API-SPEC-7-ADD-3-2008

DateofIssue:June2008EffectiveDate:December1,2008AffectedPublication:APISpecification7,SpecificationforrotaryDrillStemElements,40thEdition,November2001ADDENDUM3RotaryShoulderedConnections,andGaugingareremovedfromSpec7andwillnowbecoveredinAPISpecification7-2/ISO10424-2.ToolJointsaretheonlyremainingproductandwillremaininSpec7untilsuchtimeastheyareincorporatedintoAPISpec5DP/ISO11961(expectedlaterin2008).RemovethefollowingsectionsandAppendixes.10ROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONS11GAUGINGPRACTICE,ROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONS12GAUGESPECIFICATION,ROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONSAPPENDIXBINSTRUCTIONSFORCAREANDUSEOFREGIONALMASTERGAUGESAPPENDIXCINSTRUCTIONSFORSHIPMENTOFREFERENCEMASTERGAUGESAPPENDIXDRECOMMENDEDPRACTICEFORCAREANDUSEOFWORKINGGAUGESAPPENDIXEAPIGAUGECERTIFICATIONAGENCYREQUIREMENTSAPPENDIXFAPIGRANDANDREGIONALMASTERROTARYCONNECTIONGAUGESAPPENDIXGRECOMMENDEDTHREADCOMPOUNDSFORROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONSAPPENDIXHRECOMMENDEDPRACTICEFORGAUGINGNEWROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONSAPPENDIXJOBSOLESCENTROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONSAPPENDIXKOBSOLESCENTROTARYSHOULDEREDCONNECTIONSAPPENDIXMMETRICTABLES25,26,28,29,30,31