APPENDIX 8.

A
Relevant Codes and Standards

Table 8.A-1

Codes and Standards for the Floating Production Facility

Agency

American Petroleum Institute

Title

Reference

Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at

Petroleum Facilities

API RP 500

Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of

Electrical Systems for Offshore Production Platforms

API RP 14F

Specification for Offshore Cranes

API Spec 2C

Recommended Practice for Operation and Maintenance of

Offshore Cranes

API RP 2D

Recommended Practice for the Design and Installation of

Pressure-Relieving Systems in Refineries

API RP 520

Guide for Pressure-Relieving and Depressuring Systems

API RP 521

Flanged Steel Safety-Relief Valves

API STD 526

Flexible Pipe

API 17B

Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment

API 17D

Seat Tightness of Pressure-Relief Valves

API STD 527

Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks

API STD 2000

Recommended Practice for Analysis, Design, Installation

and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems for Offshore
Production Platforms

API RP 14C

Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of

Offshore Production Platform Piping Systems

API RP 14E

Specification for Oil and Gas Separators

API Spec 12J

Centrifugal Compressors for General Refinery Service

API STD 617

Reciprocating Compressors for General Refinery Service

API STD 618

Recommended Practice for In-Service Inspection of

Mooring Hardware for Floating Drilling Units

API RP 21

American Society of Mechanical

Engineers

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

Sections I, II, V,
VII, VIII, IX

Canadian Standards Association

Canadian Electrical Code Part I

C22.1

Test Methods and Electrical Wires and Cables

C22.2

General Requirements, Design Criteria, the Environment,

and Loads

CAN/CSA* S471

Quality Management and Systems

CAN/CSA 9000
series

Steel Structures, Offshore Structures

CAN/CSA S473

Concrete Structures

CAN/CSA S474

Boiler, Pressure Vessel and Pressure Piping Code

Foundations, Offshore Structures

CSA B-51
CAN/CSA S472

Agency
International Electrotechnical
Commission

Title
Electrical Installation in Ships, Part 3: Cables
Tests on Electrical Cables Under Fire Conditions, Part 3

International Maritime Organization

Reference
Publication 92-3
IEC 332-3

International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea

International Safety Management Code

ISM Code

Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile

Offshore Drilling Units
International Convention on Load Lines
National Association of Corrosion
Engineers

Sulfide Stress Cracking Resistant Metallic Materials for Oil

Field Equipment

MR-01-75

National Fire Protection Association

Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection

NFPA 15

Recommended Practice for the Inspection, Testing and

Maintenance of Sprinkler Systems

NFPA 13A

Standard on Basic Classification of Flammable and

Combustible Liquids

NFPA 321

Standard on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems

NFPA 12

Standard for the Installation of Centrifugal Fire Pumps

NFPA 20

Standard on Deluge Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water

Spray Systems

NFPA 16

Standard on Automatic Fire Detectors

Transport Canada

NFPA 72E

Standard for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of

Protective Signaling Systems

NFPA 72

Guidelines Respecting Helicopter Facilities on Ships

TP4414

MODU Code
CSA = Canadian Standards Association

Table 8.A-2

Codes and Standards for Subsea Facilities

Agency

American Petroleum Institute

Title

Reference

Recommended Practice for Design and Operation of Subsea

Production Systems

API RP 17A

Specifications for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment

API Spec 14A

Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, Repair and

Operation of Subsurface Safety Valve Systems

API RP 14B

Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment

Systems

API Spec 6A

Specification for Wellhead Surface Safety Valves and

Underwater Safety Valves for Offshore Service

API Spec 14D

Recommended Practice for Installation, Maintenance, and

Repair of Surface Safety Valves and Underwater Safety
Valves Offshore

API RP 14H

Canadian Standards Association

Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems

CAN/CSA Z662

Det norske Veritas

Safety and Reliability of Subsea Production Systems

Guideline No. 185

Flexible Pipes and Hoses for Submarine Pipeline Systems

CSA = Canadian Standards Association

TNA 503

Table 8.A-3 Codes and Standards for Shuttle Tankers

Agency

Title

American Bureau of Shipping

Steel Vessel Rules

Transport Canada

Canadian Shipping Act

Institution of Electrical and Electronic

Engineers

Recommended Practices for Electrical Installations on

Shipboard

International Maritime Organization

International Load Line Convention

International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea
International Telecommunications Radio Regulations
International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at
Sea
International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of
Ships

Reference

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