scope:

This International Standard provides the requirements and guidelines for the design and rating of steel sucker rods and pony rods, polished rods and liners, couplings and sub-couplings, fibreglass reinforced plastic (FRP) sucker rods, sinker bars, polished rod clamps, stuffing boxes and pumping tees as defined herein for use in the sucker rod lift method for the petroleum and natural gas industry. Annexes A through H give the requirements for products, Annex I includes the requirements for thread gauges, and Annex J illustrates the components of a sucker rod lift system.
This International Standard does not cover sucker rod guides, sucker rod rotators, shear tools, on-off tools, stabilizer bars, sealing elements used in stuffing boxes, and interface connections for stuffing boxes and pumping tees. Also installation, operation and maintenance of these products are not included in this International Standard.