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FOREWORD

This bulletin is under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Standardization of Tubular Goods.

This bulletin is not intended as a design manual. Its purpose is to provide minimum performance properties on which the design of casing, tubing, and drill pipe strings may be based.

The performance properties as given herein cover the grades, sizes, and weights of casing, tubing, and drill pipe as given in API Specification 5CT.

Formulas and procedures for calculating the values are given in Bulletin 5C3. Formulas and calculations appearing in the 13th and preceding editions of Bull 5C2 were transferred in 1971 to Bull 5C3: Bulletin on Formulas and Calculations for Casing, Tubing, Drill Pipe, and Line Pipe Properties.

API publications may be used by anyone desiring to do so. Every effort has been made by the Institute to assure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained in them; however, the Institute makes no representation, warranty, or guarantee in connection with this publication and hereby expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from its use or for the violation of any federal, state, or municipal regulation with which this publication may conflict.

Suggested revisions are invited and should be submitted to the general manager of the Upstream Segment, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.