Figure 1.

Schematic of the box and pin ends of a joint of pipe. The tube section is cut away
to shorten the drawing. ID = internal diameter, ODP = outside diameter, FH = full
hole.

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Figure 2.

Figure 2. Photo shows a stand of drill pipe and the skate slide the stand sits in
before it is made up to the drill string. The photo is looking toward the back of the
ship and shows a portion of the racker crane (left), which moves pipe to and from
the horizontal racker and riser hold storage.

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Figure 3.

Figure 3. Drill pipe stands are stored in the horizontal pipe racker, which is
located behind the derrick and rig floor.

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Figure 4.

Figure 4. Making a drill pipe connection on the rig floor. The elevator (red clamp
at the bottom of the picture) supports the box [or upper] end of the drill pipe and
holds the weight of the entire drill string during a connection.

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Pipe Elbow, Pipe Bend,Elbow Size, Pipe Weld, Weld Fittings, Welding Fittings, Pipe Cap, Seamless Pipe, Erw Pipe

Elbow,
Cap, Bend

Nom. Pipe
Size mm
Dia. Nom.

Os

Ks

15

38

16

25

76

48

20

28

11

25

57

43

25

38

22

25

38

76

56

51

41

32

48

25

32

38

95

70

64

52

40

57

28

38

38

114

83

76

62

50

76

35

51

38

152

106

102

81

65

95

44

64

38

190

132

127

100

80

114

51

76

51

229

159

152

121

90

133

57

89

64

267

184

178

140

100

152

64

102

64

305

210

203

159

125

190

79

127

76

381

262

254

197

150

229

95

152

89

457

313

305

236

200

305

127

203

102

610

414

406

313

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250

381

159

254

127

762

518

508

391

300

457

190

305

152

914

619

610

467

350

533

222

356

165

1067

711

711

533

400

610

254

406

178

1219

813

813

610

450

686

286

457

203

1372

914

914

686

500

762

318

508

229

1524

1016

1016

762

550

838

343

254

1676

1118

600

914

381

610

267

1829

1219

1219

914

650

991

06

267

1981

1321

700

1067

438

267

750

1143

470

762

267

2286

1524

1524

1143

800

1219

502

267

850

1295

533

267

900

1372

565

914

267

1829

1372

1100

1600

660

305

1200

1829

759

1219

343

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Nom.
Pipe
Size
mm
Dia.
Nom.

Nom.
Pipe
Size
Dia.
Nom.

50

152

64

15

76 35

40

25 57 83

25

102 67

80

229

95

20

76 43

50

32 76 108

32

127 84

100

305 127

25

102 51

65

32 95 127

40

152 100

150

457 190

32

102 64

80

32 114 146

50

203 132

200

610 254

40

102 73

90

38 133 171

65

254 164

250

762 318

50

152 92

100

38 152 190

300

914 381

65

152 105

125

38 190 229

350

1067 444

80

152 127

150

44 229 273

400

1219 505

90

152 140

200

44 305 349

450

1372 568

100

152 157

250

51 381 432

500

1524 632

125

203 186

300

64 457 521

550

1676 694

150

203 216

600

1829 757

200

203 270

650

1981 821

250

254 324

750

2286 946

300

254 381

850

2591 1073

350

305 413

900

2743 1137

400

305 470

1100

3200 1326

450

305 533

1200

3658 1516

500

305 584

Nom.
Pipe
Size
Dia.
Nom.

Nom.
Pipe
Size
Dia.
Nom.

550

305 641

600

305 692

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