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Drilling Line and Slip-and-Cut Record

Drilling Equipment Inspections

How often
Visual inspection daily; thorough inspection monthly with a record. Slip and cut on the Wire Rope Industries ton-mile program, or sooner on the Rig Manager's call. Rig 4 target: 20 ton-miles per foot cut.
Source: API RP 54 (4th ed.) 7.5.1 and 7.5.7; API RP 9B; Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 3.0 and 6.0 step 3
📋 Inspection Information
📏 Readings
✅ Checklist

Answer every line. N/A means it does not apply today. Every Fail needs a note saying what is wrong.

Line condition
Diameter measured crown to crown with calipers, not a box-end wrench
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 3.0
Broken wires under the removal limits for this rope construction
Source: API RP 54 (4th ed.) 7.5.2
No marked corrosion, kinking, crushing, cutting, peening or bird-caging
Source: API RP 54 (4th ed.) 7.5.4
Line under load does not rub the derrick or other stationary equipment
Source: API RP 54 (4th ed.) 7.5.8
Drum end fastened in the drum anchor slot with enough wraps left on the drum
Source: API RP 54 (4th ed.) 7.5.5; Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 7.0
Ton-miles logged since the last cut
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 3.0; API RP 54 (4th ed.) 7.5.7
Slip and cut (answer N/A if no cut today)
Top drive and blocks hung off on the block slings; drawworks parking brake set
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 5.0 step 4
Man rider permit open for overhead work; floor cleared while shackles go in
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 5.0 step 4
Double eye protection for everyone at the cutter; leather slip-and-cut gloves; hand over hand
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 4.0 and 7.0 step 5
Nobody straddles or stands in a loop of line; no feet in the drawworks while spooling
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 7.0 step 9
Deadline anchor 7/8 in. studs and nuts torqued to 360 ft-lb with anti-seize, in the Section 11.0 sequence
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 7.0 step 11
Drawworks front guard reinstalled
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 7.0 step 12
Pason load cell back on the line, reading checked, not hanging against the handrail
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 9.0 step 1
Slippage mark painted around the line just above the uppermost deadman bolts
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 9.0 step 8
Crown saver tested and Crown-O-Matic checked after the cut
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 9.0 step 3
Peco Zone Management and Pason hook load and block height calibrated
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 9.0 steps 4 to 7
Traveling block and crown sheaves greased
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 9.0 step 10
Cut line coiled and secured with multiple wraps of tape or sash cord, then put in the metal dumpster
Source: Nordic R4 Slip and Cut Drilling Line 9.0 step 2
📝 Findings & Actions
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