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4.8.4 Note break out torque: Break out torque

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can Ье done on trips out of the hole, and will show
whother the connections have been or are about to
Ье overstressed. Use the Rig Floor Trip lnspection
(procedure 3.35) of this standard. Alternatively, you
can use dividers or а gage similar to the one shown
on t11e left in figure 4.1О. Set the dividers or gage at
the wear limit and attempt to place it on tool joints as
they pass through the rotary. А tool joint over which
the gage will slide is worn past the limit. On pin­
weak connections, check pin lead with а hardened
and ground profile gage (figure 4.1О) to make sure
they are not being overstressed. Thin, stamped 'tool
joint identifiers' are not recommended for checking
pin lead.
Torslonal
Overload FOR FAILURE IN DRILL PIPE ТООL JO/NT
Fallure
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higher than this may indicate downhole makeup.
This could warn of pending torsion overstress and
failure as the hole gets deeper and operating torque
continues to increase. Figure 4.11 gives а systematic
tool joint Ьох \Vеаг approach for dealing with а torsional failure.
4.9 Tension Fai lure : ln deep, vertical and near-vertical
holes, tension is usually the load of primary concern.
Tension failure is an overload mechanism whose iden­
tification and prevention is relatively straightforward.
4.9.1 Location: А tensile failure will рrоЬаЫу
occur in а drill pipe tube between upsets, near the
surface or а section top. However, variations in
wall thickness and tensile strength between tubes
can place а tensile failure at other locations. Tensile
failures in tool joint pins are rare because pin necks
on most standard sized tool joints have cross
sections сараЫе of carrying both makeup-induced
stress and external string tension. Exceptions to
this can occur, and pin neck tensile capacity can Ье
degraded Ьу excess makeup torque, as described
in Chapter 3 of Volume 2.
4.9.2 Appearance: Tension failures are often jagged
in appearance, and the tube is usually necked down

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ог "bottlenecked" nеаг the fгacture. Tension fгacture
surfaces often show extensive plastic defoгmation,
though, in bгittle mateгial this may not Ье the case.
The fгacture surfaces will Ье oгiented 45 degгees to
the axis of the pipe (figuгe 4.12) unless the mateгial is
very bгittle. Figure 4.13 shows а systematic арргоасh
fог coггecting а tension failure.
4.10 Comblned Loads: Tension and toгque loads
inteгact, and the capacity of а component to саггу
the loads simultaneously will usually Ье less than the
capacity to carry eitheг load individually. ComЬined
load capacities аге given in Chapteг 3 of Volume 2.
Failure Ьу comЬined tension and toгsion may occur
in tubes ог tool joint pins. Tool joint boxes will not fail
Ьу this mechanism because pin failuгe will оссuг fiгst.
ln dгill pipe tubes, the failuгe will usually display the
plastic defoгmation and necking down that сhагасtег-
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ize а tensile failure. А helical fгacture surface like that
shown in figure 4.14 may also Ье pгesent. ln tool joints,
the арреагаnсе of а comЬined load failure will Ье much
like that of а pin toгsional failure. ln the еагlу stages, а
stгetched pin and ln extгeme cases, total pin sepaгation
will Ье the indicatoгs.
4.11 Sulfide Stress Cracking: Sulfide stгess cгacking
failuгes in dгill stгings аге гelatively гаге. The mecha­
nism is vегу complex, and identifying it is ргоЬаЫу best
left to pгofessional failure analysts. А higheг tensile
stгess state, higheг H2S concentгations, loweг рН,
higheг pгessure, higheг chloгide concentгation, loweг
tempeгature and hагdег mateгial all pгomote SSC at­
tack. Conveгsely, moving one ог mоге of these factoгs
in the opposite diгections will геtагd attack, otheг things
equal. PossiЫe sources of hydгogen sulfide in dгilling
fluids may include foгmation fluid, bacteгial activity ог
bгeakdown of chemicals in the dгilling fluid. Of these,
foгmation fluid is obviously the most conceгn. Pгeven­
tion of the SSC mechanism is outlined in Chapteг 5 of
Volume 2.

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СНЕСК DESIGN СНЕСК OR
СНЕСК LOAD
SAFEТY FACТORS, CAUBRAТЕ LOAD
САРАСIТУ
МОР INDICATORS

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CONFIRM WITH UT
WALL THICKNESS TUBE WALL DRILLER'S WEIGНТ
INSPECTION
1- THICKNESS INDICATOR
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VISUAL
CONNECTION MUD LOGGER'S

INSPECTION
1- TUBE GRADE
WEIGНТ INDICAТО

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Figure 4.13 А systematic арргоасh. Figure 4.14 Thefractuгe sшface ojcomЬined loaclfailнгe
for гespondmg to а tensюnfatluгe. in а drill pipe tube may lюve а he/ical shape.

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