The Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries defines the quality system requirements needed for service supply organizations to consistently and dependably deliver services that satisfy clients, legal requirements, and other pertinent requirements. This specification covers service-related operations such as the construction, intervention, production, and abandonment of oil and gas wells as well as product configuration, repair, and maintenance. The API Monogram Program and any product designated by license as qualified for API Monogram marking are exempt from API Q2 requirements.
What is API Q2
API Q2 specifies requirements of a quality management system for an organization to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide services that meet customer, legal, and other applicable requirements.
API Q2 defines the quality management system requirements for service supply organizations for the petroleum, and natural gas industries. It is intended to apply to the execution of upstream services during exploration, development and production in the oil and gas industry. This includes activities involved in oil and gas well construction, intervention, production, and abandonment. This document applies to activities associated with well servicing, equipment repair/maintenance, and inspection activities.
When an organization performs activities addressed by this document, including the provision of service-related product, all requirements shall be fulfilled and no claims to exclusion of those requirements shall be permitted. Where exclusions may be possible or where service-related product is not provided, the basis for claiming exclusions shall be identified and such exclusions shall not affect the organization’s ability, or responsibility, to meet customer and applicable regulatory requirements. Exclusions shall be limited to requirements within the following clauses:
— 5.7.3 Identification and Traceability
— 5.7.4 Service-related Product Status
— 5.7.6 Preservation of Service-related Product
— 5.7.7 Validation of Service-related Product
— 5.7.8 Preventive Maintenance, Inspection and Test Program
Where claims of conformity are made, exclusions shall be identified in conjunction with these claims.
Why do you need API Q2?
This specification promotes the integration of a process approach into the application of specific clauses when developing, implementing and improving the effectiveness of a quality management system. This provides for continuous control over the stated requirements, as well as facilitating the overlap of processes.
This specification applies to activities associated with well servicing, equipment repair/maintenance, and inspection activities.
What are the requirements for API Q2?
Quality Manual, Quality Policy, Quality Objectives, Planning, Communications, Management Responsibility, Organization capability, Documentation requirements, control of records, Product realization, planning, Risk Assessment and Management, Design and Development, Contingency Planning, Purchasing, Execution of Service, Control of Testing, Measuring, Monitoring, and Detection Equipment, Service Performance Validation, Control of Nonconformities, Management of Change, Quality Management System Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement, Improvement, Management Review.
What are the principles of API Q2?
The Core value of this specification is to provide the minimum requirements for the development of a quality management system that provides for continual improvement, emphasizes defect prevention and strives to minimize variation and waste from service supply organizations. It is designed to promote reliability in service supply organizations for the upstream petroleum and natural gas industries activities associated with well servicing, equipment repair/maintenance, and inspection activities.
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A common question amongst the customers of CertBureau is how much does API Spec Q2 Certification cost? How much does API Spec Q2 Cost? the answer is simple yet complex in its own way. The cost of any API Certification depends on organization itself. The organizations interest & participation is an important factor in costs. Other parameters that are involved in API Spec Q2 certification Costs are company location, company scope of work or activities, company size, certification body, consultant quality.
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