5. Standardization
A small number of standards are listed in [Doc. BE 8 564].
5.1 Role of API and ISO
The offshore industry originated in the USA, where the American Petroleum Institute (API) crystallized practices around Recommended Practices, specifications and standards.
API is a private organization, independent of ANSI (American National Standard Association – the American equivalent of AFNOR, and as such affiliated to ISO). API recognizes the need for sound engineering judgment in the application of its texts.
In principle, use of API documents is voluntary; in practice, however, contracts require their strict application. For pressure vessels and material classification, API relies on ASME and ASTM, both of which are affiliated...
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Bibliography
Websites
ALLSEAS Entrepreneur Offshore International http://allseas.com
COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMIC RESEARCH. University of Colorado at Boulder, Ocean Space Observations http://www.ccar.colorado.edu
Events
ISOPE Annual conference of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. Around a thousand papers are presented each year. These papers are peer-reviewed. http://www.isope.org
OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Exhibition and conference held in Houston every year during the first week of May. Over 100,000 people attended in 2014....
Standards and norms
The list below is only a very small sample, arbitrarily limited to those mentioned in the article.
- Production Facilities on Offshore structures - API RP 2G - 1974
- Specification for Oil and Gas Separators - API Spec 12J - 2008
- Design, Construction, Operation, and maintenance of offshore Hydrocarbon Pipelines (Limit State design) - API RP 1111 - 2015
- Standard Practice for...
Regulations
SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea, London, IMO (International Maritime Organization)
UNCLOS United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
See Companies Directory 2016 published by EVOLEN http://www.evolen.org
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
EVOLEN, La Défense, France http://www.evolen.org
...Software tools
MOSES integrated offshore simulation software https://www.bentley.com
Orcaflex offshore structures simulation software, well suited to the simulation of marine operations https://www.orcina.com
Flexcom offshore structures simulation software,...
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