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An authorized inspector employed by an owner/user who has qualified by examination under the provisions of Section 4 and Annex A.
Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global StandardsPiping systems included within the plot limits of process units, such as, a hydrocracker, an ethylene cracker, or a crude unit.
Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global StandardsAn owner or user of pressure vessels who exercises control over the operation, engineering, inspection, repair, alteration, maintenance, pressure testing, and rerating of those pressure vessels.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global StandardsThe organization that exercises control over the operation, engineering, inspection, repair, alteration, pressure testing, and rating of the piping systems.
Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global StandardsRecommendations for repair or other mechanical integrity purposes for vessels that are still in operation that have not been completed by their documented due dates, which have not been deferred by a documented deferral process. See 6.8.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global StandardsInspections for in-service vessels that are still in operation that have not been performed by their due dates documented in the inspection plan, which have not been deferred by a documented deferral process. See 6.7.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global StandardsPersona jurídica individual o aquella responsable de dirigir y conducir las operaciones de exploración y evaluación, en cumplimiento de un Contrato de Evaluación Tecnica -TEA-; de exploración, evaluación, desarrollo y producción de hidrocarburos, en ejecución de Contrato de Exploración y Producción -E&P-, o Especial; la conducción de la ejecución contractual y de las relaciones con la ANH, asi como de asumir el liderazgo y la representación del Consorcio, Unión Temporal o sociedad constituida con motivo de la adjudicación o asignación, tratándose de Contratistas Plurales. Igualmente, se entenderá por operador la persona jurídica, que en el marco de un contrato de asociación, o de cualquier otra modalidad, suscrito con Ecopetrol S.A., sea responsable de conducir las actividades de exploración, evaluación, desarrollo y producción de hidrocarburos y de asumir la representación ante la autoridad de fiscalización.
Source: Resolución Número 40687 de 18 Jul 2017 Por la cual se establecen los criterios técnicos para proyectos de perforación exploratoria de hidrocarburos costa afuera en Colombia. Columbia Ministerio de Minas y Energia, RegulationsSource: DNVGL-RP-G108, Cyber security in the oil and gas industry based on IEC 62443, DNV GL, September 2017. Global Standards
Dry vapor seal based on a flow restriction that minimizes the required purge gas needed to protect against air infiltration into the flare burner exit.
Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global StandardsOperator Wellbore Survey Group - An Operator Subcommittee to the ISCWSA. Related to the API RP78 group.
Source: spe.org (Wellbore Positioning Technical Section), iscwsa.net, Global StandardsDeposition of new material over an existing material.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsA single complete execution of a tool’s operating mechanism, starting and finishing at the same tool state.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsRange defined by the minimum and maximum operating temperatures for tools as specified by the supplier/manufacturer.
Source:API SPECIFICATION 19TT, Specification for Downhole Well Test Tools and Related Equipment, First Edition, October 2016. Global StandardsA program of introduction for newcomers.
Source:API RP T-1, Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore, Fifth Edition, November 2016. Global StandardsPlace of work offshore in the outer continental shelf or international waters.
Source:API RP T-1, Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore, Fifth Edition, November 2016. Global Standards