This document lists over 100 American Petroleum Institute (API) standards related to offshore oil and gas operations. The standards cover areas such as fixed offshore platforms, drilling operations, floating production systems, subsea completion equipment, and safety. Some of the key standards referenced include those for mooring hardware, heliport design, metocean conditions, steel specifications, riser systems, tension leg platforms, blowout prevention equipment, well control, subsea trees and manifolds, flexible pipes, and safety management. API has published over 220 total standards applicable to offshore oil and gas operations under its accredited standards program.

1. 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
Marine Operations
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 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
Specification for Drill-Through Equipment
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
Specification for Drill Through Equipment—Rotating
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
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 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
Planning, Designing, and Constructing
Fixed Offshore Platforms—
Working Stress Design
Specification for the Fabrication of
Structural Steel Pipe
Offshore Pedestal-Mounted Cranes
Operation and Maintenance of
Offshore Cranes
Seismic Design Procedures and
Criteria for Offshore Structures
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 2A-WSD
SPEC 2B
SPEC 2C
RP 2D
RP 2EQ/ISO
19901-2:2004*
SPEC 2F
RP 2FB
RP 2GEO/ISO
19901-4:2003
SPEC 2H
BULL 2HINS
BULL 91
RP T-1
RP T-2
RP T-4
RP T-6
RP T-7
SPEC Q1
SPEC Q2
RP 75
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
Specification for Quality Management System
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
TR 17TR1
TR 17TR2
TR 17TR3
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
API Standards for Safe Offshore Operations
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
SPEC 2Y
RP 2Z
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
RP 2SK
RP 2SM
TR 1PER15K-1
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
Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for Floating
Structures
Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Maintenance of
Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring
Protocol for Verification and Validation of High-Pressure
High-Temperature Equipment
Specification for Subsea Pipeline Valves
Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—
General Requirements and Recommendations
Recommended Practice for Flexible Pipe
Recommended Practice on TFL (Through Flowline) Systems
Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems—
Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment
Specification for Subsea Umbilicals
Standard for Subsea Production Control Systems
RP 17G/ISO
13628-7:2005
RP 17H
SPEC 17J
SPEC 17K/ISO
13628-10:2005
SPEC 17L1
RP 17L2
RP 17N
RP 170
RP17P/ISO
13628-1:2005
RP17Q
RP17R
RP 17U
RP17V
RP17W
Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Riser
Remotely Operated Tools and Interfaces on Subsea
Production Systems
Specification for Unbonded Flexible Pipe
Specification for Bonded Flexible Pipe
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
Systems—Subsea Structures and Manifolds
Subsea Equipment Qualification—Standardized 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
RP 98
RP 2FPS
Personal Protective Equipment Selection for Oil Spill
Responders
Planning, Designing, and Constructing Floating
Production Systems
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.
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