ISO Standards 2020 Update: What You Need to Know
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recently released an update to its standards for use in the oil and gas industry. The ISO Standards 2020 update includes new and revised standards that aim to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the oil and gas industry. In this blog post, we'll take a look at some of the key changes and updates included in the ISO Standards 2020 update.
Key Changes and Updates
Some of the key changes and updates included in the ISO Standards 2020 update for use in the oil and gas industry include:
- New standard for risk management in the oil and gas industry: ISO 31010:2019 provides guidance on risk management in the oil and gas industry, including the identification, assessment, and control of risks. This standard can be used by oil and gas companies, as well as other organizations involved in the industry.
- Revised standard for oil and gas upstream production operations: ISO 10418:2020 updates the previous version of this standard, which covers the design, operation, and maintenance of upstream production operations in the oil and gas industry. The revised standard includes new requirements for safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
- Revised standard for oil and gas downstream operations: ISO 15926-7:2020 updates the previous version of this standard, which covers the design, operation, and maintenance of downstream operations in the oil and gas industry. The revised standard includes new requirements for data management and digitalization, as well as updated guidance on safety and sustainability.
Benefits of the ISO Standards 2020 Update
The ISO Standards 2020 update for use in the oil and gas industry offers several benefits to companies and organizations in the industry. Some of the key benefits of the update include:
- Improved safety: The new and revised standards included in the ISO Standards 2020 update aim to improve the safety of oil and gas operations, helping to reduce the risk of accidents and incidents.
- Increased efficiency: The new and revised standards provide guidance on best practices and efficient methods for oil and gas operations, helping companies to save time and resources.
- Greater sustainability: The new and revised standards include requirements for sustainability, helping companies to reduce their environmental impact and promote responsible resource use.
By following the guidelines outlined in the ISO Standards 2020 update for use in the oil and gas industry, companies and organizations can improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability in their operations.
International Standards Organizations
There are several international organizations that are responsible for developing and maintaining standards in various industries. Some of the most well-known organizations include:
- ABNT - Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Brazilian Association of Technical Standards): This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in Brazil across a wide range of industries, including construction, energy, and telecommunications.
- ANSI - American National Standards Institute: This organization is responsible for coordinating the development of standards in the United States across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, information technology, and energy.
- API - American Petroleum Institute: This organization is focused on developing and maintaining standards in the oil and gas industry, including standards for equipment, operations, and safety.
- AS - Standards Australia: This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in Australia across a wide range of industries, including construction, energy, and transportation.
- BSI - British Standards Institution: This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in the United Kingdom across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, information technology, and construction.
- CSA - Canadian Standards Association: This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in Canada across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, information technology, and construction.
- NORSOK - Norwegian Forum for Standardisation: This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in Norway, specifically in the oil and gas industry, including standards for equipment, operations, and safety.
- NF - Association Française de Normalisation (French Association for Standardization): This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in France across a wide range of industries, including construction, energy, and transportation.
- GOST - State Standard of the Russian Federation: This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in Russia across a wide range of industries, including construction, energy, and transportation.
- SAC - Standardization Administration of China: This organization is responsible for developing and maintaining standards in China across a wide range of industries, including construction, energy, and transportation.
These organizations play a crucial role in maintaining quality, safety and efficiency across various industries by developing and promoting standards, guidelines and codes of practice. Companies and organizations operating in different countries have to comply with these standards in order to meet the requirements of national and international regulations.
These organizations develop and publish ISO standards that are used in the oil and gas industry to ensure the safety, quality, and efficiency of operations. Some examples of ISO standards that are relevant to the oil and gas industry include ISO 29001 (Quality management systems for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industry), ISO 10417 (Petroleum and natural gas industries - Drilling and production equipment - Safety requirements for offshore structures), and ISO 15136 (Petroleum and natural gas industries - Surface production installations - Design and operation).
It is important for companies in the oil and gas industry to adhere to these standards in order to maintain a high level of safety and quality, as well as to ensure that their operations are consistent with international best practices.
ISO Standards for the Oil and Gas Industry
There are several ISO standards that are relevant to the oil and gas industry. These include:
ISO Standards 2020 update
| Sr. | Codes | Discription |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISO 10418 | Process safety systems (Rev) |
| 2 | ISO 10419 | Replaced by API Spec 6AV2 |
| 3 | ISO 10423 | Wellhead and christmas tree equipment |
| 4 | ISO 12489 | Reliability modelling/safety systems |
| 5 | ISO 13354 | Shallow gas diverter equipment |
| 6 | ISO 13533 | Drill-through equipment (BOPs) |
| 7 | ISO 13534 | Hoisting equipment – care/maintenance |
| 8 | ISO 13535 | Hoisting equipment – specification |
| 9 | ISO 13626 | Drilling and well-servicing structures |
| 10 | ISO 13702 | Control and mitigation of fires and explosions |
| 11 | ISO 13703 | Offshore piping systems |
| 12 | ISO 14224 | Reliability and maintenance data |
| 13 | ISO 14692-1 | GRP piping vocabulary, symbols, applications and materials |
| 14 | ISO 14692-2 | GRP piping qualification and manufacture |
| 15 | ISO 14692-3 | GRP piping system design |
| 16 | ISO 14692-4 | GRP piping fabrication, installation and operation |
| 17 | ISO 14693 | Drilling equipment |
| 18 | ISO 15138 | Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (Rev) |
| 19 | ISO 15156 | Cracking-resistant materials for use in H2S environments, Parts 1-3 |
| 20 | ISO 15544 | Emergency response |
| 21 | ISO 15663 | Life cycle costing, Parts 1–3 |
| 22 | ISO 16901 | Risk assessment in the design of onshore LNG installations |
| 23 | ISO 16903 | Characteristics of LNG influencing design and material selection |
| 24 | ISO 16904 | LNG Marine Transfer Arms |
| 25 | ISO 17177 | Unconventional LNG transfer systems |
| 26 | ISO 17292 | Metal ball valves |
| 27 | ISO 17776 | Major Accident hazard management during design |
| 28 | ISO 17781 | Duplex stainless steel materials testing |
| 29 | ISO 17782 | Qualification of manufacturers of special materials (New) |
| 30 | ISO 17945 | Materials resistant to sulfide stress cracking |
| 31 | ISO 17969 | Guidelines on competency for personnel |
| 32 | ISO 18683 | Systems and installations for supply of LNG as fuel to ships |
| 33 | ISO 19008 | Standard Cost Coding System |
| 34 | ISO 19277 | Qualification testing for coating under insulation (New) |
| 35 | ISO 20321 | Powered elevators (New) |
| 36 | ISO 20815 | Production assurance and reliability management (Rev) |
| 37 | ISO 21457 | Materials selection |
| 38 | ISO 23936-1 | Thermoplastics |
| 39 | ISO 23936-2 | Elastomers |
| 40 | ISO 27469 | Method of test for offshore fire dampers |
| 41 | ISO 29001 | Sector-specific quality management systems |
| 42 | ISO 3977-5 | Gas turbines – procurement |
| 43 | ISO 10428 | Sucker rods |
| 44 | ISO 10431 | Pumping unites |
| 45 | ISO 10434 | Bolted bonnet steel gate valves |
| 46 | ISO 10436 | Replaced by API Std 611 |
| 47 | ISO 10437 | Special-purpose steam turbines |
| 48 | ISO 10438 | Lubrication, shaft-sealing and control-oil systems, Parts 1–4 |
| 49 | ISO 10439 | Centrifugal compressors |
| 50 | ISO 10440-1 | Rotary-type positive-displacement process compressors (oil-free) |
| 51 | ISO 10440-2 | Rotary PD packaged air compressors |
| 52 | ISO 10441 | Flexible couplings – special |
| 53 | ISO 10442 | Integrally geared air compressors |
| 54 | ISO 12211 | Spiral plate heat exchangers |
| 55 | ISO 12212 | Hairpin heat exchangers |
| 56 | ISO 13631 | Reciprocating gas compressors |
| 57 | ISO 13691 | High speed enclosed gear units |
| 58 | ISO 13704 | Calculation of heater tube thickness |
| 59 | ISO 13705 | Fired heaters for general service |
| 60 | ISO 13706 | Air-cooled heat exchangers |
| 61 | ISO 13707 | Reciprocating compressors |
| 62 | ISO 13709 | Centrifugal pumps |
| 63 | ISO 13710 | Reciprocating positive displacement pumps |
| 64 | ISO 14691 | Flexible couplings – general |
| 65 | ISO 15547 | Heat exchangers, Parts 1-2 |
| 66 | ISO 15649 | Piping |
| 67 | ISO 15761 | Steel valves DN 100 and smaller |
| 68 | ISO 16812 | Shell and tube heat exchangers (Rev) |
| 69 | ISO 16901 | Risk assessment of onshore LNG installations |
| 70 | ISO 16961 | Internal coating and lining of steel storage tanks |
| 71 | ISO 17348 | Materials Selection in CO2 Environment for casing,tubing and downhole equipments |
| 72 | ISO 17349 | Streams containing high levels of CO2 |
| 73 | ISO 18624 | Guidance for design of LNG storage tanks (New) |
| 74 | ISO 18796-1 | Internal coating and lining of process vessels (New) |
| 75 | ISO 20088-1 | Resistance to cryogenic spillage of insulation materials– Liquid phase |
| 76 | ISO 20088-2 | Resistance to cryogenic spillage of insulation materials -Vapor phase (New) |
| 77 | ISO 20088-3 | Resistance to cryogenic spillage of insulation materials -High pressure jet exposure (New) |
| 78 | ISO 20257-1 | General requirements for floating LNG installations (New) |
| 79 | ISO 20257-2 | Specific requirements for FSRU (New) |
| 80 | ISO 21049 | Centrifugal and rotary pumps shaft sealing |
| 81 | ISO 23251 | Replaced by API Std 521 (Rev) |
| 82 | ISO 24817 | Composite repairs for pipework |
| 83 | ISO 25457 | Flares details |
| 84 | ISO 27509 | Compact flanged connections |
| 85 | ISO 28300 | Venting of storage tanks |
| 86 | ISO 28460 | LNG – Ship to shore interface |
| 87 | ISO 10855-1 | Offshore containers design, manufacture and marking (New) |
| 88 | ISO 10855-2 | Offshore containers lifting sets (New) |
| 89 | ISO 10855-3 | Offshore containers periodic inspection (New) |
| 90 | ISO 18647 | Modular drilling rigs |
| 91 | ISO 18797-1 | Elastomeric coating of risers - polychloroprene or EPDM |
| 92 | ISO 19900 | General requirements for offshore structures (Rev) |
| 93 | ISO 19901-1 | Metocean design and operating considerations |
| 94 | ISO 19901-2 | Seismic design procedures and criteria |
| 95 | ISO 19901-3 | Topsides structure |
| 96 | ISO 19901-4 | Geotechnical and foundation design |
| 97 | ISO 19901-5 | Weight control |
| 98 | ISO 19901-6 | Marine operations (Rev) |
| 99 | ISO 19901-8 | Marine soil investigations |
| 100 | ISO 19901-9 | Structural Integrity Management (New) |
| 101 | ISO 19902 | Fixed steel offshore structures (Rev) |
| 102 | ISO 19903 | Fixed concrete offshore structures (Rev) |
| 103 | ISO 19904-1 | Monohulls, semi-submersibles and spars (Rev) |
| 104 | ISO 19905-1 | Site-specific assessment of jack-ups |
| 105 | ISO 19905-2 | Jack-ups commentary |
| 106 | ISO 19905-3 | Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units |
| 107 | ISO 19906 | Arctic offshore structures (Rev) |
| 108 | ISO 35101 | Arctic Working environment |
| 109 | ISO 35102 | Arctic Operations Escape, evacuation and rescue (New) |
| 110 | ISO 35103 | Arctic Environmental monitoring |
| 111 | ISO 35104 | Arctic operations - Ice management (New) |
| 112 | ISO 35105 | Arctic material (New) |
| 113 | ISO 35106 | Arctic metocean, ice and seabed data |
| 114 | ISO 13624 | Marine drilling riser systems, Parts 1-2 |
| 115 | ISO 13625 | Marine drilling riser couplings |
| 116 | ISO 19901-7 | Stationkeeping systems |
| 117 | ISO 13628-1 | Subsea production systems |
| 118 | ISO 13628-2 | Subsea flexible pipe systems |
| 119 | ISO 13628-3 | Subsea TFL pumpdown systems |
| 120 | ISO 13628-4 | Subsea wellhead and tree equipment |
| 121 | ISO 13628-5 | Subsea control umbilicals |
| 122 | ISO 13628-6 | Subsea production controls |
| 123 | ISO 13628-7 | Completion/workover riser system |
| 124 | ISO 13628-8 | ROT and interfaces |
| 125 | ISO 13628-9 | ROT intervention systems |
| 126 | ISO 13628-10 | Bonded flexible pipe |
| 127 | ISO 13628-11 | Flexible pipe systems for subsea and marine applications |
| 128 | ISO 13628-15 | Subsea structures and manifolds |
| 129 | ISO 10400 | Calculations for OCTG performance properties (Rev) |
| 130 | ISO 10405 | Care/use of casing/tubing |
| 131 | ISO 10407-1 | Drill stem design |
| 132 | ISO 10407-2 | Inspection and classification of drill stem elements |
| 133 | ISO 10414-1 | Field testing of water-based fluids |
| 134 | ISO 10414-2 | Field testing of oil-based drilling fluids |
| 135 | ISO 10416 | Drilling fluids – lab testing |
| 136 | ISO 10417 | Subsurface safety valve systems |
| 137 | ISO 10422 | Replaced by API Spec 5B |
| 138 | ISO 10424-1 | Rotary drill stem elements |
| 139 | ISO 10424-2 | Threading and gauging of connections |
| 140 | ISO 10426-1 | Well cementing |
| 141 | ISO 10426-2 | Testing of well cements |
| 142 | ISO 10426-3 | Testing of deepwater well cement (Rev) |
| 143 | ISO 10426-4 | Atmospheric foamed cement slurries (Rev) |
| 144 | ISO 10426-5 | Shrinkage and expansion of well cement |
| 145 | ISO 10426-6 | Static gel strength of cement formulations |
| 146 | ISO 10427-1 | Bow spring casing centralizers |
| 147 | ISO 10427-2 | Centralizer placement and stop-collar testing |
| 148 | ISO 10427-3 | Performance testing of cement float equipment |
| 149 | ISO 10432 | Subsurface safety valves |
| 150 | ISO 10433 | Replaced by API Spec 6AV1 |
| 151 | ISO 11960 | Casing and tubing for wells |
| 152 | ISO 11961 | Drill pipe (Rev) |
| 153 | ISO 12835 | Qualification of casing connections for thermal wells |
| 154 | ISO 13085 | Tubing aluminium alloy pipes |
| 155 | ISO 13500 | Drilling fluids |
| 156 | ISO 13501 | Drilling fluids – processing systems evaluation |
| 157 | ISO 13503-1 | Measurement of viscous properties of completion fluids |
| 158 | ISO 13503-2 | Measurement of properties of proppants |
| 159 | ISO 13503-3 | Testing of heavy brines |
| 160 | ISO 13503-4 | Measurement of stimulation & gravelpack fluid leakoff |
| 161 | ISO 13503-5 | Measurement of long term conductivity of proppants |
| 162 | ISO 13503-6 | Measuring leak-off of completion fluids under dynamic conditions |
| 163 | ISO 13678 | Thread compounds |
| 164 | ISO 13679 | Casing and tubing connections testing (Rev) |
| 165 | ISO 13680 | CRA seamless tubes for casing & tubing |
| 166 | ISO 14310 | Packers and bridge plugs |
| 167 | ISO 14998 | Accessory completion equipment |
| 168 | ISO 15136 | Progressing cavity pump systems, Parts 1-2 |
| 169 | ISO 15463 | Field inspection of new casing, tubing and plain end drill pipe |
| 170 | ISO 15464 | Gauging and inspection of threads |
| 171 | ISO 15551-1 | Electric submersible pump systems for artificial lift |
| 172 | ISO 15546 | Aluminium alloy drill pipe |
| 173 | ISO 16070 | Lock mandrels and landing nipples |
| 174 | ISO 16530-1 | Well integrity manual |
| 175 | ISO 17078-1 | Side-pocket mandrels |
| 176 | ISO 17078-2 | Flow control devices for side-pocket mandrels |
| 177 | ISO 17078-3 | Latches & seals for side-pocket mandrels & flow control devices |
| 178 | ISO 17078-4 | Side-pocket mandrels and related equipment |
| 179 | ISO 17824 | Sand control screens |
| 180 | ISO 20312 | Design of aluminium drill string |
| 181 | ISO 27627 | Aluminium alloy drill pipe thread gauging |
| 182 | ISO 28781 | Subsurface tubing mounted formation barriers |
| 183 | ISO 3183 | Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems |
| 184 | ISO 12490 | Actuation, mechanical integrity and sizing for pipeline valves |
| 185 | ISO 12736 | Wet thermal insulation coatings |
| 186 | ISO 12747 | Pipeline life extension |
| 187 | ISO 13623 | Pipeline transportation systems |
| 188 | ISO 13847 | Welding of pipelines |
| 189 | ISO 14313 | Pipeline valves |
| 190 | ISO 14723 | Subsea pipeline valves |
| 191 | ISO 15589-1 | Cathodic protection of on-land pipelines |
| 192 | ISO 15589-2 | Cathodic protection for offshore pipelines |
| 193 | ISO 15590-1 | Pipeline induction bends (Rev) |
| 194 | ISO 15590-2 | Pipeline fittings |
| 195 | ISO 15590-3 | Pipeline flanges |
| 196 | ISO 15590-4 | Pipeline factory cold bends (New) |
| 197 | ISO 16440 | Steel cased pipelines |
| 198 | ISO 16708 | Pipeline reliability-based limit state design |
| 199 | ISO 19345-1 | Full-life cycle integrity management for onshore pipeline (New) |
| 200 | ISO 19345-2 | Full-life cycle integrity managemen for offshore pipeline (New) |
| 201 | ISO 20074 | Geological hazards risk management of pipelines (New) |
| 202 | ISO 21329 | Test procedures for pipeline mechanical connectors |
| 203 | ISO 21809-1 | Polyolefin coatings (3-layer PE and 3-layer PP) (Rev) |
| 204 | ISO 21809-2 | Fusion-bonded epoxy coatings |
| 205 | ISO 21809-3 | Pipeline field joint coatings (Amd1) |
| 206 | ISO 21809-4 | Polyethylene coatings (2-layer PE) |
| 207 | ISO 21809-5 | Pipeline external concrete coatings |
| 208 | ISO 21809-11 | Pipeline Coating repairs (New) |
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