2023 API

PUBLICATIONS
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Advancing Safety, Environmental Protection, and Sustainability Across the Natural Gas and Oil Industry

API is pleased to present the 2023 Publications Catalog. The 2023 catalog includes API standards, recommended practices, and other
technical documents to help the natural gas and oil industry operate safely, efficiently, and responsibly as it supplies energy to billions
of people around the world. API standards and recommended practices are developed by leading industry subject-matter experts to
establish, maintain, and update consensus guidelines for the industry.

As we look to the future, we continue to strive to deliver energy in ways that protect our workers, communities, and the environment by
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The publications in this catalog are intended for all segments of the natural gas and oil industry. For the upstream segment, API
publications cover offshore structures and floating production systems, tubular goods, valves and wellhead equipment, and drilling and
production equipment. In the downstream arena, API publications address marketing and refinery equipment, including storage tanks,
pressure-relieving systems, compressors, turbines, and pumps. Midstream standards cover pipeline- and transportation-related
subjects. API also has publications that apply across industry sectors, covering fire and safety protection and petroleum measurement.

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Table of Contents

Exploration and Production 1 Refining 95

– General: Oil Field Equipment and Materials 1 – Inspection of Refinery Equipment 95
– Offshore Structures 2 – Mechanical Equipment Standards for Refinery Service 98
– Derricks and Masts 8 – Equipment Datasheets 101
– Tubular Goods 8 – Storage Tanks 102
– Valves and Wellhead Equipment 13 – Pressure-Relieving Systems for Refinery Service 105
– Drilling Equipment 17 – Piping Component and Valve Standards 106
– Hoisting Tools 19 – Electrical Installations and Equipment 108
– Wire Rope 20 – Heat Transfer Equipment Standards for Refinery Service 109
– Oil Well Cements 20 – Instrumentation and Control Systems 111
– Field Operating Equipment 23 – Technical Data Book Petroleum Refining 112
– Lease Production Vessels 26 – Related Items 113
– Drilling, Completion, and Fracturing Fluids 27 – Characterization and Thermodynamics 113
– Offshore Safety and Antipollution 29 – Materials Engineering Publications 113
– Fiberglass and Plastic Pipe 31 – Petroleum Products and Petroleum Product Surveys 120
– Drilling Well Control Equipment and Systems 32 – Process Safety Standards 120
– Subsea Production Systems 34 – Health, Environment, and Safety
– Completion Equipment 40 – General 122
– Supply Chain Management 42 – Soil and Groundwater 122
– Drilling and Production Operations 45 – Security 122
– Training 48
– Community Engagement 48 Safety and Fire Protection 125
– Health, Environment, and Safety
– Upstream Safety Standards 125
– Exploration and Production Safety Standards 49
– Multi-Segment Publications 126
– General 50
– Storage Tank Safety Standards 131
– Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials 51
– Waste 52 Health and Environmental Issues 133
– Security 52
– Air Research
Petroleum Measurement 53 – Emissions: General 133
– Emissions: Exploration and Production 135
– Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards 53
– Emissions: Marketing 136
Marketing 81 – Emissions: Refining 136
– Emissions: Vehicles 137
– General 81 – Exposure: Assessment and Monitoring 137
– Aviation 81 – Modeling 137
– Marketing Operations 82 – Ozone 138
– Used Oil 83 – Environment and Safety Data 138
– Tank Truck Operations 83 – Human Health Related Research 139
– Motor Oils and Lubricants 84 – Natural Resource Damage Assessment 141
– Diesel Fuel 84 – Pollution Prevention 141
– Health, Environment, and Safety – Soil and Groundwater Research 143
– General 85 – Contaminant Fate and Transport 144
– Waste 85 – Remedial Technologies 145
– Water 85 – Site Characterization 146
– Soil and Groundwater 85 – Environmental Stewardship Program Publications 148
– Security 86 – Storage Tank Research 149
– Surface Water Research 150
Transportation 87 – Biomonitoring 152
– Effluents: Exploration and Production 153
– Rail Transportation 87 – Effluents: Marketing 153
– Pipeline Public Education and Awareness 87 – Effluents: Refining 154
– Pipeline Operations Publications 87 – Oil Spills 154
– Pipeline Maintenance Welding 93 – Oil Spills: MSRC Reports 158
– Tank Truck Operations 93 – Biennial Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 160
– Security 93 – Sediments 161
– Waste Research 161
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API Data Products 163 Ordering Information

– API Data 163 Print and PDF versions of API standards are available for purchase at
www.apiwebstore.org.
Policy and Economic Studies 165
– Discussion Papers 165 API provides the public with online access to nearly 200 key industry
standards via our IBR (Incorporated by Reference) Reading Room.
– Research Studies 165 These standards cover all aspects of the oil and gas industry,
– Other Publications 166 including process safety, refinery and chemical plant operations and
– Papers on Specific Issues 166 equipment, offshore drilling, hydraulic fracturing and well
construction, and pipeline safety on welding, and public awareness
Translated Publications 167 programs. API’s goal is to provide the public with access to these
standards, particularly those related to safety or that have been
– Chinese 167 incorporated into federal regulation.
– Kazakh 168
– Portuguese 169 Please view the read-only publications at http://publications.api.org.
– Russian 169 The standards are available for review only.
– Spanish 176

Historical Publications 179

– MPMS Chapter 11.1—1980 179
– Withdrawn in 2022 180
– Withdrawn Publications 180

Publications by Number 195

Title Listing for Unnumbered Publications 221

Meetings, Conferences, Workshops, and Training 223

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https://www.api.org/products-and-services/standards Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for
NOTE Free publications with an asterisk are subject to a $10.00 handling charge for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas
each total order, plus actual shipping charges. Industry—Portuguese
(includes Errata 1 dated February 2014, Errata 2 dated March 2014,
GENERAL: OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS Addendum 1 dated June 2016, Addendum 2 dated June 2018, and
Errata 3 dated November 2019)
The API Composite List Portuguese translation of Spec Q1.
This is a directory of companies licensed to use the API Monogram and
APIQR Registration Mark. This directory also lists the companies who have 9th Edition | June 2013 | Product Number: G0Q109P | Price: $131.00
registered Perforator Designs with API. It provides an alphabetical list of
approximately 1,400 manufacturers licensed (at the time of publication) to Spec Q1 *
mark their products with the API Monogram. It also contains a classified Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for
listing (by specific API specification) of these licensed manufacturers, as well Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas
as over 200 APIQR ISO 9000 registered firms. This directory was developed
to assist those individuals desiring to purchase products and services Industry—Russian
meeting API specifications from companies whose quality systems and (includes Errata 1 dated February 2014, Errata 2 dated March 2014,
capabilities are verified by API’s Quality Programs. It is updated and Addendum 1 dated June 2016, Addendum 2 dated June 2018, and
published quarterly. Errata 3 dated November 2019)
A searchable on-line version of the composite list is updated weekly and can Russian translation of Spec Q1.
be found at https://mycerts.api.org/Search/CompositeSearch.
Free* 9th Edition | June 2013 | Product Number: G0Q109R | Price: $131.00

Spec Q1  Spec Q1 *
Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for
Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas
Industry Industry—Spanish
(includes Errata 1 dated February 2014, Errata 2 dated March 2014, (includes Errata 1 dated February 2014, Errata 2 dated March 2014,
Addendum 1 dated June 2016, Addendum 2 dated June 2018, and Addendum 1 dated June 2016, Addendum 2 dated June 2018, and
Errata 3 dated November 2019) Errata 3 dated November 2019)
Establishes the minimum quality management system requirements for Spanish translation of Q1.
organizations that manufacture products or provide manufacturing-related
processes under a product specification for use in the petroleum and natural 9th Edition | June 2013 | Product Number: G0Q109SP | Price: $131.00
gas industry. This specification specifies requirements of a quality
management system for an organization to demonstrate its ability to Spec Q2 
consistently provide reliable products and manufacturing-related processes Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply
that meet customer and legal requirements. This specification specifies Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries
requirements of a quality management system for an organization to
demonstrate its ability to consistently provide reliable products and Defines the quality management system (QMS) requirements for service
manufacturing-related processes that meet customer and legal supply organizations for the petroleum and natural gas industries. It is
requirements. The quality management system requirements specified in this intended to apply to the execution of services for the petroleum and natural
specification are in alignment with the clause requirements and format of gas industry. This includes, but is not limited to, activities such as well
document used for the provision of services and use of service-related construction, intervention, production, and abandonment, as well as repair/
product (API Q2). Pages: 47 maintenance/configuration of service-related product. Pages: 33
9th Edition | June 2013 | Effective Date: June 1, 2014 2nd Edition | July 2021 |Product Number: G0Q202 | Price: $96.00
Product Number: G0Q109 | Price: $131.00
Spec Q2 *
Spec Q1 * Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply
Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries—
Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas
Industry—Chinese Russian
(includes Errata 1 dated February 2014, Errata 2 dated March 2014, Russian translation of Q2.
Addendum 1 dated June 2016, Addendum 2 dated June 2018, and 2nd Edition | July 2021 |Product Number: G0Q202R | Price: $96.00
Errata 3 dated November 2019)
Chinese translation of Spec Q1.
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RP 1FSC that other segments carefully review these requirements in order to

Facilities Systems Completion Planning and Execution determine their applicability and, if necessary, to develop an applicable
annex identifying any segment-specific requirements.
Applies to a wide variety of projects within the oil and gas industry excluding
subsurface. Although intended for oil and gas industry, the process This document does not include technical requirements for products and
described in this document can be applied to other industries as well. It is does not include requirements for determination of fitness-for-service for a
intended that the processes and practices established herein can be particular product. In addition, this document does not include requirements
adapted and applied from a single piece of tagged equipment to a complex for original design and manufacture of product. Pages: 14
petrochemical facility. The process described is intended to be applied at a 1st Edition | April 2017 | Product Number: G18LCM1 | Price: $84.00
system level. The systems completion process is the sequential activities
within a project that verify and prove the construction, installation, TR 18TR1 
integration, testing, and preparation of systems have been completed as Guidance on Changes to API Q1, Ninth Edition
designed, and thus, the facility is ready for start-up and operations. The
systems completion process is designed to help prepare and manage the Written for experienced quality professionals seeking to implement the new
transfer of care, custody, and control of facilities under construction through requirements of API Q1, 9th Edition and to gain a deeper understanding of
appropriate certification and documentation, such that the details of the requirements with an overall view to improving their quality management
progress are evident. Pages: 11 system (QMS) and conformance to API Q1, 9th Edition. While API Q1, 9th
Edition was created independently of ISO 9001:2008, the specification
1st Edition | July 2013 | Reaffirmed: December 2019 continues to satisfy those requirements and the supplemental requirements
Product Number: G1FSC01 | Price: $66.00 in API Q1, 8th Edition. The formatting of API Q1, 9th Edition was revised to
align with API Q2, 1st Edition and to follow a chronological order in the
TR 1PER15K-1 production and delivery of the product. Pages: 22
Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-Pressure High- 1st Edition | June 2015 | Product Number: G18TR101 | Price: $71.00
Temperature Equipment
Focuses on an evaluation process for HPHT equipment in the petroleum and TR 18TR4
natural gas industries that includes design verification analysis, design Evaluation of Welding Requirements as Applicable to API Product
validation, material selection considerations, and manufacturing process Specifications
controls necessary to ensure the equipment is fit-for-service in the
applicable HPHT environment where HPHT environments are intended to A result of an evaluation of the consistency of welding requirements between
mean one or more of the following well conditions exist: API Product Specifications that are primarily used in exploration and
production. The intent of the evaluation was to identify a means to standardize
• the completion of the well requires completion equipment or well control welding requirements across API Product Specifications. Pages: 117
equipment assigned a pressure rating greater than 15,000 psig or a
1st Edition | December 2017
temperature rating greater than 350 °F;
Product Number: G18TR401 | Price: $131.00
• the maximum anticipated surface pressure or shut-in tubing pressure is
greater than 15,000 psig on the seafloor for a well with a subsea OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
wellhead or at the surface for a well with a surface wellhead; or
• the flowing temperature is greater than 350 °F on the seafloor for a well TR 2A-LFS
with a subsea wellhead or on the surface for a well with a surface Load Factor Study for API Recommended Practice 2A-LRFD
wellhead.
Evaluates the suitability of the load factors in API 2A-LRFD, 1st Edition
The design verification and validation protocols in this report should be used (1993) given the accumulated experience since the 1980s about hurricane
as a guide by the various API standards committees to develop future hazards and platform performance. Pages: 124
documents on equipment specifications for HPHT service. This report is not
intended to replace existing API equipment specifications, but to 1st Edition | November 2020
supplement them by illustrating accepted practices and principles that may Product Number: G2ALFS01 | Price: $120.00
be considered in order to maintain the safety and integrity of the equipment.
This report is intended to apply to the following equipment: wellheads, tubing RP 2A-LRFD
heads, tubulars, packers, connections, seals, seal assemblies, production Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms—
trees, chokes, and well control equipment. It may be used for other
equipment in HPHT service. Pages: 90 Load and Resistance Factor Design
1st Edition| March 2013 | Product Number: G1PER15K11| Price: $159.00 Specifies requirements and provides recommendations applicable to the
following types of fixed steel offshore structures for the petroleum and
natural gas industries: free-standing and braced caissons, jackets,
Std 18LCM  monotowers, and towers. In addition, it is applicable to compliant bottom
Product Life Cycle Management System Requirements for the founded structures, steel gravity structures, jack-ups, other bottom founded
Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries structures, and other structures related to offshore structures (such as
Defines the requirements of a management system for service providers underwater oil storage tanks, bridges, and connecting structures), to the
performing lifecycle management of products for organizations in the extent to which its requirements are relevant. This document contains
petroleum and natural gas industry. The document identifies requirements requirements for planning and engineering of the following tasks: design,
for service providers of lifecycle management and the activities required to fabrication, transportation, and installation of new structures, as well as their
perform product lifecycle management including determination of product future removal; in-service inspection and integrity management of both new
lifecycle management status, actions required to maintain a status, and and existing structures; assessment of existing structures; and evaluation of
development of the lifecycle management plan. structures for reuse at different locations. Pages: 518
Multiple products used together as part of a system application may be 2nd Edition | August 2019 | Product Number: G2ALRFD2 | Price: $387.00
included in the scope of this document, but only as individual products. This
document was developed for upstream activities application. This document
is intended for pressure-containing and/or pressure-controlling products for
wellbore fluids but may also be applied to other equipment that is specified
by the product owner or customer. While this document and/or portions
thereof could be applicable to other industry segments, it is recommended

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RP 2A-WSD RP 2D
Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms— Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes
Working Stress Design (includes Errata 1 dated August 2015 and Addendum 1 dated October 2020)
Contains requirements for the design and construction of new fixed offshore Intended to serve as a guide to crane owners and operators in developing
platforms and for the relocation of existing platforms used for drilling, operating and maintenance practices and procedures for use in the safe
development, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas. In addition, this operation of pedestal-mounted revolving cranes on fixed or floating offshore
document should be used in conjunction with RP 2SIM for the assessment platforms, jackup drilling rigs, semi-submersible drilling rigs and other types
of existing platforms in the event that it becomes necessary to make a of mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs). Guidelines are also given for the
determination of the fitness-for-purpose of the structure. Pages: 310 pre-use inspection and testing of temporary cranes (also called self-erecting,
22nd Edition | November 2014 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 leapfrog or bootstrap cranes) that are erected offshore.
Product Number: G2AWSD22 | Price: $428.00 Equipment (e.g. davits, launch frames) used only for launching life-saving
appliances (life boats or life rafts) are not included in the scope of this
RP 2A-WSD * document. Pages: 120
Planning, Designing, and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms— 7th Edition | December 2014 | Product Number: G02D07 | Price: $157.00
Working Stress Design—Russian
RP 2D-2
Russian translation of RP 2A-WSD.
Training for Offshore Pedestal-mounted Crane Riggers, Operators,
22nd Edition | November 2014 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 and Inspectors
Product Number: G2AWSD22R | Price: $428.00 Enhances the robustness of previous test programs an improved hands-on
style of testing that will strengthen competency and understanding of safety
Spec 2B  protocols. This standard establishes general principles for the training of
Specification for the Fabrication of Structural Steel Pipe personnel for safe operations and maintenance of offshore pedestal-mounted
cranes, as a companion to API 2D and API 2C. This standard also provides
Covers the fabrication of structural steel pipe formed from plate steel with requirements and recommendations for personnel seeking qualification as a
longitudinal and circumferential butt-welded seams. Pipe is typically in sizes crane rigger, operator, or inspector. The revised training requirements in API 2D-
of 14 in. outside diameter and greater, with a wall thickness 3/8 in. and 2 will help enhance worker safety at offshore sites, with the goal of improving
greater (up to a nominal 40 ft in length), and is suitable for use in industry safety by reducing the number of drop incidents while boosting
construction of welded offshore structures. The use of the ERW process or productivity and working to eliminate the economic losses that stem from
spiral welded pipe is not included in this specification. Pipe fabricated under damage. API 2D-2 means all around improvements when it comes to
this specification is intended to be used primarily in piling and main operational safety, maintenance, and sustainability of pedestal-based cranes,
structural members, including tubular truss connections, where internal improving the overall lifespan of these key pieces of lifting hardware. Pages: 57
stiffeners are not usually required. Pages: 8 1st Edition | October 2020 | Product Number: G02D21 | Price: $90.00
6th Edition | July 2001 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
Product Number: G02B06 | Price: $90.00 RP 2EQ/ISO 19901-2:2004
Seismic Design Procedures and Criteria for Offshore Structures
Spec 2B * (includes Addendum 1 dated January 2019)
Specification for the Fabrication of Structural Steel Pipe—Chinese Contains requirements for defining the seismic design procedures and
Chinese translation of Spec 2B. criteria for offshore structures and is a modified adoption of ISO 19901-2.
The intent of the modification is to map the requirements of ISO 19901-2 to
6th Edition | July 2001 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 the United States’ offshore continental shelf (U.S. OCS). The requirements
Product Number: G02B06C | Price: $90.00 are applicable to fixed steel structures and fixed concrete structures. The
effects of seismic events on floating structures and partially buoyant
Spec 2B * structures are also briefly discussed. The site-specific assessment of jack-
Specification for the Fabrication of Structural Steel Pipe—Russian ups in elevated condition is only covered to the extent that the requirements
Russian translation of Spec 2B. are applicable. This document defines the seismic requirements for new
construction of structures in accordance with RP 2A-WSD, 22nd Edition and
6th Edition | July 2001 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 later. Earlier editions of RP 2A-WSD are not applicable. Only earthquake-
Product Number: G02B06R | Price: $90.00 induced ground motions are addressed in detail. Other geologically induced
hazards such as liquefaction, slope instability, faults, tsunamis, mud
Spec 2C  volcanoes, and shock waves are mentioned and briefly discussed. The
Offshore Pedestal-Mounted Cranes requirements are intended to reduce risks to persons, the environment, and
(includes Errata 1 dated June 2021) assets to the lowest levels that are reasonably practicable.
This edition of RP 2EQ is the modified national adoption of ISO 19901-
Provides requirements for design, construction, and testing of offshore 2:2004. Pages: 54
pedestal mounted cranes. Offshore cranes are defined in this specification
as pedestal mounted elevating and rotating lift devices for transfer of 1st Edition | November 2014 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
materials or personnel to or from marine vessels and structures. Offshore Product Number: GG2EQ01 | Price: $136.00
cranes are typically mounted on a fixed (bottom supported) or floating
platform structure used in drilling and production operations. Spec 2C is not Spec 2F 
intended to be used for the design, fabrication, and testing of davits and/or Specification for Mooring Chain
emergency escape devices. Spec 2C is also not intended to be used for Covers flash-welded chain and forged center connecting links used for
shipboard cranes or heavy lift cranes. Pages: 150 mooring of offshore floating vessels such as drilling vessels, pipe lay barges,
8th Edition | October 2020 | Product Number: G02C08 | Price: $175.00 derrick barges, and storage tankers. Pages: 16
6th Edition | June 1997 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
Product Number: G02F06 | Price: $97.00

*These translated versions are provided for the convenience of our customers and are not officially endorsed by API. The translated versions shall neither replace nor supersede the
English-language versions, which remain the official standards. API shall not be responsible for any discrepancies or interpretations of these translations. Translations may not
include any addenda or errata to the document. Please check the English-language versions for any updates to the documents.

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Spec 2F * RP 2FPS
Specification for Mooring Chain—Chinese Planning, Designing, and Constructing Floating Production Systems
Chinese translation of Spec 2F. Provides guidelines for design, fabrication, installation, inspection, and
6th Edition | June 1997 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 operation of floating production systems (FPSs). A FPS may be designed
Product Number: G02F06C | Price: $97.00 with the capability of one or more stages of hydrocarbon processing, as well
as drilling, well workover, product storage, and export. This document
RP 2FB addresses only floating systems where a buoyant hull of some form supports
the deck, production, and other systems. Bottom-fixed components, such as
Recommended Practice for Design of Offshore Facilities Against Fire self-supporting risers, and station keeping systems, such as turret mooring,
and Blast Loading catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM), single anchor leg mooring (SALM), etc.
Provides an assessment process for the consideration of fire and blast in the are considered as ancillary components and are addressed in more detail in
design of offshore structures and includes guidance and examples for setting other API recommended practices. Pages: 191
performance criteria. This document complements the contents of the Section 2nd Edition | October 2011 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
18 of RP 2A-WSD, 21st Edition with more comprehensive guidance in design Product Number: G2FPS02 | Price: $202.00
of both fixed and floating offshore structures against fire and blast loading.
Guidance on the implementation of safety and environmental management
practices and hazard identification, event definition and risk assessment can RP 2FSIM
be found in RP 75 and the RP 14 series. The interface with these documents is Floating Systems Integrity Management
identified and emphasized throughout, as structural engineers need to work Provides guidance for floating system integrity management (FSIM) of
closely with facilities engineers experienced in performing hazard analysis as floating production systems (FPSs), which include tension leg platforms
described in RP 14J, and with the operator's safety management system as (TLPs), used by the petroleum and natural gas industries to support drilling,
described in RP 75. Pages: 63 production, storage, and/or offloading operations.
1st Edition | April 2006 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 FPSs described in this recommended practice are governed by local
Product Number: G2FB01 | Price: $171.00 regulatory requirements and recognized classification society (RCS) rules (if
classed). No specific regulatory compliance or RCS requirements are
TR 2FC-1 restated in this RP. The requirements of this RP do not apply to mobile
offshore drilling units (MODUs) or to mobile offshore units (MOUs) used in
Studlink and Studless Fatigue Curves for Mooring Lines support of construction operations. For integrity management (IM)
Summarizes the derivation of fatigue curves for studless and studlink chain considerations, these units are typically governed by RCS rules. Pages: 101
mooring lines for inclusion in API 2SK, 3rd Edition. The 2nd of API 2SK has a 1st Edition | September 2019
single fatigue curve for mooring chain; this curve is a non-unique lower Product Number: G2FSIM01| Price: $175.00
bound to all of the in-water and in-air studlink fatigue test data. API 2SK,
2nd Edition does not have separate fatigue curves for studlink and studless RP 2GEO/ISO 19901-4:2003
chain. The studlink fatigue curve derived in this report is based on the salt
water tension-tension fatigue tests performed by the National Engineering Geotechnical and Foundation Design Considerations
Laboratory, Glasgow, UK (NEL) and Exxon Production Research Company (includes Addendum 1 dated October 2014)
(EPR) on oil rig quality (ORQ) studlink chain with bar diameters of 2 in., 3 in., Contains requirements and recommendations for those aspects of
and 4 in. The studless fatigue curve is based on the saltwater tension- geoscience and foundation engineering that are applicable to a broad range
tension fatigue tests performed by NEL on R3 and R4 studless chain with a of offshore structures, rather than to a particular structure type. Such
bar diameter of 3 in. Pages: 32 aspects are site characterization, soil and rock characterization, design and
1st Edition | January 2020 | Product Number: G02FC101 | Price: $75.00 installation of foundations supported by the seabed (shallow foundations),
identification of hazards, and design of pile foundations.
TR 2FC-2 Aspects of soil mechanics and foundation engineering that apply equally to
Fatigue TN Curves for Chain, Wire, and Polyester Mooring Lines offshore and onshore structures are not addressed. The user of this
document is expected to be familiar with such aspects.
(Including Corrections for High-tension Ranges)
This edition of RP 2GEO is the modified national adoption of ISO 19901-
Summarizes the derivation of high-load, range-low cycle corrections to API 4:2003. Pages: 103
2SK, 3rd Edition studlink and studless chain fatigue curves, and in this respect
supplements the derivation of standard fatigue curves reported in API 2FC-1, 1st Edition | April 2011 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
1st Edition. In addition, low cycle high load range corrections to API 2SK’s Product Number: GG2GEO01 | Price: $167.00
independent wire rope core (IWRC) and spiral strand (SS) wire rope fatigue
curves are proposed, and polyester rope fatigue data is reviewed and Spec 2H 
compared to the recommendations presently contained in API 2SM, API 2SK, Specification for Carbon Manganese Steel Plate for Offshore
and ISO 19901-7. The proposed corrections to the API TN curves and chain Structures
and polyester fatigue test data are provided; where the lower part of the Covers two grades of intermediate strength steel plates up to 4 in. thick for
piecewise linear TN curves (in the log-log space) are the same as in API 2SK, use in welded construction of offshore structures, in selected critical portions
while the upper part is the correction, or change, proposed. Pages: 26 that must resist impact, plastic fatigue loading, and lamellar tearing. These
1st Edition | January 2020 | Product Number: G02FC201 | Price: $65.00 steels are intended for fabrication primarily by cold forming and welding as
per Spec 2B. The welding procedure is of fundamental importance and it is
presumed that procedures will be suitable for the steels and their intended
service. Conversely, the steels should be amenable to fabrication and
welding under shipyard and offshore conditions. Pages: 24
9th Edition | July 2006 | Effective Date: February 1, 2007
Reaffirmed: September 2020 | Product Number: G02H09 | Price: $102.00

*These translated versions are provided for the convenience of our customers and are not officially endorsed by API. The translated versions shall neither replace nor supersede the
English-language versions, which remain the official standards. API shall not be responsible for any discrepancies or interpretations of these translations. Translations may not
include any addenda or errata to the document. Please check the English-language versions for any updates to the documents.

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Bull 2HINS RP 2MIM

Guidance for Post-Hurricane Structural Inspection of Offshore Mooring Integrity Management
Structures Provides guidance for the integrity management (IM) of mooring systems
connected to a permanent floating production system (FPS) used for the
Provides guidance for above- and below-water post-hurricane structural drilling, development, production, and/or storage of hydrocarbons in
inspections of fixed and floating structures in the Gulf of Mexico. The goal of offshore areas. The scope of this recommended practice (RP) extends from
these special inspections is to determine if a structure sustained hurricane- the anchor to the connection to the floating unit (e.g. chain stopper) and
induced damage that affects the safety of personnel, the primary structural includes components critical to the mooring system (e.g. turret bearings,
integrity of the asset, or its ability to perform the purpose for which it was fairleads, chain stoppers, anchors, suction piles).
intended. This document should be used in conjunction with the applicable
API recommended practices for the structure as well as any structure specific Specific guidance is provided for the inspection, monitoring, evaluation of
owner or regulatory requirements. Pages: 16 damage, fitness-for-service assessment, risk reduction, mitigation planning,
and the process of decommissioning. This RP incorporates and expands on
1st Edition | May 2009 | Product Number: G2HINS01 | Price: $90.00 the IM recommendations found in API 2I and API 2SK. In the event of any
discrepancy between API 2MIM and API 2I/API 2SK, API 2I/API 2SK will
RP 2I govern. Pages: 83
In-Service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Structures 1st Edition | September 2019
Provides guidelines for inspecting mooring components of mobile offshore Product Number: G2MIM01 | Price: $137.00
drilling units (MODUs) and permanent floating installations. This edition
includes: RP 2MOP/ISO 19901-6:2009
• inspection guidelines for steel permanent moorings on permanent Marine Operations
floating installations are added; (includes Errata 1 dated April 2015)
• inspection guidelines for fiber ropes used for permanent and MODU Provides requirements and guidance for the planning and engineering of
moorings are included;
marine operations, encompassing the design and analysis of the
• special guidance for MODU mooring inspection in the areas of tropical components, systems, equipment, and procedures required to perform
cyclone is provided. marine operations, as well as the methods or procedures developed to carry
Although this recommended practice was developed for the primary them out safely. This document is also applicable to modifications of existing
moorings of MODUs and permanent floating installations, some of the structures, e.g. installation of additional topsides modules.
guidelines may be applicable to moorings of other floating vessels such as
pipe-laying barges and construction vessels. Also some of the guidelines This edition of RP 2MOP is the identical national adoption of ISO 19901-
may be applicable to secondary or emergency moorings such as mooring for 6:2009. Pages: 168
jack-up units, shuttle tanker mooring, and dynamic positioning (DP) vessel 1st Edition | July 2010 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
harbor mooring. The applicability of this document to other floating vessels Product Number: GG2M0P1 | Price: $263.00
and moorings is left to the discretion of the user. Pages: 73
3rd Edition | April 2008 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 Spec 2MT1 
Product Number: G02I03 | Price: $160.00 Specification for Carbon Manganese Steel Plate with Improved
Toughness for Offshore Structures
RP 2MET Covers one grade of intermediate strength steel plates for use in welded
Derivation of Metocean Design and Operating Considerations construction of offshore structures. These steels are intended for fabrication
Gives general requirements for the determination and use of meteorological primarily by cold forming and welding as per Spec 2B. The primary use of
and oceanographic (metocean) conditions for the design, construction and these steels is for Class “B” applications as defined in RP 2A. Specs 2H, 2W,
operation of offshore structures of all types used in the petroleum and and 2Y cover other steels providing improved mechanical properties and
natural gas industries. toughness for Class “A” applications and should be used where substantial z-
The requirements are divided into two broad types: direction stresses are expected Pages: 6
• those that relate to the determination of environmental conditions in 2nd Edition | September 2001 | Effective Date: March 1, 2002
general, together with the metocean parameters that are required to Reaffirmed: January 2012 | Product Number: G2MT12 | Price: $90.00
adequately describe them;
• those that relate to the characterization and use of metocean parameters Spec 2MT2 
for the design, the construction activities or the operation of offshore
structures. Rolled Shapes with Improved Notch Toughness
The environmental conditions and metocean parameters discussed are: (includes Addendum 1 dated December 2019)
• extreme and abnormal values of metocean parameters that recur with Covers rolled shapes (wide flange shapes, angles, etc.), having a specified
given return periods that are considerably longer than the design service minimum yield strength of 50 ksi (345 Mpa), intended for use in offshore
life of the structure; structures. Commonly available Class A, Class B, and Class C beams refer to
• long-term distributions of metocean parameters, in the form of degrees of fracture criticality as described in RP 2A-WSD, with Class C being
cumulative, conditional, marginal or joint statistics of metocean for the least critical applications. For special critical applications, Class AAZ
parameters; and normal environmental conditions that are expected to shapes may be specified, by agreement, using Supplement S101. Pages: 8
occur frequently during the design service life of the structure. 1st Edition | June 2002 | Effective Date: December 1, 2002
Metocean parameters are applicable to: Reaffirmed: June 2015 | Product Number: G2MT21 | Price: $86.00
• the determination of actions for the design of new structures;
• the determination of actions for the assessment of existing structures;
• the site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units;
• the determination of limiting environmental conditions, weather windows,
actions and action effects for pre-service and post-service situations (i.e.
fabrication, transportation and installation or decommissioning and removal
of a structure); and facility operations, where appropriate. Pages: 280
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RP 2N/ISO 19906:2010 Bull 2S

Planning, Designing, and Constructing Structures and Pipelines for Design of Windlass Wildcats for Floating Offshore Structures
Arctic Conditions Covers the design of windlass wildcats to ensure proper fit and function
Specifies requirements and provides recommendations and guidance for the between wildcat and mooring chain. Wildcats are of the five-whelp type for
design, construction, transportation, installation, and removal of offshore use with studlink anchor chain conforming to the classification society
structures, related to the activities of the petroleum and natural gas Grades 1, 2, and 3, ORQ and Grade 4 chain. Wildcat dimensions are
industries in arctic and cold regions. Reference to arctic and cold regions provided for chains in integral 1/8 in. (3 mm) steps, ranging in size from 2 in.
includes both the Arctic and other cold regions that are subject to similar sea to 4 in. (51 mm to 102 mm). Wildcat dimensions for chain in intermediate
ice, iceberg, and icing conditions. The objective of this standard is to ensure 1/16 in. (1.5 mm) steps are not provided, but wildcats in these sizes are
that offshore structures in arctic and cold regions provide an appropriate permitted within the scope of this publication. Pages: 7
level of reliability with respect to personnel safety, environmental protection,
and asset value to the owner, to the industry, and to society in general. 2nd Edition | November 1995 | Reaffirmed: January 2001
This standard does not contain requirements for the operation, Product Number: G02S02 | Price: $82.00
maintenance, service-life inspection, or repair of arctic and cold region
offshore structures, except where the design strategy imposes specific Spec 2SC 
requirements. While this standard does not apply specifically to mobile Manufacture of Structural Steel Castings for Primary Offshore
offshore drilling units, the procedures relating to ice actions and ice Applications
management contained herein are applicable to the assessment of such
units. This standard does not apply to mechanical, process, and electrical Castings manufactured to this specification are intended for use in the
equipment or any specialized process equipment associated with arctic and fabrication of offshore structures, manufacture of critical marine or
cold region offshore operations except in so far as it is necessary for the mechanical or other system components intended for application on
structure to sustain safely the actions imposed by the installation, housing, permanent offshore structures, or for components used in the construction
and operation of such equipment. of offshore tendons, risers and pipelines. This specification is based on the
This edition of RP 2N is the modified national adoption of ISO 19906:2010. experience acquired during the design, construction, operation, and
Pages: 458 maintenance of offshore processing units and permanent facilities, as
supplemented with the experience of operating companies with topsides,
3rd Edition | April 2015 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
fixed platforms, floating structures (e.g. TLPs and spars), and their tendons
Product Number: G02N03 | Price: $216.00 and risers. Castings in these applications tend to be limited production
components, with relatively few replications, and receive more intense
TR 2PY scrutiny than routine mass production runs. Pages: 29
Effect of Best-estimate Geotechnical p-y Curves on Performance of
1st Edition | September 2009 | Effective Date: March 1, 2010
Offshore Structures Reaffirmed: September 2020 | Product Number: G2SC01 | Price: $123.00
Performs structural analyses using soil models developed by 2GEO, 1st
Edition criteria and 2GEO, 2nd Edition draft criteria to determine the effect of Spec 2SF 
the new clay soil p-y formulations on the structural responses of these Manufacture of Structural Steel Forgings for Primary Offshore
platforms. The predicted responses were then compared with measured or
observed platform performance in field. Pages: 89 Applications
Forgings manufactured to this specification are intended for use in the
1st Edition | February 2020 | Product Number: G2PY01 | Price: $105.00 fabrication of offshore structures, marine risers, TLP tendons and pipelines, or
other system components intended for application on permanent offshore
Std 2RD structures. This specification defines the minimum requirements for
Dynamic Risers for Floating Production Systems manufacture, testing, and inspection of carbon and low-alloy steel forgings,
Addresses structural analysis procedures, design guidelines, component including extrusions and heavy-wall seamless tubular product, grades 345 N/
selection criteria, and typical designs for all new riser systems used on FPSs. mm2 to 586 N/mm2 (50 ksi to 85 ksi) for use in primary steel applications.
Guidance is also given for developing load information for the equipment Service categories A, B, and C (SCA, SCB, and SCC) reflect forging geometry
attached to the ends of the risers. The recommended practice for structural and method of incorporation into the overall system, rather than levels of
criticality. They may also be designated by the user (purchaser) to reflect
design of risers, as reflected in this document, is generally based on the moderately different but standardized levels of performance. Pages: 26
principles of limiting stresses in the risers and related components under
normal, extreme, and accidental conditions. This document assumes that 1st Edition | August 2013 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
the risers will be made of steel or titanium pipe or unbonded flexible pipe. Product Number: G2SF01 | Price: $93.00
However, other materials, such as aluminum, are not excluded if risers built
using these materials can be shown to be fit for purpose. Design RP 2SIM
considerations for unbonded flexible pipe are included primarily by reference Structural Integrity Management of Fixed Offshore Structures
to RP 17B and Spec 17J. Pages: 81 Serves as a guide for the structural integrity management of fixed offshore
2nd Edition|September 2013|Reaffirmed: September 2020 structures used for the drilling, development, production, and storage of
Product Number: G2RD02|Price: $265.00 hydrocarbons in offshore areas. Specific guidance is provided for the
evaluation of structural damage, above and below water structural
inspection, fitness-for-purpose assessment, risk reduction, and mitigation
RP 2RIM planning, and the process of decommissioning.
Integrity Management of Risers from Floating Production Facilities
The SIM process provided in this recommended practice is applicable to
Provides guidance for the integrity management (IM) of risers connected to a platforms installed at any location worldwide. However, this recommended
permanent floating production system (FPS) used for the drilling, practice also provides specific metocean criteria, which are only applicable
development, production, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas. for use in fitness-for-purpose assessments of platforms located in the U.S.
For the purposes of this recommended practice, a riser has a top boundary Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. West Coast. Pages: 97
that is somewhere at or above the point where it transfers load to the platform 1st Edition | November 2014 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
structure, and it has a lower boundary where it transfers load into a foundation,
which could be a wellhead, pipeline, or subsea structure. Pages: 72 Product Number: G2SIM01 | Price: $184.00
1st Edition | September 2019
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RP 2SK RP 2TOP
Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for Floating Structures Topsides Structure
(includes Addendum 1 dated May 2008) Provides requirements for the design, fabrication, transportation, installation,
Presents a rational method for analyzing, designing, or evaluating mooring modification, and structural integrity management for the topsides structure
systems used with floating units. This method provides a uniform analysis for an oil and gas platform. It complements API 2A-WSD, API 2A-LRFD, ISO
tool that, when combined with an understanding of the environment at a 19903, API 2FPS, API 2T, ISO 19905 1, and API 2N, which give
particular location, the characteristics of the unit being moored, and other requirements for various forms of substructures. It is based on ISO 19901-
factors, can be used to determine the adequacy and safety of the mooring 3:2010 (Corrected version, 15-Dec-2011) and is consistent with ISO
system. Some design guidelines for dynamic positioning systems are also 19901-3:2014. In fact, ISO 19901-3 was followed to the fullest extent
included. Appendix K of 2SK replaces RP 95F. Pages: 181 possible and modified only where needed to conform to standards and
3rd Edition | October 2005 | Reaffirmed: June 2015 practices of API.
Product Number: G2SK03 | Price: $138.00 Requirements in API 2TOP concerning modifications and maintenance relate
only to those aspects that are of direct relevance to the structural integrity of
RP 2SM the topsides structure. Pages: 136
Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of Synthetic 1st Edition | August 2019 | Product Number: G2TOP1 | Price: $156.00
Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring
Covers the design, manufacture, and installation of synthetic fiber ropes to Bull 2U
include the design and analysis considerations of mooring systems, design Bulletin on Stability Design of Cylindrical Shells
criteria for mooring components, rope design and testing, quality assurance, Contains semi-empirical formulations for evaluating buckling strength of
and in-service maintenance and inspection. stiffened and unstiffened cylindrical shells. Pages: 146
This document applies to synthetic fiber ropes used in the form of taut leg or 3rd Edition | June 2004 | Product Number: G02U03 | Price: $207.00
catenary moorings for both permanent and temporary offshore installations
such as:
• monohull-based floating production, storage, and offloading units Bull 2V
(FPSOs); Design of Flat Plate Structures
• monohull-based floating storage units (FSOs, FSUs); (includes Errata 1 dated March 2008)
• monohull or semi-submersible based floating production units (FPUs, Provides guidance for the design of steel flat plate structures. Pages: 139
FPSs); 3rd Edition | June 2004 | Product Number: G02V03 | Price: $207.00
• mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs);
• spar platforms; Spec 2W 
• catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoys; Steel Plates Produced by Thermo-Mechanically Controlled
• mobile offshore units. Pages: 108 Processing for Offshore Structures
2nd Edition | July 2014 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
Covers four grades of steel plates that are to be produced by thermo-
Product Number: G2SM02 | Price: $201.00 mechanically controlled processing (TMCP) for use in welded construction of
offshore structures. Pages: 27
RP 2T
Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms 6th Edition | January 2019 | Product Number: G02W06 | Price: $105.00
Contains a guide to the designer in organizing an efficient approach to the Spec 2W *
design of a tension leg platform (TLP). Emphasis is placed on participation
of all engineering disciplines during each stage of planning, development, Steel Plates Produced by Thermo-Mechanically Controlled
design, construction, installation, and inspection. This publication contains Processing for Offshore Structures—Russian
guidelines developed from the latest practices in designing tension leg Russian translation of Spec 2W.
platforms and are adapted from successful techniques employed for related
structural systems in the offshore and marine industries. Pages: 254 6th Edition | January 2019 | Product Number: G02W06R | Price: $105.00
3rd Edition | July 2010 | Reaffirmed: June 2015
RP 2X
Product Number: G02T03 | Price: $246.00
Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic and Magnetic Examination of
Bull 2TD Offshore Structural Fabrication and Guidelines for Qualification of
Guidelines for Tie-Downs on Offshore Production Facilities for Technicians
Hurricane Season Contains guidance on commonly used NDE methods such as visual (VT),
Addresses the need to evaluate the tie-downs in use on offshore production penetrant (PT), magnetic particle (MT), radiography (RT), and ultrasonic (UT)
facilities for drilling rigs, permanent equipment, and facilities such as examinations, which are routinely used in offshore structural fabrication. This
quarters, helidecks, etc. The information contained in this document is recommended practice primarily addresses the MT and UT methods.
presented as recommendations to improve tie-down performance during Guidance on VT, PT, and RT is incorporated by reference to AWS D1.1.
hurricanes. Bull 2TD also addresses situations where failure of a drilling or Further recommendations are offered for determining the qualifications of
workover rig would result in significant damage to the platform or adjacent personnel using MT and UT techniques. Recommendations are also offered
infrastructure. Pages: 3 for the integration of these techniques into a general quality control program.
The interrelationship between joint design, the significance of defects in
1st Edition | June 2006 | Product Number: G2TD01 | Price: $56.00 welds, and the ability of NDE personnel to detect critical-size defects is also
discussed. Pages: 77
4th Edition | May 2004 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
Product Number: G02X04 | Price: $159.00

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Spec 2Y  DERRICKS AND MASTS

Specification for Steel Plates, Quenched-and-Tempered, for Offshore
Structures Spec 4F 
Covers two grades of high strength steel plate for use in welded construction Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
of offshore structures, in selected critical portions that must resist impact, Covers the design, manufacture, and use of steel derricks, portable masts,
plastic fatigue loading, and lamellar tearing. Grade 50 is covered in crown block assemblies, and substructures suitable for drilling and well-
thicknesses up to 6 in. (150 mm) inclusive, and Grade 60 is covered in servicing operations in the petroleum industry. It includes requirements for
thicknesses up to 4 in. (100 mm) inclusive. Pages: 13 marking, inspection, a uniform method of rating, and design loading for the
5th Edition | December 2006 | Effective Date: June 1, 2007 equipment. This specification provides two product specification levels (PSLs)
Reaffirmed: September 2020 | Product Number: G02Y05 | Price: $102.00 that define two levels of technical and quality requirements. Pages: 66
5th Edition | June 2020 | Product Number: G04F05 | Price: $136.00
RP 2Z
Recommendation Practice for Preproduction Qualification for Steel RP 4G
Plates for Offshore Structures Operation, Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Drilling and Well
Covers requirements for preproduction qualification, by special welding and Servicing Structures
mechanical testing, of specific steelmaking and processing procedures for (includes Addendum 1 dated June 2020 and Addendum 2 dated
the manufacture of steel of a specified chemical composition range by a September 2020)
specific steel producer. This is a recommended practice for material Provides guidelines and establishes recommended procedures for
selection and qualification, but not for the performance of production weld inspection, maintenance, and repair of items for drilling and well servicing
joints. This recommended practice was developed in conjunction with, and is structures to maintain the serviceability of this equipment. These
intended primarily for use with, Specs 2W and 2Y. However, it may be sued recommendations should be considered as supplemental to, and not as a
as a supplement to other material specifications (e.g. Spec 2H) if so substitute for, the manufacturer’s instructions and the recommendations in
desired. Pages: 19 API 54. Items of drilling and well servicing structures covered are masts/
4th Edition | September 2005 | Reaffirmed: September 2020 derricks, substructures, and their accessories. Pages: 64
Product Number: G02Z04 | Price: $130.00 5th Edition | February 2019 | Product Number: G04G05 | Price: $126.00

RP 2Z * TUBULAR GOODS
Recommendation Practice for Preproduction Qualification for Steel
Plates for Offshore Structures—Russian RP 5A3/ISO 13678:2010
Russian translation of RP 2Z. Recommended Practice on Thread Compounds for Casing, Tubing,
Line Pipe, and Drill Stem Elements
4th Edition | September 2005 | Reaffirmed: June 2015
(includes Errata 1 dated April 2011)
Product Number: G02Z04R | Price: $130.00
Provides requirements, recommendations, and methods for the testing of
RP 95J thread compounds intended for use on threaded casing, tubing, and line
pipe connections and for thread compounds intended for use on rotary
Gulf of Mexico Jackup Operations for Hurricane Season shouldered connections. The tests outlined are used to evaluate the critical
Presents an interim approach to siting jackup mobile offshore drilling units performance properties and physical and chemical characteristics of thread
(MODUs) and to recommend certain operational procedures to enhance compounds under laboratory conditions.
jackup survivability and stationkeeping during hurricane season in the Gulf of This edition of RP 5A3 is the identical national adoption of
Mexico during drilling and workover and while stacked (idled) at a non- ISO 13678:2010. Pages: 47
sheltered location. This RP provides guidance and processes, and when
combined with an understanding of the environment at a particular location, 3rd Edition | November 2009 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
the characteristics of the unit being utilized, and other factors, it may be Product Number: GX5A303 | Price: $157.00
used to enhance operational integrity. This RP was developed through a
cooperative arrangement with the International Association of Drilling RP 5A3/ISO 13678:2010 *
Contractors' (IADC) Jackup Rig Committee. Specifically, this RP provides Recommended Practice on Thread Compounds for Casing, Tubing,
guidance in the following areas: Line Pipe, and Drill Stem Elements—Russian
• site—including location-specific, geotechnical, and metocean; (includes Errata 1 dated April 2011)
• preloading process; Russian translation of RP 5A3/ISO 13678:2010.
• air gap recommendations; 3rd Edition | November 2009 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
• unit preparations and evacuation; Product Number: GX5A303R | Price: $157.00
• post storm recovery; and
• post storm inspections. Pages: 15
1st Edition | June 2006 | Reaffirmed: September 2020
Product Number: G95J01 | Price: $68.00

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RP 5A5/ISO 15463:2003 RP 5B1

Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-End Drill Pipe Gauging and Inspection of Casing, Tubing and Line Pipe Threads
(includes Errata 1 dated December 2009) (includes Addendum 1 dated September 2004)
Specifies requirements and gives recommendations for field inspection and Covers threading, gauging, gauging practice, and inspection of threads for
testing of oil country tubular goods (OCTG). This International Standard casing, tubing, and line pipe made under Specs 5CT, 5DP, and 5L. Also
covers the practices and technology commonly used in field inspection; covers gauge specifications and certification for casing, tubing, and line pipe
however, certain practices may also be suitable for mill inspections. Covers gauges. Pages: 48
the qualification of inspection personnel, a description of inspection 5th Edition | August 1999 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
methods and apparatus calibration and standardization procedures for Product Number: G05B105 | Price: $154.00
various inspection methods. The evaluation of imperfections and marking of
inspected OCTG are included. Applicable to field inspection of OCTG and is RP 5B1 *
not applicable for use as a basis for acceptance or rejection. Gauging and Inspection of Casing, Tubing and Line Pipe Threads—
This edition of RP 5A5 is the identical national adoption of Kazakh
ISO 15463:2003. Pages: 118 (includes Addendum 1 dated September 2004)
7th Edition | June 2005 | Reaffirmed: January 2021 Kazakh translation of RP 5B1.
Product Number: GX5A507 | Price: $171.00 5th Edition | August 1999 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
Product Number: G05B15K | Price: $154.00
RP 5A5/ISO 15463:2003 *
Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-End Drill Pipe— RP 5B1 *
Chinese Gauging and Inspection of Casing, Tubing and Pipe Line Threads—
(includes Errata 1 dated December 2009) Russian
(includes Addendum 1 dated September 2004)
Chinese translation of RP 5A5/ISO 15463:2003. Russian translation of RP 5B1.
7th Edition | June 2005 | Reaffirmed: January 2021 5th Edition | October 1999 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
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RP 5A5/ISO 15463:2003 * RP 5C1

Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-End Drill Pipe— Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Casing and Tubing
Russian Covers use, transportation, storage, handling, and reconditioning of casing
(includes Errata 1 dated December 2009) and tubing. Pages: 31
Russian translation of RP 5A5/ISO 15463:2003. 18th Edition | May 1999 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
Product Number: G05C18 | Price: $124.00
7th Edition | June 2005 | Reaffirmed: January 2021
Product Number: GX5A507R | Price: $171.00 RP 5C1 *
Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Casing and Tubing—
Spec 5B 
Chinese
Threading, Gauging, and Inspection of Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe
Threads Chinese translation of RP 5C1.
(includes Errata 1 dated June 2018, Errata 2 dated December 2018, 18th Edition | May 1999 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
Addendum 1 dated December 2018, Addendum 2 dated December 2019, Product Number: G05C18C | Price: $124.00
and Addendum 3 dated January 2021)
Covers dimensions, tolerances, and marking requirements for API threads RP 5C1 *
and the gauges that control the acceptance criteria for the threads. Thread Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Casing and Tubing—
element gauges, instruments, and requirements for the inspection of threads Russian
for line pipe, round thread casing, round thread tubing, and buttress casing Russian translation of RP 5C1.
connections are included. Pages: 116
18th Edition | May 1999 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
16th Edition | December 2017 | Product Number: G5B016 | Price: $163.00
Product Number: G05C18R | Price: $124.00
Spec 5B *
Threading, Gauging, and Inspection of Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe
Threads—Russian
(includes Errata 1 dated June 2018, Errata 2 dated December 2018,
Addendum 1 dated December 2018, and Addendum 2 dated December
2019)
Russian translation of Spec 5B.
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TR 5C3 Spec 5CRA/ISO 13680:2020 

Calculating Performance Properties of Pipe Used as Casing or Corrosion-Resistant Alloy Seamless Products for Use as Casing,
Tubing Tubing, Coupling Stock, and Accessory Material
Illustrates the equations and templates necessary to calculate the various Specifies the technical delivery conditions for corrosion-resistant alloy
pipe properties, including: seamless products for casing, tubing, coupling stock, and accessory
material (including coupling stock and accessory material from bar) for two
• pipe performance properties, such as axial strength, internal pressure product specification levels: PSL-1, which is the basis of this document, and
resistance, and collapse resistance; PSL-2, which provides additional requirements for a product that is intended
• minimum physical properties; to be both corrosion and cracking resistant for the environments and
• product assembly force (torque); qualification method specified in Annex G and in the ISO 15156:2020
• product test pressures; series. Pages: 152
• critical product dimensions related to testing criteria; 2nd Edition | October 2022 | Effective Date: April 1, 2023
• critical dimensions of testing equipment; and Product Number: G5CRA02 | Price: $185.00
• critical dimensions of test samples. Spec 5CT 
For equations related to performance properties, extensive background Casing and Tubing
information is also provided regarding their development and use. (includes Errata 1 dated December 2018, Errata 2 dated May 2019,
Pages: 400 Errata 3 dated June 2020, and Addendum 1 dated January 2021)
7th Edition | June 2018 | Product Number: G5C307 | Price: $246.00 Specifies the technical delivery conditions for steel pipes (casing, tubing,
and pup joints), coupling stock, coupling material, and accessory material,
RP 5C5 and establishes requirements for three product specification levels (PSL-1,
Procedures for Testing Casing and Tubing Connections PSL-2, PSL-3). The requirements for PSL-1 are the basis of this standard.
(includes Addendum 1 dated May 2021) The requirements that define different levels of standard technical
Defines tests to perform to determine the galling tendency, sealing requirements for PSL-2 and PSL-3, for all grades except H-40, L-80 9Cr, and
performance, and structural integrity of threaded casing and tubing C110, are provided.
connections. The words “casing” and “tubing” apply to the service For pipes covered by this standard, the sizes, masses, and wall thicknesses,
application and not to the diameter of the pipe. This recommended practice as well as grades and applicable end-finishes, are provided. API 5L pipe may
addresses the primary loads to which casing and tubing strings are be ordered as casing in accordance with API 5C6. Pages: 307
subjected: fluid pressure (internal and/or external), axial force (tension and/ 10th Edition | June 2018 | Effective Date: July 1, 2019
or compression), bending (buckling and/or wellbore deviation), and
temperature variations. Pages: 197 Product Number: G5CT010 | Price: $282.00
4th Edition | January 2017 | Product Number: GX5C504 | Price: $195.00 Spec 5CT *
RP 5C5 * Casing and Tubing—Chinese
Procedures for Testing Casing and Tubing Connections—Russian (includes Errata 1 dated December 2018, Errata 2 dated May 2019,
(includes Addendum 1 dated May 2021) Errata 3 dated June 2020, and Addendum 1 dated January 2021)
Russian translation of RP 5C5. Chinese translation of Spec 5CT.
4th Edition | January 2017 | Product Number: GX5C504R | Price: $195.00 10th Edition | June 2018 | Product Number: G5CT010C | Price: $282.00

RP 5C6 Spec 5CT *

Pipe with Welded Connectors Casing and Tubing—Russian
Provides a practice for facility or field welding of connectors to pipe. The (includes Errata 1 dated December 2018, Errata 2 dated May 2019,
technical content contains guidance and requirements for welding procedure Errata 3 dated June 2020, and Addendum 1 dated January 2021)
qualification, welder performance qualification, materials, testing, production
welding, and inspection. Additionally, this standard covers the weld Russian translation of Spec 5CT.
fabrication of connectors and handling attachments such as lift eyes and 10th Edition | June 2018 | Product Number: G5CT010R | Price: $282.00
landing pads to pipe. This standard also includes practices used within
industry and is intended to be analogous to API 6A PSL 1, with additional Spec 5DP 
requirements specific to the equipment fabrication. Pages: 28 Drill Pipe
3rd Edition | May 2018 | Product Number: G05C63 | Price: $103.00 (includes Errata 1 dated July 2020)
Specifies the technical delivery conditions for steel drill-pipes with upset
RP 5C6 * pipe-body ends and weld-on tool joints for use in drilling and production
Pipe with Welded Connectors—Russian operations in petroleum and natural gas industries for three product
Russian translation of RP 5C6. specification levels (PSL-1, PSL-2, and PSL-3). This International Standard
3rd Edition | May 2018 | Product Number: G05C63R | Price: $103.00 covers the following grades of drill-pipe:
• grade E drill-pipe;
RP 5C8 • high-strength grades of drill-pipe, grades X, G, and S.
Care, Maintenance, and Inspection of Coiled Tubing This International Standard can also be used for drill-pipe with tool joints not
Covers the care, maintenance, and inspection of used low alloy carbon steel specified by ISO or API standards. This International Standard is based on
coiled tubing. Commonly manufactured coiled tubing outside diameters Spec 5D and Spec 7.
range from 25.4 mm (1.000 in.) to 88.9 mm (3.5 in.). Pages: 122 This edition of Spec 5DP is the identical national adoption of
1st Edition | January 2017 | Product Number: G05C801 | Price: $131.00 ISO 11961:2008. Pages: 133
2nd Edition | May 2020 | Product Number: G5DP02 | Price: $216.00
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Spec 5DP * RP 5L1 *

Drill Pipe—Russian Recommended Practice for Railroad Transportation of Line Pipe—
(includes Errata 1 dated July 2020) Russian
Russian translation of Spec 5DP. Russian translation of RP 5L1.
2nd Edition | May 2020 | Product Number: G5DP02R | Price: $216.00 7th Edition | September 2009 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
Product Number: G5L107R | Price: $65.00
RP 5EX
Design, Verification, and Application of Solid Expandable Systems RP 5L3
Establishes guidance for design, system verification, and application Drop-Weight Tear Tests on Line Pipe
guidelines of solid expandable systems for the oil and gas industries. This (includes Addendum 1 dated October 2020 and Errata 1 dated March 2021)
document is not to be used as a specification for purchasing equipment; it is Describes procedures for a recommended method for conducting drop-
intended for consideration by users for well applications and design of solid weight tear tests to measure the fracture appearance or fracture ductility of
expandable systems. line pipe as referenced in Spec 5L. Pages: 11
Expandable systems will include drilling liners, hangers, connections, receivers, 4th Edition | August 2014 | Reaffirmed: October 2020
and launchers for downhole use as defined herein. Only permanently installed Product Number: G5L304 | Price: $103.00
equipment/components are covered by this recommended practice. Slotted
liners and tools used for the expansion of the tubular goods (such as, but not RP 5L3 *
limited to, implementation tools, pumps, jacks, and expansion tools) are not Drop-Weight Tear Tests on Line Pipe—Russian
addressed by this recommended practice. Pages: 54 (includes Addendum 1 dated October 2020 and Errata 1 dated March 2021)
1st Edition | May 2018 | Product Number: G5EX01 | Price: $114.00 Russian translation of RP 5L3.
Spec 5L  4th Edition | August 2014 | Reaffirmed: October 2020
Product Number: G5L304R | Price: $103.00
Line Pipe
(includes Errata 1 dated May 2018) RP 5L8
Specifies requirements for the manufacture of two product specification Recommended Practice for Field Inspection of New Line Pipe
levels (PSL 1 and PSL 2) of seamless and welded steel pipes for use in
pipeline transportation systems in the petroleum and natural gas industries. Covers the qualification of inspection personnel, a description of inspection
This specification is not applicable to cast pipe. Pages: 210 methods, and apparatus calibration and standardization procedures for
various inspection methods. The evaluation of imperfections and marking of
46th Edition | April 2018 | Effective Date: November 1, 2018 inspected new line pipe are included. Also included are recommended
Product Number: G05L46 | Price: $298.00 procedures for field inspection and testing of new plain-end line pipe. This
document was prepared specifically to address the practices and technology
Spec 5L * used in field inspection of line pipe, and certain parts are not suitable or
Line Pipe—Chinese appropriate for mill inspections. Pages: 39
(includes Errata 1 dated May 2018) 2nd Edition | December 1996 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
Product Number: G05L82 | Price: $136.00
Chinese translation of Spec 5L.
46th Edition | April 2018 | Product Number: G05L46C | Price: $298.00 RP 5L8 *
Recommended Practice for Field Inspection of New Line Pipe—
Spec 5L * Kazakh
Line Pipe—Russian
Kazakh translation of RP 5L8.
(includes Errata 1 dated May 2018)
2nd Edition | December 1996 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
Russian translation of Spec 5L. Product Number: G05L82K | Price: $136.00
46th Edition | April 2018 | Product Number: G05L46R | Price: $298.00
RP 5L8 *
RP 5L1 Recommended Practice for Field Inspection of New Line Pipe—
Recommended Practice for Railroad Transportation of Line Pipe Russian
Applies to the transportation on railcars of Spec 5L steel line pipe in sizes Russian translation of RP 5L8.
23/8 and larger in lengths longer than single random. These
recommendations cover coated or uncoated pipe, but they do not 2nd Edition | December 1996 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
encompass loading practices designed to protect pipe coating from Product Number: G05L82R | Price: $136.00
damage. Pages: 5
7th Edition | September 2009 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
Product Number: G5L107 | Price: $65.00

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Spec 5LC  Spec 5LD *

CRA Line Pipe CRA Clad or Lined Steel Pipe—Russian
(includes Errata 1 dated October 2015) (includes Errata 1 dated June 2017)
Covers seamless, centrifugal cast, and welded corrosion resistant alloy line Russian translation of Spec 5LD.
pipe as well as austenitic stainless, martensitic stainless, duplex stainless, 4th Edition | March 2015 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
and Ni-base alloys. Also includes standard weight, regular weight, special,
extra strong, and double extra strong plain end line pipe as well as Product Number: G5LD04R | Price: $157.00
processes of manufacturer, chemical and physical requirements, and
methods of testing. Pages: 110 RP 5LT
4th Edition | March 2015 | Effective Date: September 3, 2015 Recommended Practice for Truck Transportation of Line Pipe
Reaffirmed: July 2020 | Product Number: G5LC04 | Price: $189.00 Applies to the transportation on railcars of Spec 5L steel line pipe in sizes 23/8
and larger in lengths longer than single random. These recommendations cover
Spec 5LC * coated or uncoated pipe, but they do not encompass loading practices
CRA Line Pipe—Russian designed to protect pipe coating from damage. Pages: 6
(includes Errata 1 dated October 2015) 1st Edition | March 2012 | Reaffirmed: February 2019
Product Number: G5LT01 | Price: $65.00
Russian translation of Spec 5LC.
4th Edition | March 2015 | Reaffirmed: July 2020 RP 5LT *
Product Number: G5LC04R | Price: $189.00 Recommended Practice for Truck Transportation of Line Pipe—
Spec 5LCP  Chinese
Specification on Coiled Line Pipe Chinese translation of RP 5LT.
(includes Errata 1 dated July 2007) 1st Edition | March 2012 | Reaffirmed: February 2019
Provides standards for pipe suitable for use in conveying gas, water, and oil Product Number: G5LT01C | Price: $65.00
in both the oil and natural gas industries. Covers welded steel continuously
milled coiled line pipe in the size range 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) to 6.625 in. RP 5LT *
(168.3 mm). Pipe that is pipe-to-pipe welded outside the confines of the Recommended Practice for Truck Transportation of Line Pipe—
manufacturing plant is not included within this document. Pages: 42 Russian
2nd Edition | October 2006 | Effective Date: April 18, 2007 Russian translation of RP 5LT.
Reaffirmed: July 2020 | Product Number: G5LCP2 | Price: $158.00
1st Edition | March 2012 | Reaffirmed: February 2019
Product Number: G5LT01R | Price: $65.00
Spec 5LCP *
Specification on Coiled Line Pipe—Chinese RP 5LW
(includes Errata 1 dated July 2007) Recommended Practice for Transportation of Line Pipe on Barges
Chinese translation of Spec 5LCP. and Marine Vessels
2nd Edition | October 2006 | Reaffirmed: July 2020 Applies to the transportation of Spec 5L steel line pipe by ship or barge.
Product Number: G5LCP2C | Price: $158.00 Covers both inland and marine waterways except in cases where the specific
requirement of a paragraph references only marine or only inland-waterway
Spec 5LCP * transport. Pages: 5
Specification on Coiled Line Pipe—Russian 3rd Edition | September 2009 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
(includes Errata 1 dated July 2007) Product Number: G5LW03 | Price: $65.00
Russian translation of Spec 5LCP.
2nd Edition | October 2006 | Reaffirmed: July 2020 RP 5LW *
Product Number: G5LCP2R | Price: $158.00 Recommended Practice for Transportation of Line Pipe on Barges
and Marine Vessels—Russian
Spec 5LD  Russian translation of RP 5LW.
CRA Clad or Lined Steel Pipe 3rd Edition | September 2009 | Reaffirmed: May 2015
(includes Errata 1 dated June 2017) Product Number: G5LW03R | Price: $65.00
Covers seamless, centrifugal cast, and welded clad steel line pipe, and lined
steel pipe with improved corrosion-resistant properties. The clad and lined RP 5MT
steel line pipe specified in this document shall be composed of a base Pipeline Inspection Documents for Material Traceability and
metal outside and CRA layer inside the pipe. The base material shall Electronic Test Reports
conform to Spec 5L, except as modified in the 5LC document. Provides
standards for pipe with improved corrosion resistance suitable for use in Provides a method for the electronic exchange of MTR inspection documents
conveying gas, water, and oil in both the oil and natural gas industries. from manufacturer to purchaser to support enhanced material traceability
Pages: 38 and records for steel line pipe, and could be applied to related steel assets.
Pages: 21
4th Edition | March 2015 | Effective Date: September 3, 2015
Reaffirmed: July 2020 | Product Number: G5LD04 | Price: $157.00 1st Edition | September 2021 | Product Number: G5MT01 | Price: $75.00

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Spec 5ST  TR 5TP *

Specification for Coiled Tubing—U.S. Customary and SI Units Torque-Position Assembly Guidelines for API Casing and Tubing
Covers the manufacturing, inspection, and testing of all carbon and low alloy Connections—Russian
steel coiled tubing in Grades CT70, CT80, CT90, CT100, and CT110, in the Russian translation of TR 5TP.
designations and wall thicknesses given in Table A.5, that can be used as 1st Edition | December 2013 | Product Number: G5TP01R | Price: $124.00
work strings, completion strings, and static installations in oil and gas wells.
Coiled tubing may be ordered to this specification. Coiled tubing is
manufactured using the continuously milled process. This specification does TR 5TRSR22
not cover the joining of seamless or welded tubing segments in lengths less Technical Report in SR22 Supplementary Requirements for
than 200 ft (61 m). Pages: 68 Enhanced Leak Resistance LTC
1st Edition | April 2010 | Reaffirmed: July 2020 Covers the supplemental requirements for Enhanced Leak Resistance LTC
Product Number: G5ST01 | Price: $145.00 (SC22) connections and the changes in Spec 5CT, Std 5B, 5B1, and RP
5C1 needed to produce and inspect these connections. By agreement
Spec 5ST * between the purchaser and manufacturer, the supplemental requirements
Specification for Coiled Tubing—U.S. Customary and SI Units— for SR22 shall apply to connections manufactured in accordance with Spec
5CT. Pages: 24
Chinese
1st Edition | June 2002 | Product Number: GSR221 | Price: $96.00
Chinese translation of Spec 5ST.
1st Edition | April 2010 | Reaffirmed: July 2020 RP 5UE
Product Number: G5ST01C | Price: $145.00 Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic Evaluation of Pipe
Imperfections
Spec 5ST * (includes Addendum 1 dated April 2009)
Specification for Coiled Tubing—U.S. Customary and SI Units—
Describes procedures that may be used to “prove-up” the depth or size of
Russian imperfections. Included in this practice are the recommended procedures for
Russian translation of Spec 5ST. ultrasonic prove-up inspection of new pipe using the Amplitude Comparison
Technique and the Amplitude-Distance Differential Technique for evaluation of
1st Edition | April 2010 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
Product Number: G5ST01R | Price: $145.00 • surface breaking imperfections in the body of pipe, and
• surface breaking and subsurface imperfections in the weld area of electric
Bull 5T1 resistance, electric induction or laser welded pipe, and
Imperfection and Defect Terminology • surface breaking and subsurface imperfections in the weld area of arc
welded pipe. Pages: 22
Provides terms and definitions and example figures of imperfections and 2nd Edition | June 2005 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
defects that occur in manufacturing steel tubulars. The words “imperfection” Product Number: G5UE02 | Price: $86.00
and “defect” refer to metallurgical and other features of steel tubular
products, which may or may not affect the performance of the products.
Inspection requirements and acceptance criteria are not defined in this RP 5UE *
document, and are found instead in the respective product specification. Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic Evaluation of Pipe
Pages: 65 Imperfections—Russian
11th Edition | October 2017 | Product Number: G05T111 | Price: $138.00 (includes Addendum 1 dated April 2009)
Russian translation of RP 5UE.
Bull 5T1 *
2nd Edition | June 2005 | Reaffirmed: July 2020
Imperfection and Defect Terminology—Russian Product Number: G5UE02R | Price: $86.00
Russian translation of Bull 5T1.
11th Edition | October 2017 | Product Number: G05T111R | Price: $138.00 VALVES AND WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT
TR 5TP Spec 6A 
Torque-Position Assembly Guidelines for API Casing and Tubing Specification for Wellhead and Tree Equipment
Connections (includes Errata 1 dated April 2019, Errata 2 dated June 2020,
Addendum 1 dated July 2020, Errata 3 dated September 2020,
Provides alternative connection assembly procedures to those found in Addendum 2 dated June 2021, Errata 4 dated September 2021, and
Spec 5B (power turns) and those found in RP 5C1 (optimum torque). The
procedures set forth are referred to as “torque-position” because the make- Addendum 3 dated August 2022)
up torque and final position are used as acceptance criteria for the assembly Specifies requirements for the performance, dimensional and functional
operation. The connections are threaded in accordance with Spec 5B. The interchangeability, design, materials, testing, inspection, welding, marking,
torque-position assembly parameters have been developed for most SC handling, storing, shipment, purchasing, repair, and remanufacture of
(short round thread casing), LC (long round thread casing), BC (buttress wellhead and tree equipment for use in the petroleum and natural gas
thread casing), and EU (external upset tubing) connections. Torque-position industries. This document does not apply to field use, field testing, or field
is a precision assembly method that relies on a controlled process for repair of wellhead and Christmas tree equipment.
successful implementation. When defined threading and assembly This document is applicable to the following specific equipment: wellhead
procedures are followed, the performance of the resulting assembled equipment (integral, blind, and test flanges; ring gaskets; threaded
connection is optimized. Pages: 30 connectors; tees and crosses; bullplugs; valve-removal plugs; standard and
1st Edition | December 2013 | Product Number: G5TP01 | Price: $124.00 nonstandard top connectors; crossover connectors; other end connectors;
adapter spools and spacer spools; gate, plug, and ball valves; actuated
valves [manual and remote]; check valves [swing- and lift-type]; back-
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pressure valves; slip-type and mandrel-type casing and tubing hangers, TR 6AF
casing and tubing heads [housings and adapters]; chokes [fixed, manually Technical Report on Capabilities of API Flanges Under Combinations
actuated, remotely actuated]; actuators [for valves and chokes]; surface
safety valve (SSV) assemblies, valves prepared for actuators, and actuators; of Load
underwater safety valve [USV] assemblies, valves prepared for actuators, (includes Errata 1 dated March 2017)
and actuators; boarding shutdown valve [BSDV] assemblies, valves prepared Presents the results of analysis work done in to establish the load capacity of
for actuators, and actuators; and tree assemblies). all flanges give in the April 1986 editions of Spec 6A and Spec 6AB. A total
This document defines service conditions in terms of pressure, temperature, of 69 different geometries were analyzed initially. The various loads
and material class for the well-bore constituents, and operating conditions. considered were bolt makeup (preload), internal pressure, tension, and
This international standard establishes requirements for four product bending moment. All flanges were analyzed with an axisymmetric finite
specification levels (PSL). These four PSL designations define different levels model for each of the four load cases. A post-processor program was written
of technical quality requirements. Pages: 414 to calculate the maximum moment capacity for various levels of pressure
21st Edition | November 2018 | Effective Date: November 1, 2019 and tension, based on linear superposition of results. Three different criteria
were used to establish the maximum moment:
Product Number: GX06A21 | Price: $310.00
• ASME Section VIII, Division 2 allowable stress categories for the flange
Spec 6A * with the basic membrane stress allowable established by API;
Specification for Wellhead and Tree Equipment—Russian • allowable bolt stresses as established by API; and
(includes Errata 1 dated April 2019, Errata 2 dated June 2020, • loss of preload on the ring joint.
Addendum 1 dated July 2020, Errata 3 dated September 2020, The results of this post-processing are presented in plots of pressure vs.
Addendum 2 dated June 2021, Errata 4 dated September 2021, and allowable moment for various tension levels. Limitations to this work include:
Addendum 3 dated August 2022) the effects of transverse shear or torsion were not considered in the analysis;
dynamic, fatigue, or fretting phenomena were not considered in these
Russian translation of Spec 6A. results; and thermal stresses or elevated temperature effects were not
21st Edition | November 2018 considered. The charts are intended to be used only as general guidelines
Product Number: GX06A21R | Price: $310.00 for design. These charts are not intended to replace a critical evaluation of
any particular connection in an application where the charts show the flange
Std 6ACRA to be marginal. Pages: 79
Age-Hardened Nickel-Based Alloys for Oil and Gas Drilling and 3rd Edition | September 2008 | Product Number: G6AF03 | Price: $163.00
Production Equipment
(includes Errata 1 dated October 2015, Addendum 1 dated September 2017, TR 6AF *
Errata 2 dated February 2018, Addendum 2 dated September 2018, and Technical Report on Capabilities of API Flanges Under Combinations
Addendum 3 dated February 2019) of Load—Russian
Provides requirements for age-hardened nickel-base alloys that are intended (includes Errata 1 dated March 2017)
to supplement the existing requirements of Spec 6A. For downhole Russian translation of TR 6AF.
applications, refer to Spec 5CRA.
3rd Edition | September 2008 | Product Number: G6AF03R | Price: $163.00
These additional requirements include detailed process control requirements
and detailed testing requirements. The purpose of these additional
requirements is to ensure that the age-hardened nickel-base alloys used in TR 6AF1
the manufacture of Spec 6A pressure-containing and pressure-controlling Technical Report on Temperature Derating of API Flanges Under
components are not embrittled by the presence of an excessive level of Combination of Loading
deleterious phases and meet the minimum metallurgical quality
requirements. Continuation to the report on the capabilities of flanges under combined
loadings (PRAC 86-21) that resulted in the publication of Bull 6AF. Included
This standard is intended to apply to pressure-containing and pressure- in this technical report is an in-depth look into the effect of elevated
controlling components as defined in Spec 6A. Requirements of this temperatures of API flanges. The results in this report are analytical and
standard may be applied by voluntary conformance by a manufacturer, assume a temperature gradient across the flange as stated in this report.
normative reference in Spec 6A or other product specification(s), or by Pages: 256
contractual agreement.
2nd Edition | November 1998 | Product Number: G06AF1 | Price: $171.00
This document expands the scope of Std 6A718. With its issuance, it
replaces Std 6A718, 2nd Edition in its entirety. Pages: 33
1st Edition | August 2015 | Product Number: G6ACRA1 | $98.00
TR 6AF2
Technical Report on Capabilities of API Integral Flanges Under
Std 6ACRA * Combination of Loading—Phase II
Age-Hardened Nickel-Based Alloys for Oil and Gas Drilling and (includes Errata 1 dated November 2018)
Production Equipment—Russian Result of the evaluation of the load carrying capacity of Spec 6A integral
(includes Errata 1 dated October 2015, Addendum 1 dated September 2017, flanges, including the end tension and bending moment in addition to the
Errata 2 dated February 2018, Addendum 2 dated September 2018, and conventional rated pressure and makeup forces. The effect of a temperature
difference corresponding to 250 °F on the inside and 30 °F on the outside
Addendum 3 dated February 2019) is also evaluated. Three-dimensional finite element meshes are generated
Russian translation of Std 6ACRA. for the Type 6B and Type 6BX flanges. The computer program SESAM is used
1st Edition | August 2015 | Product Number: G6ACRA1R | $98.00 to obtain the stresses at selected critical flange and hub sections and to
determine the gasket reaction due to each of the four unit load cases and
the temperature difference load case. The leakage criterion is defined as the
load combination with reduces the initial makeup compressive forces in the
gasket to zero. The stresses in each defined section are linearized in
accordance with the ASME Section VIII, Division 2 procedure to determine

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the membrane and membrane-plus-bending stress intensities. The stress Std 6AV2
intensities are checked against the allowable conditions specified in Installation, Maintenance, and Repair of Safety Valves (SSV, USV,
Spec 6A. Pages: 119 and BSDV)
5th Edition | April 2013 | Product Number: G6AF25 | Price: $184.00 Provides requirements for installing and maintaining surface safety valves
(SSV) and underwater safety valves (USV). Included are requirements for
TR 6AF3 receiving inspection, installation and maintenance, field and offsite repair,
High-pressure High-temperature (HPHT) Flange Design Methodology testing procedures with acceptance criteria, failure reporting, and
Provides design guidelines for API 6BX style flanges utilized as end and documentation. Power and control systems for SSV/USVs are not included.
outlet connectors in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) surface and This document is applicable to SSVs/USVs used or intended to be used as
subsea applications. For this document, HPHT applications are intended to part of a safety system, as defined by documents such as API 14C. This
mean flanges assigned a temperature rating greater than 350 °F or a standard is the revision of and supersedes RP 14H, 5th Edition. Pages: 36
pressure rating greater than 15,000 psi. This document does not address 2nd Edition | August 2020 | Product Number: G6AV202 | Price: $160.00
thermal effects including gradient effects or subsea production equipment.
Service temperature ratings above 550 °F (288 °C) are outside the scope Spec 6D 
of this technical report. The flange designer should address thermal effects Specification for Valves
when designing flanges rated for high temperatures. Pages: 34 (includes Errata 1 dated December 2021)
1st Edition | August 2020 | Product Number: G6AF301 | Price: $86.00 Defines the requirements for the design, manufacturing, materials, welding,
quality control, assembly, testing, marking, documentation, and process
TR 6AM controls of axial, ball, check, gate, and plug valves for application in the
Technical Report on Material Toughness natural gas and petroleum industry. The specification is used on a global
Includes CVN toughness requirement that can be used as a quality scale to help ensure access to reliable and sustainable energy, and supports
assurance measure in Spec 6A equipment to screen materials with poor UN Sustainable Development Goal 9, Resilient Infrastructure. The title was
notch toughness. Pages: 12 updated to reflect its broad use and applicability in the natural gas and
petroleum industry. Pages: 173
2nd Edition | September 1995 | Product Number: G06AM2 | Price: $82.00
25th Edition | November 2021 | Product Number: G6D025 | Price: $180.00
Std 6AR RP 6DR
Repair and Remanufacture of Wellhead and Tree Equipment Recommended Practice for the Repair and Remanufacture of
Identifies the requirements for repair and remanufacture of wellhead and Pipeline Valves
tree equipment under a quality management system and manufactured in
conformance with API 6A for continued service when specified by the user/ Provides guidelines for the repair and remanufacture of steel ball, check, gate,
purchaser of the equipment. and plug valves normally used in pipeline applications, as defined by Spec 6D.
This RP covers repair or remanufacturing of end user’s (owner’s) valves for
This standard applies to equipment manufactured to editions of API 6A in continued service in the owner’s production applications. Repaired or
which a product specification level (PSL) identifies the quality, material, and remanufactured valves may not meet API and/or the OEM standard
testing requirements for a specific product. Equipment identified as requirements for new valves. The owner is responsible for the correct
manufactured in conformance with API 6A prior to April 1986 (API 6A, 15th application of valves repaired or remanufactured per this document. It does
Edition) is outside the scope of this document. A repair and remanufacture not cover repair or remanufacture of used or surplus valves intended for resale.
specification level (RSL) is designated to provide the appropriate quality Furthermore, field repair is outside the scope of this document. Pages: 11
control requirements for the repair and remanufacture of wellhead and tree
equipment under this standard. Pages: 25 2nd Edition | May 2012 | Reaffirmed: January 2020
Product Number: G06DR2 | Price: $84.00
2nd Edition | September 2019 | Product Number: G6AR02 | Price: $75.00
RP 6DR *
Spec 6AV1  Recommended Practice for the Repair and Remanufacture of
Validation of Safety and Shutdown Valves for Sandy Service Pipeline Valves—Russian
There are three service classes—Class I, Class II, and Class III—for API 6A
surface safety valve (SSV), underwater safety valve (USV), or boarding Russian translation of Spec RP 6DR.
shutdown valve (BSDV). This standard establishes sandy service design 2nd Edition | May 2012 | Reaffirmed: January 2020
validation for valves to meet Class II and Class III. Product Number: G06DR2R | Price: $84.00
Class II is intended to validate the valve bore sealing mechanism if
substances such as sand can be expected to cause safety or shutdown valve Spec 6DSS 
failure. Specification for Subsea Pipeline Valves
Class III adds additional requirements and validation of the bonnet assembly (includes Errata 1 dated May 2018, Errata 2 dated July 2018,
inclusive of stem seals and may be selected by the user/purchaser. Addendum 1 dated April 2019, and Addendum 2 dated June 2022)
Validation to Class III also validates the same SSV/USV/BSDV for Class II in Defines the requirements for the design, manufacturing, quality control,
accordance with scaling limitations specified in the document. Pages: 32
assembly, testing, and documentation of ball, check, gate, plug, and axial
3rd Edition | July 2018 | Product Number: G6AV103 | Price: $105.00 on-off valves for application in subsea pipeline systems for the petroleum
and natural gas industries. The document contains requirements for both
full-opening and reduced-opening valves.
Valves covered by this specification include one of the following pressure
classes: Class 150, Class 300, Class 600, Class 900, Class 1500, or Class
2500. This specification is not applicable to valves for pressure ratings
exceeding Class 2500. Pages: 130
3rd Edition | August 2017 | Product Number: G6DSS3 | Price: $179.00
*These translated versions are provided for the convenience of our customers and are not officially endorsed by API. The translated versions shall neither replace nor supersede the
English-language versions, which remain the official standards. API shall not be responsible for any discrepancies or interpretations of these translations. Translations may not
include any addenda or errata to the document. Please check the English-language versions for any updates to the documents.

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