International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

Standards Bulletin
Global Standards Used Locally Worldwide
http://info.ogp.org.uk/standards/ INTERNATIONAL REGULATORS FORUM (IRF)
The Montara and Macondo incidents put a new emphasis on the need for robust and comprehensive standards. There is also greater recognition of the role national regulators have to play in the standards development process; in selecting topics and priorities for standardisation, in helping to develop standards themselves, or in using completed standards within the regulatory landscape. OGP OGP therefore welcomed Stand ards Com the resolution of the IRF m ISO T ittee and members in October C go to 67 plena 2011 following their ry Rio fo r mee ings Summit Conference t18 th 19-2 th and last year to support 0 2012 Septemb the ISO standards er respe ctively system (and IEC . for electrical issues) as the principal system for offshore regulators to support in order to achieve globally agreed offshore standards. At the same time, IRF recognised the crucial role that relevant national and regional standards would continue to play whilst no equivalent ISO (or IEC) standards existed. IRF has now set up a Standards subgroup that will engage with the OGP Standards Committee, ISO/TC67 Management Committee and other relevant groups. Speaking on this outcome, OGP Standards Committee Chair Ross Smith, BP, said, IRF is the principal international regulatory forum for offshore safety so this is an important step which may lead to the more consistent use of international standards by regulators and potentially simplify the movement of rigs and equipment across national borders. And this also applies to those OGP members that use different standards for the same topics. We look forward to working together with IRF in the years to come and will continue to encourage the use of the same international standards worldwide.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A set of International Standards for a wide selection of vital oil & gas industry materials, equipment and offshore structures is emerging from the International Standards Organization, ISO. These standards are primarily the responsibility of ISO Technical Committee 67 (ISO/TC67). They are developed using a consensus process that includes more than 3000 oil & gas industry experts from around the globe and an international review and approval process. 157 ISO standards have now been issued, including 12 revisions or new publications in 2011. As many as 30 standards were planned for revision or new publication this year; however, this is now unlikely due to EU/US sanction regulations creating difficulties for the progress of international standards work. The international oil & gas industry and national standardisation organisations support these standards for worldwide applications. Asian, European, Gulf States, North & South American, Russian and other standards bodies are now adopting them for regional and national use. The oil & gas industry uses international standards to enhance technical integrity, improve safety, facilitate global operations and reduce the environmental impact of operations worldwide. A lot has been achieved by the industry over the past two decades. For industry, they will reduce costs and delivery time, and facilitate trade across national borders. For regulators, they offer support for goal-setting and functional regulations, while achieving higher levels of safety through better design. These standards are now being implemented widely in oil and gas provinces around the world, replacing existing industry, regional and national standards and eliminating or reducing the need for company-specific specifications. For details on standards available from ISO TC67, see poster inside or www.iso.org.

ARCTIC STANDARDS
The Barents 2020 project was officially started in 2007 to harmonize the HSE approach and standards to be applied in the Norwegian and Russian Barents Sea. The project has now been concluded and over its four year duration has become a leading player in the advancement of global Arctic capability. Key areas of activity and delivery within Barents 2020 include: Identification of relevant standards that could be used in the Arctic with focus on the Barents Sea. Recommended enhancements to existing standards on stationary floating systems in ice, incorporating Shtokman design experience. Highlighting of risk management differences between Norwegian and Russian practice and creating a shared vision towards Arctic risks and risk management. Recommended enhancements to existing standards for Escape, Evacuation and Rescue (EER). Recommended enhancements to standards and approaches to ensure a safe working environment. Enhanced guidelines on discharge to sea/emission to air.

Barents 2020 has delivered a clear pathway to transition and integration of its results into these ongoing and new regional and international standardization efforts, ensuring that the results will have a lasting legacy. For Barents 2020 final reports, see www.dnv.com. The new ISO Standard 19906, Arctic offshore structures, was identified as a key base document for many of the areas. Additionally, a new ISO/TC67 subcommittee No 8, with a Russian Secretariat will address non-structural standards issues of Arctic Operations. An equally important non-technical contribution from the project is the relationships established between the multinational groups of technical experts that worked on the project. OGPs Arctic Coordination Task Force has applied for a category A liaison with the new ISO committee TC67/SC8 Arctic operations and encouraging member company participation in planning and executing its activities.

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ISO Standards for use in the oil & gas industry

ISO 10418 ISO 10423 ISO/TR 12489 ISO 13533 ISO 13534 ISO 13535 ISO 13626 ISO 13702 ISO 13703 ISO 14224 ISO 14692 ISO 14693 Basic surface safety systems Wellhead & christmas tree equipment Reliability modeling/safety systems (New) Drill-through equipment (BOPs) Hoisting equipment - care/maint (Rev) Hoisting equipment - specication (Rev) Drilling and well-servicing structures Control & mitigation of re & explosion Offshore piping systems Reliability/maintenance data GRP piping, Parts 1-4 Drilling equipment ISO 15156-1 ISO 15156-2 ISO 15156-3 ISO 15138 ISO 15544 ISO 15663 ISO 17776 ISO 20815 ISO 21457 ISO 23936-1 ISO 23936-2 ISO/TS 27469 ISO/TS 29001 Selection of cracking resistant materials for use in H2S envrironments Cracking-resistant steels and cast irons for use in H2S environments Cracking-resistant alloys for use in H2S environments HVAC Emergency response Life cycle costing, Parts 1-3 Assessment of hazardous situations Production assurance and reliability management Materials selection Thermoplastics Elastomers (New) Method of test for offshore re dampers Sector-specic quality management systems ISO 19900 ISO 19901-1 ISO 19901-2 ISO 19901-3 ISO 19901-4 ISO 19901-5 ISO 19901-6 ISO 19902 ISO 19903 ISO 19905-1 ISO/TR 19905-2 ISO 19906 Offshore structures - general requirements Metocean design and operating considerations Seismic design Topsides structure Geotechnical and foundation design Weight control Marine operations Fixed steel offshore structures Fixed concrete offshore structures Jack-ups (New) Jack-ups commentary (New) Arctic offshore structures ISO 3977-5 ISO 10428 ISO 10431 ISO 10434 ISO 10437 ISO 10438 ISO 10439 ISO 10440-1 ISO 10440-2 ISO 10441 ISO 10442 ISO 12211 ISO 12212 ISO 13631 ISO 13691 ISO 13704 ISO 13705 ISO 13706 ISO 13707 ISO 13709 ISO 13710 Gas turbines procurement Sucker rods Pumping unites Bolted bonnet steel gate valves Special-purpose steam turbines (Rev) Lubrication, shaft-sealing and control-oil systems, Parts 1-4 Centrifugal compressors (Rev) Rotary-type positive-displacement process compressors (oil-free) Rotary PD packaged air compressors Flexible couplings special Integrally geared air compressors Spiral plate heat exchangers (New) Harpin heat exchangers (New) Reciprocating gas compressors High speed enclosed gear units Calculation of heater tube thickness Fired heaters for general service (Rev) Air-cooled heat exchangers (Rev) Reciprocating compressors Centrifugal pumps Reciprocating positive displacement pumps (Rev) ISO 14691 ISO 15547-1 ISO 15547-2 ISO 15649 ISO 15761 ISO 16812 ISO 17292 ISO 21049 ISO 23251 ISO/TS 24817 ISO 25457 ISO 27509 ISO 28300 ISO 28460 Flexible couplings general Plate & frame type heat exchangers Brazed aluminium platen type heat exchangers Piping Steel valves DN 100 and smaller Shell & tube heat exchangers Metal ball valves Centrifugal and rotary pumps shaft sealing (Rev) Pressure-relieving and depressuring systems (Rev) Composite repair of pipework Flares details Compact anged connections (New) Venting of storage tanks LNG - Ship to shore interface

ISO 13624-1 ISO/TR 13624-2 ISO 13625 ISO 19901-7 ISO 19904-1

Marine drilling riser systems Marine drilling riser system analysis Marine drilling riser couplings Station-keeping systems for oating offshore structures (Rev) Floating offshore structures

ISO 13628-1 ISO 13628-2 ISO 13628-3 ISO 13628-4 ISO 13628-5 ISO 13628-6 ISO 13628-7 ISO 13628-8

Subsea production systems (Amd) Subsea exible pipe systems Subsea TFL pumpdown systems Subsea wellhead and tree equipment Subsea control umbilicals Subsea production controls Completion/workover riser system ROT and interfaces (Rev)

ISO 13628-9 ISO 13628-10 ISO 13628-11 ISO 13628-15 ISO 13628-16 ISO 13628-17

ROT intervention systems Bonded exible pipe Flexible pipe systems for subsea and marine applications Subsea structures and manifolds (New) Spec for exible pipe ancillary equipment (New) RP for exible pipe ancillary equipment (New)

ISO/TR 10400 ISO 10405 ISO 10407-1 ISO 10407-2 ISO 10414-1 ISO 10414-2 ISO 10416 ISO 10417 ISO 10424-1

Calculations for OCTG performance properties Care/use of casing/tubing Drill stem design Inspection and classication of drill stem elements Field testing of water-based uids Field testing of oil-based drilling uids (Rev) Drilling uids - lab testing Subsurface safety valve systems Rotary drill stem elements

ISO 10424-2 ISO 10426-1 ISO 10426-2 ISO 10426-3 ISO 10426-4 ISO 10426-5 ISO 10426-6 ISO 10427-1

Threading and gauging of connections Well cementing Testing of well cements (Rev) Testing of deepwater well cement Preparation and testing of atmospheric foamed cement slurries Shrinkage and expansion of well cement Static gel strength of cement formulations Bow spring casing centralizers

ISO 10427-2 ISO 10427-3 ISO 10432 ISO 11960 ISO 11961 ISO 13085 ISO 13500 ISO 13501 ISO 13503-1 ISO 13503-2 ISO 13503-3 ISO 13503-4 ISO 13503-5 ISO 13503-6 ISO 13678 ISO 13679

Centralizer placement and stop-collar testing Performance testing of cement oat equipment Subsurface safety valves Casing and tubing (Rev) Drill pipe Tubing aluminium alloy pipes (New) Drilling uids (Amd) Drilling uids - processing systems evaluation (Rev) Measurement of viscous properties of completion uids (Rev) Measurement of properties of proppants Testing of heavy brines Measurement of stimulation & gravelpack uid leakoff Measurement of long term conductivity of proppants Measurement of leak-off of completion uids under dynamic conditions (New) Thread compounds Casing and tubing connections testing (Rev)

ISO 13680 ISO 14310 ISO 15136-1 ISO 15136-2 ISO 15463 ISO 15464 ISO 15546 ISO 16070 ISO 17078-1 ISO 17078-2 ISO 17078-3 ISO 17078-4 ISO 17824 ISO 20312 ISO 27627 ISO 28781

CRA seamless tubes for casing & tubing Packers and bridge plugs Progressing cavity pump systems Progressing cavity pump systems - drive heads Field inspection of new casing, tubing and plain end drill pipe Gauging and inspection of threads Aluminium alloy drill pipe (Rev) Lock mandrels and landing nipples Side-pocket mandrels (Amd) Flow control devices for side-pocket mandrels Latches & seals for side-pocket mandrels & ow control devices Side-pocket mandrels and related equipment Sand control screens Design of aluminium drill string (New) Aluminium drill pipe thread gauging (New) Subsurface tubing mounted formation barriers

ISO 3183 ISO 12490 ISO/TS 12747 ISO 13623 ISO 13847 ISO 14313 ISO 14723 ISO 15589-1 ISO 15589-2 ISO 15590-1 ISO 15590-2 ISO 15590-3 ISO 16708 ISO 21329 ISO 21809-1 ISO 21809-2 ISO 21809-3 ISO 21809-4 ISO 21809-5

Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems (Rev) Actuation, mechanical integrity and sizing for pipeline valves (New) Pipeline life extension (New) Pipeline transportation systems Pipeline welding (Rev) Pipeline valves Subsea pipeline valves Cathodic protection for on-land pipelines (Rev) Cathodic protection for offshore pipelines (Rev) Pipeline induction bends Pipeline ttings (Rev) Pipeline anges (Rev) Pipeline reliability-based limit state design Test procedures for pipeline mechanical connectors Polyolen coatings (3-layer PE and 3-layer PP) (New) Fusion-bonded epoxy coatings (Rev) Field joint coatings (Amd) Polyethylene coatings (2-layer PE) External concrete coatings

Standards in brown issued in 2011 Standards in green are a priority for 2012 issue
These ISO standards are only a core collection of several hundreds of International Standards available for the oil & gas industry

NEW ISO COATING WORK GROUP

A new international standards working group (WG11) on coating and linings of petroleum equipment and structures has been established by ISO TC67. The group is made up of around 35 specialists from 14 different countries and Muayad Ajjawi, Head of Standards & Regulations Development at Qatar Petroleum, has been chosen as convener of the Working Group, which will carry out standardization activities on Coating and Lining of Equipment and Structures in Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry. This new Working Group will help to develop new, and update existing, coating and lining standards for the petroleum, petrochemicals and natural gas industries. The first meeting of WG 11 was held on 30 -31 of January

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RP 16C Choke and Kill Systems (revision) RP 16D Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment (revision) RP 17H Remotely Operated Vehicles (revision) RP 65-1 Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deepwater Wells (rev) RP 90 Annular Pressure Management for Offshore Wells (rev)

SUCCESS STORY ADOPTION PROGRESS

Gulf Standards Organization (representing 7 Middle-East countries) has now (April 2012) adopted 81 of the ISO standards shown above. API has adopted back a similar number of the ISO standards, CEN adoptions is now at 135. These numbers represent growing consensus in the oil & gas industry around the globe. With China, Brazil, Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and others in addition adopting the same ISO standards, we are steadily progressing towards the vision:

THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS BULLETIN

This bulletin is developed by the OGP Standards Committee including members from: Addax Petroleum, API, BG, BP, CEN, Chevron, China Petroleum Standardization Committee, ConocoPhillips, The Energy Institute, Eni, ExxonMobil, Gazprom, Inpex, ISO, Kuwait Oil company, Maersk Oil, Marathon, MOL, NCOC (North Caspian Operating Co.), OGP, OMV, Pemex, Petrobras, Petro-China, Petronas, Premier Oil, PTTEP, Qatar Petroleum, RasGas, Repsol, Santos Ltd, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Statoil, Suncor, Total & Woodside. http://info.ogp.org.uk/standards

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GLOBAL STANDARDS USED LOCALLY WORLDWIDE

MATERIAL STANDARDS
Comprehensive material standards are crucial for the safety of personnel, effective construction and planned life time performance of the oil & gas installations. In ISO/TC67 there are many subcommittees and work groups that develop standards where material guidelines and requirements are included, but two work groups have been charged with specific responsibilities in this area: WG7 Materials for use in H2S containing environments in oil and gas production WG8 Materials, corrosion control, welding and jointing and nondestructive examination (NDE) WG7 has in cooperation with NACE focussed on materials to perform well in H2S containing environments, as its title describes and lately they have been looking into standards for use of elastomers in the oil & gas industry. WG8 has a wider scope and is currently looking into its work program. As a basis for this, a study of 83 existing ISO/ TC67 standards reveals the following interesting results with respect to materials: 894 Pages of materials related content in main body of these standards 557 Pages of materials related content in annexes of these standards 1,452 Pages of materials related content in total of these 83 standards 938 Number of individual materials related reference standards listed in standards in survey It can safely be concluded from these numbers that materials provisions cater for a significant portion of the ISO standards in question, which also include nearly one thousands of reference standards from as many as 30 and more different standard developing organisations around the world. This adds further large volume to the material standards available to the industry but is also complicates the issue of harmonisation with so many different organisations providing material standards. This study is now the basis for further evaluations within WG8 on what should be the work program for international material standards related work in ISO in the years to come. Many operating companies also have a number of company specifications developed over many years of operation that include lots of hard earned learnings and valuable experiences. The library of documents is shared within OGP Materials Subcommittee for the purpose of learning and harmonisation of specification and also they are a great source of improvements for international material standards.

CURRENT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ISSUE

The work of ISO/TC67 has recently been seriously affected by EU & US trade regulations. An agreement has recently been made between ISO and OGP to respond to temporary industry uncertainties associated with these trade regulations and their applicability to standardization in the oil and gas sector. Under this agreement OGP will offer to continue developing draft international standards in the ISO/TC67 work program, while a permanent solution to the sanction problems can be found. Requests for interpretation of the regulations have been sent to the EU Commission and US Department of Treasury. OGP and API recently met to discuss how a long term solution could be found and it was agreed to establish a joint task force to develop a solution. For more information on this interim solution, please contact OGP at pmInterimSolution@ogp.org.uk.

Courtesy of Sandvik

ABOUT OGP
The International Association of Oil & Gas producers (OGP) encompasses most of the worlds leading publicly traded, private and state-owned oil & gas companies, oil & gas associations and major upstream service companies. OGP members operate in more than 80 different countries and produce more than half the worlds oil and about one third of its gas. The association was formed in 1974 to develop effective communications between the upstream industry and an increasingly complex network of international regulators. An essential part of OGPs mission is to represent the interests of the upstream industry to international regulators and legislators. OGP also helps members achieve continuous improvement in safety, health and environmental performance, and in the engineering and operation of upstream ventures. OGPs extensive international membership brings with it a wealth of knowhow, data and experience. OGP committees and task forces manage the exchange and dissemination of this knowledge. OGP additionally promotes awareness of Corporate Responsibility issues such as transparency of revenues and combatting corruption. The OGP Standards Committee monitors, co-ordinates and influences the development of international standards to meet the needs of OGP members. There is close communication with key standards bodies, particularly API, CEN, GSO and ISO. The Committee also influences and monitors adoption of international standards in Asia, America, Europe and other regions. OGPs position on standards is to: promote development and use of ISO and IEC International Standards; ensure standards are simple and fit for purpose; use International Standards without modification wherever possible; ensure visibility of the international standards identification number, whatever the method of publication; base development of standards on a consensus of need; avoid duplication of effort; minimise company specifications which should be written, where possible, as functional requirements; and promote users on standards work groups. The adoption of this approach is expected to minimise technical barriers to trade, enable more efficient worldwide operations, and improve the technical integrity of equipment, materials, and offshore structures used by the petroleum and natural gas industries.

OGP POSITION ON STANDARDS

OGP has been a catalyst in the industrys approach to standards and strongly supports the internationalisation of key standards used by the petroleum and natural gas industries.

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