Paper: API RP 11BR Revisions on Sucker Rod Makeup

The successful application of threaded and coupled rods (i.e. sucker rods, drive strings, etc) to provide power to lift downhole fluids is critically dependent on using proper makeup procedures. This is applicable whether the pump is a reciprocating, positive displacement, subsurface pump or a rotary driven, progressing cavity pump. Torque by itself has been discredited with being able to provide consistent connection pin preload stress or pre-stress due to a variety of factors related not only to the setup procedures but also due to the equipment that is used to provide the power to the power tongs. This presentation will review the various parameters that affect proper connection pin preload and provide a discussion of the new revisions to the industry's API recommended practices for sucker rod driven pumps as well as newly developed draft recommendations for progressing cavity pump installations.