Standards News Highlights
API Recommended Practice 1188, 1st Edition
API has published API Recommended Practice (RP) 1188, Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities Integrity Management, 1st edition. This first edition standard provides a framework for providing a framework for pipeline operators to develop a pipeline facility integrity management program.
API Recommended Practice 2009
API has published API Recommended Practice (RP) 2009, Safe Welding, Cutting and Hot Work Practices in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, 8th edition. The latest edition updates and revises industry recommended best practices to help prevent injuries and incidents during welding operations.
API Recommended Practice 1162
API has published API Recommended Practice (RP) 1162, Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators, 3rd edition. The latest edition addresses the management of public awareness programs for the operators of transmission, distribution and gathering pipelines as well as underground storage systems.
API Specification 2C, 8th Ed.
API Specification 2C, 8th Edition, Offshore Pedestal-mounted Cranes, incorporates two new design methodologies related to structural considerations and subsea lifting. API Spec 2C is also part of API’s Monogram program, which certifies the manufacturing process for select products used by the industry.
API Recommended Practice 2D, 7th Ed.
API RP 2D, 7th Edition, Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes, provides greater insight on the requirements of API RP 2D-2 and is also a companion to API Spec 2C that establishes general principles for the safe operation and maintenance of these offshore cranes. API offers extensive training opportunities on RP 2D across the globe to improve operating techniques and safety.
API Recommended Practice 2D-2, 1st Ed
API RP 2D-2, 1st Edition, Training for Offshore Pedestal-Mounted Crane Riggers, Operators, and Inspectors, establishes guiding principles for training personnel to operate and maintain these cranes. The standard also provides the requirements for personnel to be certified as either a crane operator, rigger, or inspector.
API Specification 4F
API Specification 4F, 5th Edition, Drilling and Well Servicing Structures has been updated to incorporate the latest edition of the American Institute of Steel Construction's (AISC) code update for Allowable Strength Design to make sure components are manufactured to the highest standard, with safety, reliability, and sustainability at the forefront.
API Specification 5CT, 11th Edition
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has published the latest edition of API Recommended Practice 756 (RP 756), Management of Hazards Associated with Location of Process Plant Tents, 2nd edition.
API Releases New Edition of Critical Oilfield Equipment Standard
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is pleased to announce the publication of the 11th edition of API Standard 5CT, Casing and Tubing. As the foundational specification for the manufacture of steel casing and tubing used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, this edition marks a significant advancement in safety, environmental protection and operational integrity within the petroleum industry.
API Specification 6A, 21st Edition
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 21st edition of Specification 6A, Wellhead and Tree Equipment. This new edition provides technical updates that have reached consensus within API’s Subcommittee on Valves & Wellhead Equipment and will now give industry consistent practices in these respective areas of the standard. These updates are reflective of API’s standards program mission to provide a forum for development of consensus-based industry standards, and technical cooperation to improve the industry’s safety performance and competitiveness.
