Definition(s)
Verification
Confirmation that specified design requirements have been fulfilled, through the provision of objective evidence.
- NOTE: Typically verification is achieved by calculations, design reviews, hydrostatic testing, and factory acceptance testing (FAT).
Source: API Recommended Practice 17H, Remotely Operated Tools and Interfaces on Subsea Production Systems, Second Edition, June 2013 (Addendum 1, October 2014). Global Standards
Verification
Examination, testing, audit or review to confirm that an activity, product or service is in accordance with specified requirements.
Source: ISO 16530-1:2017, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Well integrity – Part 1: Life cycle governance, First Edition, March 2017. Global Standards
Verify/verification
A quality control process used to evaluate whether or not a product, service, or system complies with a given criteria set (i.e. regulations, specifications, or conditions). NOTE Verification can be in development or production phases (often an internal process).
Source: API RP 96, Deepwater Well Design and Construction, First Edition, March 2013. Global Standards
Verification
Examination to confirm that an activity, a product or a service is in accordance with specified requirements.
Source: API RP 17G, Recommended Practice for Completion/Workover Risers, Second Edition, July 2006 (Reaffirmed April 2011). Global Standards
Verification
A word used in UK offshore OHS legislation, but not Australian, to describe a process related to validation but significantly broader.
Source: NOPSEMA Guideline – Glossary – Regulatory Operations, N-09000-GL0326, Australia, Revision 5, December 2011. Regulatory Guidance
Verification
Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled.
[SOURCE: ISO 9000:2005]
- Note 1 to entry: This could also be called compliance testing.
Source: ISO/IEC 27000:2014, Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Overview and vocabulary, Third Edition, January 2014. Global Standards
Verification
Examination made to confirm that an activity, product, or service is in accordance with specified requirements.
Source: ISO 19901-7:2013, Petroleum and natural gas industries – Specific requirements for offshore structures – Part 7: Stationkeeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units. Global Standards
Source: Offshore Standard DNV-OS-C101, Design of Offshore Steel Structures, General (LRFD Method, Det Norske Veritas, April 2011. Global Standards
Verification
A service that signifies a confirmation through the provision of objective evidence (analysis, observation, measurement, test, records or other evidence) that specified requirements have been met.
Source: Rules for Classification – Offshore units, DNVGL-OU-0101, Offshore drilling and support units, DNV GL, July 2015. Global Standards
Verification
An examination to confirm that an activity, a product or a service is in accordance with specified requirements.
Guidance note: The examination shall be based on information, which can be proved true, based on facts obtained through observation, measurement, test or other means. ISO 8402: 1994: Verification: Confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that specified requirements has been fulfilled.
Source: Verification of Lifting Appliances for the Oil and Gas Industry, DNV-OSS-308, October 2010, Det Norske Veritas AS, Global Standards