 100 Percent VE
50.9.2.2 Fifty Percent UT and 100 Percent VE
50.9.2.3 One Hundred Percent UT
50.9.3 Acceptance Standard
50.10 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Weld-deposited Cladding
50.10.1 Technique
50.10.2 Required
50.10.3 Acceptance Standard
50.11 Ultrasonic Examination (UT) of Friction/Inertia Welds
50.11.1 Technique
50.11.2 Required Extent
50.11.3 Acceptance Standard
60. Disposition of Defects
60.1 Surface Dressing
60.2 Repair by Welding
60.2.1. General
60.2.2. Repair Welding of Forgings
60.2.3. Repair welding of castings

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60.2.4. Repair welding of other materials

60.2.5 Examination of Weld Repairs
60.3 Repair of weld defects
70. Hardness Testing
70.1 General
70.1.1 Methods
70.1.2 Additional requirements
70.2 Hardness and Documentation
70.2.2 Hardness conversions
70.2.3 Documentation
80. Positive Alloy Verification (PAV)
80.1 General
90. Dimensional Inspection
90.1 General
90.2 Threads
90.2.1 General
90.2.2 Recording & Reporting
90.2.3 Thread Classification
90.3 Recommended Types Tool Joint Hardfacing, Dimensional Inspection and Acceptance Standards
90.4 PDC Bit Cutter Placement
90.4.1 Technique
90.4.2 Sampling
90.4.3 Acceptance Criteria
90.5 Drill Pipe Internal Upset Transition (MIU) Measurement
100. Hydrostatic Testing
100.2 General
110. Gas Testing
110.1 General
120. Load Testing
120.1 General
130. Function Testing
130.1 General
140. Test for Non-magnetic Properties
140.1 General
141. Internal Coating and Inspection Specifications for Drill Pipe
141.1 Application
141.2 Inspection
142. Break In of Tool Joints
142.1 General
143. Cold Rolling of Connections
143.1 General
150. Impact Testing
150.1 General
160. Non-Conformity Procedure
160.1 General
170. Boxing/Packing/Marking
170.1 General
170.2 Critical Service (H2S, CO2, Low Temperature)

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180. Documentation Package

180.1 Quality Documentation
180.1.2 Quality Documentation for Welded Products
180.1.3 Quality Documentation for Non Welded Products
180.2 Drawings
180.2.1 General
180.2.2 As-built Drawings

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