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Ensuring Offshore Safety Focusing on Offshore Standards: Q&A with Bruce Reynolds Operating in Sensitive Offshore Environments Deepwater Exploration & Safety Standards and Related Publications

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Offshore Structures

API RP 2A-LRFD
Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms - Load and Resistance Factor Design

API RP 2A-WSD
Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms - Working Stress Design

API SPEC 2B
Fabrication of Structural Steel Pipe

API SPEC 2C
Offshore Cranes

API RP 2D
Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes

API SPEC 2F
Mooring Chain

API RP 2L
Planning, Designing, & Constructing Heliports for Fixed Offshore Platforms

API SPEC 2MT1
Specification for As-Rolled Carbon Manganese Steel Plate with Improved Toughness for Offshore Structures

API SPEC 2MT2
Rolled Shapes with Improved Notch Toughness

API RP 2SK
Design and Analysis of Station keeping Systems for Floating Structures

API RP 2SM
Design, Manufacture, Installation and Maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring

API SPEC 2W
Steel Plates for Offshore Structures, Produced by Thermo-Mechanical Control Processing (TMCP)

API RP 2X
Ultrasonic Examination of Offshore Structural Fabrication and Guidelines for Qualification of Ultrasonic Technicians

Derricks and Masts

API SPEC 4F
Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures

API RP 4G
Maintenance and Use of Drilling and Well Servicing Structures

Tubular Goods

API RP 5A3
Recommended Practice on Thread Compounds for Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe

API RP 5A5
Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-End Drill Pipe

API SPEC 5CT/ISO 11960
Specification for Casing and Tubing

API SPEC 5D
Drill Pipe

API SPEC 5L
Specification for Line Pipe

Valves and Wellhead Equipment

API SPEC 6A
Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment

API SPEC 6D/ISO 14313
Pipelines Valves

API SPEC 6FA
Fire Tests for Valves

Drilling Equipment

API SPEC 7
Specification for Rotary Drill Stem Elements

API SPEC 7F
Oilfield Chain and Sprockets

API RP 7G
Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits

API SPEC 7K
Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment

API RP 7L
Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and Remanufacture of Drilling Equipment

Hoisting Tools

API SPEC 8A
Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment

API RP 8B/ISO 13534
Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and Remanufacture of Hoisting Equipment

API SPEC 8C/ISO 13535
Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL 1 and PSL 2)

Wire Rope

API SPEC 9A
Specification for Wire Rope

API RP 9B
Application, Care and Use of Wire Rope for Oilfield Service

Oil Well Cements

API SPEC 10A/ISO 10426-1
Specification for Cements and Materials for Well Cementing

API RP 10B
Recommended Practice for Testing Well Cement

API SPEC 10D/ISO 10427-1
Specification for Bow-Spring Casing Centralizers

API RP 10F/ISO 18165
Recommended Practice for Performance Testing of Cementing Float Equipment

Production Equipment

API SPEC 7B-11C
Internal-Combustion Reciprocating Engines for Oil Field Service

API RP 7C-11F
Installation, Maintenance & Operation of Internal-Combustion Engines

API RP 11AR
Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps

API SPEC 11AX
Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and Fittings

API RP 11BR
Care and Handling of Sucker Rods

API SPEC 11D1/ISO 14310
Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - Down hole Equipment - Packers and Bridge Plugs

API SPEC 11E
Pumping Units

API SPEC 11IW
Independent Wellhead Equipment

API RP 11S
Operation, Maintenance & Troubleshooting of Electric Submersible Pump Installation $ 59.00 e

API RP 11S4
Sizing and Selection of Electric Submersible Pump Installation

API SPEC 11V1
Gas Lift Valves, Orifices, Reverse Flow Valves, and Dummy Valves

API RP 11V2
Recommended Practice for Gas-Lift Valve Performance Testing

API RP 500
Classification of Locations for Electrical Installation at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Division 1 and Division 2

API RP 505
Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2

Lease Production Vessels

API SPEC 12B
Bolted Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids

API SPEC 12D
Field Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids

API SPEC 12F
Shop Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids

API SPEC 12J
Oil and Gas Separators

API SPEC 12K
Indirect Type Oil-Field Heaters

API SPEC 12P
Specification for Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tanks

API RP 12R1
Setting, Maintenance, Inspection, Operation, and Repair of Tanks in Production Service

Drilling Fluid Materials

API SPEC 13A
Drilling-Fluid Materials

API RP 13B-1
Standard Procedure for Field Testing Water-Based Drilling Fluids

API RP 13B-2
Standard Procedure for Field Testing Oil-Based Drilling Fluids

API RP 13C
Drilling Fluids Processing Systems Evaluation

API RP 13D
Recommended Practice on the Rheology and Hydraulics of Oil-Well Drilling Fluids $ 71.00 e

API RP 13I
Recommended Practice Standard Procedure for Laboratory Testing Drilling Fluids

Offshore Safety and Anti-Pollution

API SPEC 14A/ISO 10432
Specification for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment

API RP 14B
Design, Installation, Repair, and Operation of Subsurface Safety Valve Systems $ 83.00 e

API RP 14C
Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation, and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems for Offshore Production Platforms

API RP 14E
Design and Installation of Offshore Production Platform Piping Systems

API RP 14F
Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations

API RP 14FZ
Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Division 1 and Division 2 Locations

API RP 14J
Design and Hazards Analysis for Offshore Production Facilities

API SPEC 14L/ISO 16070
Lock Mandrels and Landing Nipples

Fiberglass and Plastic Pipe

API SPEC 15HR
High Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe

API SPEC 15LR
Specification for Low Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe

Drilling Well Control Systems

API SPEC 16A
Specification for Drill Through Equipment

API SPEC 16C
Choke and Kill Systems

API SPEC 16D
Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment

API RP 16Q
Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems

Subsea Production Systems

API RP 17A/ISO 13628-1
Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems

API RP 17B
Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe

API RP 17C/ISO 13628-3
TFL (Through Flowline) Systems

API SPEC 17D
Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment

API SPEC 17J
Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe

API SPEC 17K
Specification for Bonded, Flexible Pipe

Operating Practices

API RP 49
Drilling and Well Service Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide

API RP 51
Onshore Oil and Gas Production Practices for Protection of the Environment

API RP 64
Diverter Systems Equipment and Operations

API RP 65
Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deepwater Wells

API RP 70
Security for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations

API RP 74
Occupational Safety for Onshore Oil and Gas Production Operations

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