
Casing and  Casing String Design 
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Table 4-146 
Casing Weight Tolerance 
Quantity  Tolerance 
Outside Diameter, 
D 
4 
in and smaller (tubing) 
............................................................................. 
f0.031 
in 
4% 
in and larger (casing) 
............................................................................ 
+0.75 percent 
Single Lengths 
.............. 
-3.5  percent 
Carload Lots 
................................................................................................. 
-1.75  percent 
A 
carload is considered to be a minimum of 
40,000 
Ibs. 
Table 4-147 
Casing Length Range 
Range  1 
2 
3 
Total range length, 
ft 
16-25  25-34 
34-40 
Range length for  95 percent or  more 
of 
carload 
Permissible variation max. 
ft 
6 
5 
6 
Permissible length min. ft 
18 
28 
36 
measured  without  couplings  proper allowance  shall be  made  to  include  the 
length  of  coupling.  The extreme-line  casing and  integral joint  tubing lengths 
shall  be  measured  to  the  outer face  of  the  box  end. For  pup joints  and 
connectors, the length shall be measured  from end to end. 
Casing Jointers 
If 
so 
specified  on the purchase  order for round-thread  casing only, jointers 
(two pieces coupled to make a standard length) may  be furnished to a maximum 
of 
5% of  the order, but no length used in making a jointer  shall be less than 5 ft. 
Coupling 
API standards established  three types of  threaded joints: 
1. 
coupling joints with  rounded thread (Figures 4-369 and 4-370) (long or short) 
2. 
coupling joints with asymmetrical trapezoidal thread buttress (Figure 4-371) 
3. 
extreme-line casing with trapezoidal thread without coupling (Figure 4-372) 
There are also many  non-API joints, like Hydril  “CTS,” Hydril  “Super FJ-P,” 
The following are  excerpts  both  from  API  Specification  5A,  35th  Edition, 
Armco SEAL-LOCK, Mannesmann  metal-to-metal seal casing and others. 
March  1981 and API RP  5B1,  1st Edition, April  1983.