STANDARDS and APPLICATION

Reference Standards Scope of application

API Spec 16A, 3rd Edt Specification for drill through equipment, BOP, rams, ram blocks, packers,
annular element and annular BOP, spools, clamps, adapters, connections
(flange, studded, clamps), ring gaskets

API Spec 2C Offshore Pedestal-Mounted Cranes

API RP 2D Operation and maintenance of offshore cranes
API RP 2F Specification for Mooring Chain
API RP 2I In-Service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Structures
API RP 2MOP Marine Operations
API RP 2MET Derivation of Metocean Design and Operating Conditions - FIRST EDITION

API Bull 2S Design of Windlass Wildcats for Floating Offshore Structures

API RP 2SM Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes
for Offshore Mooring.
API RP 2X Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic and Magnetic Examination of Offshore
Structural Fabrication and Guidelines for Qualification of Technicians

API Spec 4F Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures

Recommended Practice for Use and Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance,
API RP 4G
and Repair of Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
API RP 5C6 Welding Connections to Pipe
API Spec 5DP Specification for Drill Pipe
API Spec 5L Specification for Line Pipe.
Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities
API RP 500
(Class/Division)

API RP 505 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities

(Zones)

API Spec 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection (Inspection, Rating, Repair and Alteration)

Piping Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of

API Spec 570
Piping Systems.
API RP 572 Recommended Practices for Inspection of Pressure Vessels
API RP 576 Recommended Practices for Inspection of Pressure Relieving Devices
API Spec 7-1 Specification for Rotary Drill Stem Elements
Specification for Threading and Gauging of Rotary Shouldered Thread
API Spec 7-2
Connections
API RP 7G Recommended Practice for Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits.
Recommended Practice for Inspection and Classification of Used Drill Stem
API RP7 G-2 Elements
API Spec 7K Specification for Drilling & Well Servicing Equipment
Recommended Practise for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and
API RP 7L
Remanufacture of Drilling Equipment
API 7NRV Drill String Non-Return Valves
API Spec 8A/8C Specification for Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment
Recommended Practice for Hoisting Tool Inspection and Maintenance
API RP 8B
Procedures
API Spec 9A Specification for Wire Rope
Recommended Practice On Application, Care and Use of Wire Rope for Oil
API RP 9B
Field Service
Recommended Practices for Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for
API RP 14F
Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities.
API Spec 16AR Standard for Repair and Remanufacturing of Drill-through Equipment
API Spec 16C Specification for Choke and Kill Systems
Specification for Control Systems for Drilling Well Control & Control Systems
API Spec 16D
for Diverter Equipment
Recommended Practices for Design of Control Systems for drilling well Control
API RP 16E
equipment
Recommended Practices for Safe Drilling of Well Containing Hydrogen
API RP 49
Sulphide
API STD 53 Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells
Recommended Practices for Safety and Health for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and
API RP 54 Servicing Operations
API RP 59 Recommended Practices for Well Control Operations

API RP 64 Recommended Practices for Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations.

API Q2 Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply
Organization for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, First Edition

Petroleum and natural gas industries Drilling and production equipment

ISO 13535 Hoisting equipment
ISO 11014-1 Safety Data Sheet for Chemical Products

ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Systems-Requirement with Guidance for Use

Petroleum and natural gas industries Drilling and production equipment

ISO 13534
Inspection, maintenance, repair and remanufacture of hoisting equipment

Petroleum and natural gas industries Drilling and production equipment

ISO 13626
Drilling and well-servicing structures
Fearnley Procter Group. Quality & Inspection Requirements for New and
NS-1
Refurbished Drilling and Well Completion Equipment
Fearnley Procter Group. Drillstring Inspection Standard for Used Drilling
NS-2 Equipment

Offshore Helicopter Landing Areas – Guidance on Standards (be advised where

UKCAA CAP 437
it reads “Should”, Shell requires ‘Shall”). 7 th Edition Feb/2013

Model Code of Safe Practice Part 15, 3 rd edition. Area Classification Code for
Energy Institute IP 15
Installations Handling Flammable Fluids.
OGP A road map for HRA in the oil and gas industry

Guidelines 6.36 / 210 Guidelines for the Development and Application of

OGP
Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems.

HSSE Management: Guidelines for Working Together in a Contract

OGP
Environment. Report No. 423
Lifting & hoisting safety recommended practice.
OGP
OGP
Report No. 376 April 2006
DROPS Global Common Guidelines for Independent Dropped Object Surveys

DROPS Global Recommended Guidelines for the Use of Restricted Access Areas (Red Zones)

DROPS Global Best Practise Recommendations for Back Loading Inbound Cargo
Best Practice Recommendations for the Securing of Structures and Equipment
DROPS Global
at The Worksite (Rev. 03)
Recommended Guidelines Pre-Task Drops Assessments, Checks and
DROPS Global
Precautions

DROPS Global Recommended Guidelines for the Safe Use of Tools & Equipment at Height

NACE MR0175 Corrosion Resistant Alloys for Sulphide Service

ASME B31.3 Process Piping – ASME Code for Pressure Piping
ASME B40.100 Standard for Pressure Gauges and Gauge Attachments
Qualification Standard for Welding Procedures, Welders, and Welding
ASME IX Operations
ASME VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
BS EN-363 Fall Arrest Systems
Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed
API RP 2A-WSD Offshore Platforms—Working Stress Design
API Bulletin 2INT-MET Interim Guidance on Hurricane Conditions in the Gulf of Mexico

Recommended Practice for Use and Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance,

API RP 4G and Repair of Drilling
and Well Servicing Structures
Specification for Structural Steel Buildings—Allowable Stress Design and Plastic
AISC 335-891
Design
ASCE/SEI 7-052 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures

Steel wire ropes for the petroleum and natural gas industries — Minimum
ISO 10425 requirements and terms of
acceptance