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API 8C-1997 Historical

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Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL1 and PSL2) - Includes Addendum 1, May 2001

standard by American Petroleum Institute , 12/01/1997

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The purpose of this specification is to provide standards for design, manufacture, and testing of hoisting equipment suitable for use in drilling and production operations.

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This specification covers the following drilling and production hoisting equipment: Crown block sheaves and bearings; Traveling blocks and hook blocks; Block to hook adapters; Connectors and link adapters; Drilling hooks; Tubing and sucker rod hooks; Elevator links; Casing, tubing, drill pipe, and drill collar elevators; Sucker rod elevators; Rotary swivel bail adapters; Rotary swivels; Power swivels; Power subs; Spiders, when capable of being used as elevators; Wireline anchors; Drill string motion compensators; Kelly spinners when capable of being used as hoisting equipment; Pressure vessels and piping mounted onto hoisting equipment; Safety clamps, when capable of use as lifting devices. See more

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  1. API Spec 8C

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    Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL 1 and PSL 2), Sixth Edition

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  2. API Spec 8C (R2019)

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    Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL 1 and PSL 2), Fifth Edition, Includes Errata 1 ( 2014) and Errata 2 (2020)

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  3. API Spec 8C

    February 2003
    Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL 1 and PSL 2), Fourth Edition / ISO 13535:2000 (Modified), Petroleum and natural gas industries-Drilling and production equipment-Hoisting equipment

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  1. API 8C Addendum 1

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    Addendum 1, May 2001 - Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL1 and PSL2)

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12/01/1997

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