Common Terms
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ANSI: American National Standards Institute
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ASNT: American Society for Nondestructive Testing
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API: American Petroleum Institute
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Aquacure: A chemical treatment used to neutralize and reverse the ravages that may be caused by salt water contamination
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B&S: Brush and Spray
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C&R: Clean and re-dope of threads
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EMI: Electromagnetic Inspection
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ERW: Electric Resistance Welded pipe
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FLD: Full-Length Drift
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FLUT/FBUT/PAUT: Full-Length, Full-Body, or Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing
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ID: Inner diameter of a tubular
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NORM: Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
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NDT: Nondestructive test
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OCTG: Oil Country Tubular Goods
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OD: Outer diameter of a tubular
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Prime Pipe: Tubular that has been inspected and no discontinuities were found
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Prove-Up: Process of validating all potential discontinuities identified by automated inspection machines
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Reject: Tubular that was found to have a discontinuity during inspection and was proved-up to be classified as a reject per API or customer specifications
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Silver Nitrate Test: Process where silver nitrate is applied to the tubular to verify if it has been exposed to salt water contamination
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SEA: Special End Area inspection
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TG: Thread Gauge Inspection
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VCC: Visual Condition Check
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VTI: Visual Thread Inspection
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