SBQ Consulting FZE

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Quality for Oil and Gas sector

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Every day, around the world, the oil and natural gas industry relies on equipment and products identified by the API (American Petroleum Institute) Monogram to get the job done right. Designed for manufacturers of production equipment, drilling equipment and now, refinery equipment, the API Monogram Program lets companies show the world what they’re made of. 

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The API Monogram Program grants permission to an API Licensee to apply the API Monogram to applicable products that fall within the scope of the program.

Why API Monogram Product is so important?

 

The petroleum and natural gas industries are by their very natures risky and dangerous with a potential for damage to the environment and risk to human health and safety.

With today’s technical challenges of deeper wells, higher pressures, deeper subsea completions, greater transportation challenges, and larger refining capacities worldwide, the industry will face increasing challenges in its efforts to procure safe and reliable products and services.

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The need for a more rigorous sector-specific QMS that will provide additional assurance in the processes of product and service suppliers is self-evident. Purchasers must continue to require suppliers/contractors to develop and implement effective quality management systems that ensure that processes are in place to reduce the risks to the operators and the general public of inadequate products or services. The industry must also continue to seek third party assistance in assessing supplier quality management systems to internationally recognized QMS requirement documents, such as API Spec Q1 (Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Gas Industry), or API Spec Q2 (Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Gas Industry).

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The enhancements to the basic ISO 9001:2015  are necessary and beneficial to all members of the industry. 

Industry acceptance

Little by little, the oil and gas industry is utilizing the API SpecificationQ1and Q2 by requiring suppliers/contractors to meet these requirements and in some cases, to maintain their  QMS certified to API Specifications Q1and Q2

In addition, the demand for training on API Q1 and API Q2 and the revised version of the specification appears to be growing as both suppliers and registered companies  are in need  for such training.

 

 

Conclusions

 

The enhancements to the basic ISO 9001:2015 are necessary and beneficial to

all members of the industry

 

Why SBQConsulting ?

 

Because Consultants of SBQConsulting FZE  are qualified with proven records for working for API Certification Program for many years as auditors and providing consulting services for numerous Companies in many countries as;

Consultants of SBQConsulting can help to prepare your Organization for your first API audit, to assist you when you need minor changes to your practice, or when  you need to develop and implement  the major changes to your Quality Management System.

SBQConsulting supports companies  to obtain API Monogram license for all API Product Specifications (such as API Spec 6A, 6D, 5CT, 4F, 5L, 7-1 etc.) and/or  to get API registration of your QMS to API SpecQ1, API Spec Q2 or ISO 9001.

Some examples of API products specifications:

API Spec 5B Threading, Gaging, and Thread Inspection

of Casing, Tubing and Line Pipe Threads

API Spec 5CT Casing and Tubing

API Spec 5L Line Pipe

API Spec 6D Pipeline Valves (Steel Gate, Plug, Ball, and

Check Valves)

API Spec 7-1 Rotary Drill Stem Elements

API Spec 8A Drilling and Production Hoisting

Equipment

API Spec 8C Drilling and Production Hoisting 

API Spec 11AX Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and

Fittings,

API Spec 11B Sucker Rods and many other specifications;

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SBQConsulting’s   Consulting and Training Services can help you with: 

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• API Gap Analyses 

• Development and Implementation of QMS complying with the requirements of API Q1, 9th Ed., API Q2;

• Implementation of API Product Monogram Program

• Training in all relevant subjects