API Spec 9A-2011 Specification for Wire Rope

American Petroleum Institute (API). Twenty-Sixth Edition, May 2011, Effective Date November 1, 2011. 64 p. This standard specifies the minimum requirements and terms of acceptance for the manufacture and testing of
steel wire ropes not exceeding rope grade 2160 for the petroleum and natural gas industries. The following products are covered by this specification:
- wire rope,
- bright- or drawn-galvanized wire rope,
- well-measuring wire, and
- well-measuring strand.