Definition(s)
Running Tool
Manual or hydraulic device that interfaces between the drill string elevator and the riser joint that permits the deployment and retrieval of the riser string and BOP stack.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global Standards
Running Tool
See Handling Tool.
Source: API RP 16Q, Recommended Practice for Design, Selection, Operation and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, First Edition, November 1993 (Reaffirmed August 2001). Global Standards
Running Tool
Specialized tool used to run equipment in a well.
- EXAMPLE: Wireline running tool or various types of tubing-type running tools.
Source: API RP 17G, Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Risers, Second Edition, July 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards
Running Tool
Tool used to run, retrieve, position or connect wellhead equipment remotely from the drill floor.
Source: API SPEC 6A, Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment, Twentieth Edition, October 2010 (Addendum November 2012). Global Standards
Running Tool
Tool used to run, retrieve, position or connect subsea equipment remotely from the surface. EXAMPLES Tree running tools, tree cap running tools, flowline connector running tools, etc.5
Source: API SPEC 17D, Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment, Upstream Segment, Second Edition May 2011 (Errata September 2011). Global Standards
Running Tool
Tool used to install, operate, retrieve, position or connect subsea equipment remotely from the surface. NOTE An example is the subsea control-module running tool.
Source: API SPEC 17F, Specification for Subsea Production Control Systems, Second Edition, December 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards
Running Tool
device that joins to the upper end of a riser joint to permit lifting and lowering of the joint and the assembled riser string in the derrick by the elevators.
Source: ISO 13624-1:2009, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Drilling and production equipment – Part 1:Design and operation of marine drilling riser equipment. Global Standards