Please note that the API Monogram Program effective date for the this document's next edition is February 2021. Until then, this edition will still be considered active and not historical.

Steel wire ropes for the petroleum and natural gas industries-Minimum requirements and terms for acceptance. Specifies the minum requirements and terms of acceptance for the manufacture and testing of steel wire ropes not exceeding rope grade 2160 for the petroleum and natural gas industries.

This edition of API Spec 9A is an identical adoption of ISO 10425, Petroleum and natural gas industries-Drilling and production equipment-Specification for wire rope and includes the addition of an API Monogram Annex. This specification contains teh APi Monogram Annex as part of the US national adoption.