Please note. Any addenda or errata may not be included in translated editions of this standard.

This standard specifies the technical delivery conditions for steel pipes (casing, tubing, and pup joints), coupling stock, coupling material, and accessory material, and establishes requirements for three product specification levels (PSL-1, PSL-2, PSL-3). The requirements for PSL-1 are the basis of this standard. The requirements that define different levels of standard technical requirements for PSL-2 and PSL-3, for all grades except H-40, L-80 9Cr, and C110, are provided.

For pipes covered by this standard, the sizes, masses, and wall thicknesses, as well as grades and applicable end-finishes, are provided. API 5L pipe may be ordered as casing in accordance with API 5C6.

By agreement between the purchaser and manufacturer, this standard can also be applied to other plain-end pipe sizes and wall thicknesses. The products to which this standard is applicable include the following grades: H40, J55, K55, N80 all types, L80 all types, C90, R95, T95, P110, C110, and Q125.

This standard is applicable to the following connections in accordance with API Spec 5B:

• short round thread casing (STC);
• long round thread casing (LC);
• buttress thread casing (BC);
• extreme-line casing (XC);
• non-upset tubing (NU);
• external upset tubing (EU);
• integral joint tubing (IJ).