"FOREWORD This manual@ prepared by the Committee on Safety m Drilling and Production Operations@ of the Central Committee on Accident Prevention@ is the first revision of API Accident-Prevention Manual No 10 ''Rotary Drilling@"" published in 1937. Considerably expanded to include the latest information on safe drilling practices@ the manual is an attempt to provide@ for members of drilling crews@ information which will make it possible for them to avoid many costly mistakes which have contributed to the all-too-frequent injuries attendant upon drilling This manual has been approved for publication by the Safety Committee of the American Petroleum Institutes Board of Directors"
API MANUAL 10-1953 history
1953API MANUAL 10-1953 SAFE PRACTICES IN DRILLING OPERATIONS (Second Edition)