ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15546 Third edition 2011-09-15 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Aluminium alloy drill pipe Industries du petrole et du gaz naturel- Tige de forage en alliage d'aluminium Reference number ISO 15546:2011(E) @ ISO 2011 IHS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 15546:2011(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO's memberbody inthe country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @IsO 2011-All rights reserved itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 15546:2011(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction. .vi 1 Scope 2 Conformance 3 Normative references 4 Terms, definitions and symbols 4.1 Terms and definitions ... 4.2 Symbols..... 5 Information to be supplied when placing orders for drill pipe . 5.1 5.2 Optional information .. 6 Process of manufacturing and delivery condition.. 6.1 General. 6.2 Heat treatment . 6.3 Traceability.... 6.4 Delivery condition 7 Material requirements . 7.1 Material groups.... 7.2 7.3 Chemicalcomposition.... 7.4 Steel tool joints ... 8 Configuration and dimensions of pipes.. 8.1 Configuration ... .8 8.2 8.3 Dimensions of pipes and tool joints.... 8.4 Design mass .. 8.5 Upset run-out ... 21 8.6 Straightness... 21 8.7 Ovality and eccentricity of pipes .. 8.8 Drift requirements .. 8.9 Tool joint alignment , 22 8.10 Internal coating... 23 8.11 Aluminium alloy drill pipe body-tool joint assembly ... 23 9 Test methods .. .23 9.1 .23 9.2 Chemical composition test... 9.3 Mechanicaltest.. 23 9.4 Hydrostatic test .. 24 9.5 Corrosion test.... 10 Measuring methods. 25 10.1 General ..... 25 10.2 Calibration and verification of measuring equipment ... .26 11 Inspection.. .26 11.1 26 11.2 Levels of non-destructive inspection... 11.3 Tool joint non-destructive inspection ... .26 Copyright International OrganizationfStandardizalionghtsreserved ii se from IHS Not for Resale