API Standards for Safe Offshore Operations

RP 2A-WSD

Planning, Designing, and Constructing

Fixed Offshore Platforms
Working Stress Design
Specification for the Fabrication of
SPEC 2B
Structural Steel Pipe
Offshore Pedestal-Mounted Cranes
SPEC 2C
Operation and Maintenance of
RP 2D
Offshore Cranes
Seismic Design Procedures and
RP 2EQ/ISO
19901-2:2004* Criteria for Offshore Structures

SPEC 2F
RP 2FB
RP 2GEO/ISO
19901-4:2003
SPEC 2H
BULL 2HINS

Specification for Mooring Chain

Recommended Practice for Design of
Offshore Facilities Against Fire and
Blast Loading
Geotechnical and Foundation Design
Considerations
Specification for Carbon Manganese Steel
Plate for Offshore Structures
Guidance for Post-Hurricane Structural
Inspection of Offshore Structures

RP 2I
RP 2L
RP 2MET/ISO
19901-1:2006
RP 2MOP/ISO
19901-6:2009
SPEC 2MT1
SPEC 2MT2
RP 2N
STD 2RD
BULL 2S
SPEC 2SC
SPEC 2SF
RP 2SIM
RP 2T
BULL 2TD
BULL 2U
BULL 2V
SPEC 2W
RP 2X

SPEC 16A/ISO
13533:2001
SPEC 16C
SPEC 16D
SPEC 16F
RP 16Q
SPEC 16R
SPEC 16RCD
RP 16ST
STD 53
RP 59
RP 64
RP 68
RP 90
RP 92U
RP 96
BULL 97

In-Service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Structures

Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing
Heliports for Fixed Offshore Platforms
Deprivation of Metocean Design and Operating Conditions

Specification for Carbon Manganese Steel Plate with Improved Toughness for
Offshore Structures
Rolled Shapes with Improved Notch Toughness
Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Structures and
Pipelines for Arctic Conditions
Dynamic Risers for Floating Production Systems
Design of Windlass Wildcats for Floating Offshore Structures
Manufacture of Structural Steel Castings for Primary Offshore Applications
Manufacture of Structural Steel Forgings for Primary Offshore Applications
Structural Integrity Management of Fixed Offshore Structures
Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms
Guidelines for Tie-Downs on Offshore Production Facilities for Hurricane Season
Bulletin on Stability Design of Cylindrical Shells
Design of Flat Plate Structures
Specification for Steel Plates for Offshore Structures, Produced
by Thermo-Mechanical Control Processing (TMCP)
Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic and Magnetic Examination
of Offshore Structural Fabrication and Guidelines for Qualification
of Technicians

RP 98

Specification for Choke and Kill Equipment

Specification for Control Systems for Drilling Well Control
Equipment and Control Systems for Diverter Equipment
Specification for Marine Drilling Riser Equipment
Recommended Practice for Design, Selection, Operation
and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems
Specification for Marine Drilling Riser Couplings

RP 2FPS

Specification for Drill Through EquipmentRotating

Control Devices
Coiled Tubing Well Control Equipment Systems
Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells
Recommended Practice for Well Control Operations
Recommended Practice for Diverter Systems Equipment
and Operations

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RP 2Z

Marine Operations

Specification for Drill-Through Equipment

Recommended Practice for Oil and Gas Well Servicing

and Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide
Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore Wells
Underbalanced Drilling Operations
Deepwater Well Design and Construction
Well Construction Interface Document Guidelines

SPEC 2Y

RP 95J
SPEC 14A
RP 14B/ISO
10417:2004
RP 14C
RP 14E
RP 14F
RP 14FZ
RP 14G
RP 14J
SPEC 14L/ISO
16070:2005

Specification for Steel Plates, Quenched-and-Tempered, for

Offshore Structures
Recommendation Practice for Preproduction Qualification for
Steel Plates for Offshore Structures
Gulf of Mexico Jackup Operations for Hurricane Season
Specification for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment
Design, Installation, Repair and Operation of Subsurface Safety
Valve Systems
Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation, and
Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems for Offshore Production
Platforms
Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of Offshore
Production Platform Piping Systems
Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed
and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class
I, Division 1, and Division 2 Locations
Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of
Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for
Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations
Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Fixed
Open-Type Offshore Production Platforms
Recommended Practice for Design and Hazards Analysis
for Offshore Production Facilities
Specification for Lock Mandrels and Landing Nipples

Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Riser

TR 17TR1

Remotely Operated Tools and Interfaces on Subsea

Production Systems

Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for Floating

Structures
Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of
Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring

SPEC 17J
SPEC 17K/ISO
13628-10:2005
SPEC 17L1
RP 17L2

Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe

Specification for Bonded Flexible Pipe

TR 17TR2
TR 17TR3

TR 1PER15K-1

Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-Pressure

High-Temperature Equipment

RP 17N

SPEC 6DSS/ISO
14723:2009
RP 17A/ISO
13628-1:2005
RP 17B
RP 17C/ISO
13628-3:2000
SPEC 17D/
13628-4 2010
SPEC 17E/ISO
13628-5:2009
SPEC 17F

Specification for Subsea Pipeline Valves

RP 170

Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems

General Requirements and Recommendations
Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe
Recommended Practice on TFL (Through Flowline) Systems

RP17P/ISO
13628-1:2005
RP17Q

RP 2SK
RP 2SM

Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems

Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment
Specification for Subsea Umbilicals
Standard for Subsea Production Control Systems

RP17R
RP 17U
RP17V
RP17W

RP T-1
RP T-2
RP T-4
RP T-6

RP T-7

Specification for Flexible Pipe Ancillary Equipment

Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe Ancillary
Equipment
Recommended Practice for Subsea Production System
Reliability and Technical Risk Management
Recommended Practice for Subsea High Integrity
Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS)
Design and Operation of Subsea Production
SystemsSubsea Structures and Manifolds
Subsea Equipment QualificationStandardized Process
for Documentation
Recommended Practice for Flowline Connectors and
Jumpers
Wet and Dry Thermal Insulation of Subsea Flowlines and
Equipment
Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation,
and Testing of Safety Systems for Subsea Applications
Recommended Practice for Subsea Capping Stacks

TR 17TR4
TR 17TR5
TR 17TR6
TR 17TR8
RP 65
ST 65-2
RP 70
RP 70I
SPEC 6A/ISO
10423: 2009
SPEC 4F
SPEC 7K

Planning and Conducting Surface Preparation and

Coating Operations for Oil and Natural Gas Drilling
and Production Facilities in a Marine Environment
Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore
for the First Time
Recommended Practice for Qualification Programs
for Offshore Production Personnel Who Work with
Safety Devices
Training of Offshore Personnel in Nonoperating
Emergencies
Recommended Practice for Training and
Qualification of Personnel in Well Control Equipment
and Techniques for Wireline Operations on Offshore
Locations
Training of Personnel in Rescue of Person in Water

SPEC Q1 Specification for Quality Management System

SPEC Q2

RP 75

RP 17G/ISO
13628-7:2005
RP 17H

Personal Protective Equipment Selection for Oil Spill

Responders
Planning, Designing, and Constructing Floating
Production Systems

BULL 91

Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for

the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry
Specification for Quality Management System
Requirements for Service Supply Organizations for
the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries
Recommended Practice for Development of a
Safety and Environmental Management Program
for Offshore Operations and Facilities

Evaluation Standard for Internal Pressure Sheath Polymers for

High Temperature Flexible Pipes
The Aging of PA-11 In Flexible Pipes
An Evaluation of the Risks and Benefits of Penetrations in Subsea
Wellheads Below the BOP Stack
Subsea Equipment Pressure Ratings
Avoidance of Blockages in Subsea Production Control and
Chemical Injection Systems
Attributes of Production Chemicals in Subsea Production
Systems
High-pressure High-temperature Design Guidelines
Recommended Practice for Cementing Shallow Water Flow
Zones in Deepwater Wells
Standard on Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well
Construction
Security for Offshore oil and Natural Gas Operations
Security for Worldwide Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations
Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment

API has published more than 220 standards that apply to offshore oil and gas operations
under its accredited standards program. This poster includes over 100 of those standards,
focusing on some of the more prominent documents that cover fixed offshore platforms,
drilling operations, floating production systems, and subsea completion equipment.