Glossary
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Design Acceptance Criteria
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Design Acceptance Criteria
Defined limits placed on characteristics of materials, products, or services established by the organization, customer, and/or applicable specifications to achieve conformity to the product design [ISO/TS 29001:2003]. Source: API SPEC 14A, Specification for Subsurface Safety Valve Equipment, Eleventh Edition, October 2005 (Reaffirmed June 2012). Global StandardsDesign Acceptance Criteria
Defined limits placed on characteristics of materials, products, or services established by the organization, customer, and/or applicable specifications to achieve conformity to the product design. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global Standards Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Programs for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industry, Upstream Segment, Eighth Edition, December 2007 (Addendum December 2010). Global Standards Source:ISO/TS 29001:2010(E).Global StandardsDelivery
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Delivery
Point in time and physical location at which the agreed transfer of ownership takes place. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global Standards Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Programs for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industry, Upstream Segment, Eighth Edition, December 2007 (Addendum December 2010). Global Standards Source:ISO/TS 29001:2010(E).Global StandardsControl Feature
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Control Feature
Organization’s documented method to perform an activity under controlled conditions to achieve conformity to specified requirements. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Programs for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industry, Upstream Segment, Eighth Edition, December 2007 (Addendum December 2010). Global StandardsControl Feature
organization's documented method for performing an activity under controlled conditions to achieve conformity to specified requirements. Source:ISO/TS 29001:2010(E).Global StandardsService-Related Product
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Service-Related Product
Materials, equipment, and software used in the execution of a service. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsService Quality Plan
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Service Quality Plan
Document that establishes procedures, resources, processes, and any required sequence of activities identifying and controlling the quality requirements. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsService
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Service
Performance of an activity by one function or organization for another. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global Standards Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsService
Throughout the text of this International Standard, wherever the term “product" occurs, it can also mean “service“. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Programs for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industry, Upstream Segment, Eighth Edition, December 2007 (Addendum December 2010). Global StandardsPMITP
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PMITP
Business function or process which is contracted to an external supplier. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsOutsourced
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Outsourced
Business function or process which is contracted to an external supplier. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsManagement
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Management
Person or group of people who directs and controls an organization, has the fiscal responsibility for the organization and is accountable for ensuring compliance with legal and other applicable requirements. NOTE: For some organizations, top management (see ISO 9000) and management may be the same. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsManagement
The systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery, and disposal of hazardous waste. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. RegulationsLegal Requirement
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Legal Requirement
An obligation imposed on an organization, including those that are statutory or regulatory.
Source: API STANDARD 18LCM, Product Life Cycle Management System Requirements for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, First Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsLegal Requirement
Obligation imposed on an organization, including those that are statutory or regulatory. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global Standards Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsKey Performance Indicator
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Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Quantifiable measure that an organization uses to gauge or compare performance. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global StandardsKey Performance Indicator (KPI)
Metric by which an organization measures the manner or quality of the functioning of its processes, service, or service-related product. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsKey performance indicator
A term used when an indicator has been established by a company for consistent application and aggregation at all levels of the organisation, and for periodic performance review by managers at these levels. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global StandardsKey performance indicator (KPI)
Information or data that provides evidence of a company’s performance in managing its key risks, which in this guide are those risks related to asset integrity and process safety. KPIs may also be referred to as performance metrics. Source: OGP Report No. 456, Process Safety – Recommended Practice on Key Performance Indicators, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, November 2011. Global StandardsCritical Success Factor
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Critical Success Factor
Element of service that is essential to achieve goals or stated objectives. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsCritical
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Critical
That deemed by the organization, product specification, or customer as mandatory, indispensable or essential, needed for a stated purpose or task, and requiring specific action. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global Standards Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsCritical
That deemed by the organization or customer as indispensable or essential, needed for a stated purpose or task, and requiring specific action. Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsCritical
A term used to categorise or classify activities, processes, facilities, equipment, components and jobs where associated risk in the absence of controls is beyond the acceptable level, including risk of major incidents. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global StandardsCritical
Activity or operation that potentially can cause serious injury or death to people, or significant pollution of the environment or substantial financial losses. Source: NORSOK D-010, Well integrity in drilling and well operations, Rev. 3, August 2004. Global StandardsCompliance
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Compliance
Act or process of satisfying the legal and other applicable requirements of a regulation or regulatory body. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global Standards Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global StandardsCompliance
Confirmation that a defined requirement has been met. Requirements may be defined within policies, regulations, laws, management systems, specifications, rules, codes, standards, processes or procedures. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global StandardsCollection
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Collection
Process of obtaining, assembling, and/or organizing applicable information with the intent of meeting the requirements of 4.5. Source: API SPEC Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry, Ninth Edition, June 2013 (Errata 2, March 2014). Global StandardsCollection
Process of obtaining, assembling, and/or organizing applicable documentation with the intent of meeting the requirements for control or records.
Source: API Spec Q2, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Service, Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Upstream Segment, First Edition, December 2011. Global Standards