Definition(s)
Recommended Practice (RP)
Standard to facilitate the broad availability of proven sound engineering and operating.
Source: API RP 5A5, Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-end Drill Pipe, Reaffirmed August 2010. Global Standards
Recommended Practice (RP)
The recommended practice publications cover proven technology and solutions which have been found by DNV to represent good practice, and which represent one alternative for satisfy the requirements stipulated in the DNV offshore standards or other codes and standards cited by DNV.
Source: Offshore Standard DNV-OS-C101, Design of Offshore Steel Structures, General (LRFD Method, Det Norske Veritas, April 2011. Global Standards