LIST OF FREQUENTLY OCCURING DISCREPANCIES

Sl Discrepancie Drilling Materials - Frequently Occurring

Actions required
No s Related to Discrepancies
MRB/Test report/Certificates are without TPI All MRB/ test reports/certificates shall be endorsed by stamping as “reviewed”,
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endorsement “witnessed” , "approved"or “witnessed & reviewed” as necessary and signed by TPI.
MTC’s and certificate of conformance does
not show compliance to relevant standards All MTC’s, COC’s and certificates shall be verified for compliance to relevant
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(e.g. API 5CT, API 6A, NACE MR 0175, KOC standards.
Standards, etc.)

MTC’s do not indicate revision date/edition of

3 MTC’s must indicate revision date/edition of relevant international standards.
relevant international Standards

MTC's for all the individual parts of an MTC's for each part of an assembly shall be provided (nut, stud, stem, Gate, Ball,
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assembly is not included in the MRB seats, body, bonnet, coupling, etc.)

MTC The frequency of test (tensile test & hardness

5 Test frequency shall comply with applicable standards
test) is not complying with relevant standards

Orientation & location of the test specimen is

6 Orientation shall be mentioned in the MTC
not reported
Casing & Tubing MTCs does not cover some
important parameters and the inspection
activities carried out by manufacturer and
their results (e.g. wall thickness details, visual MTC's shall include all the tests and its results as well as important parameters
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& dimensinal, pipe body end area NDE, required by the Relevant Standards, Specifications and PO requirements
thread inspection, SSC, Grain
size,Hardenability, minimum tempering
temperature, etc. )
Data Book shall be properly reviewed for its completeness. Data book should be
8 MRB/Data Book is incomplete prepared and compiled in progress such that IRN shall be issued after satisfactory
review for completeness of the compiled Data Book/MRB.

Packing list is incomplete / brief discreption Packing list shall be complete and list out all the items available and shall contain all
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do not contain any details of component item the relevant technical details for each item.
Data Book &
Packing List
10 Packing list is not endorsed by TPI Packing list provided/attached on the boxes shall be endorsed by TPI.
Data Book shall be endorsed as " Reviewed" and signed by TPI on the first page or
11 Data Book is not signed by TPIA
covering page
Packing list and the material packed are not
12 The packing shall be physically checked for correlation with the packing list.
matching each other
All the test reports shall be thoroughly reviewed for its correctness. Equipment Model
Nos, Serial Nos, etc. shall be the same as manufactured materials. We are frequently
Typo errors in the test reports
noticing that the test reports generated by vendor is having typo errors even after final
Reports and
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certificates
Material serial numbers, heat numbers, not
available or not matching with that of Test Check actual material serial numbers and review thoroughly reports and Certificates.
Reports and Test Certificates
Markings punched on the body as well as name plate shall be reviewed for its
compliance to standards, specifications and KOC requirements.
Wrong punching/punch marks missing on
14 Marking the items (Name plate/Body). Not readable Ensure markings are readable even after painting.
markings Ensure markings and nameplates shall be place in accessible and visible
locations (not hidden on the flanges or covered by other components when
material is assembled.
The supplied materials is not complying to
KOC standards for some special TPI shall thoroughly study the KOC standards to ensure the compliance of the ordered
15 KOC material/operational requirements (e.g. DBB, material with KOC requirements .
Standards/PO drain & vent plugs etc.)
Requirements
MTC/name plates do not show compliance to If the material is ordered for Sour Service, the Certificates/name plates shall show
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NACE for Sour service Materials compliance to NACE MR 0175
Release note shall clearly specify the PO No, TPI ref No, PO line No, Cat ID No,
Material Description, total PO quantity, present released quantity, released till date and
17 Release note is incomplete shall be endorsed by TPI.
Release Note Applicable MRB reference number and packing list reference number for the release
items shall be referred.
Shipped materials without getting Release Manufacturer is allowed to ship the material only with TPIA Release Note of
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note of acceptance from TPIA Acceptance was issued by TPIA.
TPI Inspectors, Coordinators shall thoroughly review the PO Specification
Requirements, accepted Technical clarifications/deviations, approved Drawings &
PO General
19 General Requirements study the specified International manufacturing and testing standards ( i.e. API, BS,
Requirements
ASTM, etc.) and KOC standards to ensure the compliance of the ordered material with
PO & KOC requirements .
Note:
1. TPI and Vendor shall discuss the above discrepancies during PIM and the same shall be reported in the PIM Report.
2. Penalty/deduction will be applied to contractor’s invoices without any prior information as per clause 12.0 of Contract Specification
for any mal-performance from the side of TPIA in respect of the defective materials received.