API certification issued by the American Petroleum Institute, companies need to submit applications online and so on a series of procedures for API certification process, to be API after the US audit, qualified to obtain a certificate.

API certification is currently divided into three categories:

- API Spec Q1 system certification;

- API standard certificate;

- API Spec Q2 certificate

Not every product can apply for API standard certificate, if the product is not in the API standard directory, you can not apply for API standard certificate. You can apply for API Q1 system certification. API Q2 certification is mainly used in the upstream and downstream areas of the oil and gas industry operations, including: oil well construction, maintenance, production and disposal, oil wells service, equipment maintenance and maintenance and other inspection activities.

API certification application method

Apply to the US API headquarters, apply online to fill out the application form.

1, to determine the scope of the product and the use of standards and the United States API headquarters to apply.

Consult the teacher and the enterprise to complete.

Product range: Enterprise to determine

Standard: eg API Spec Q1 Quality Outline Specification, API Spec 5L 2007 Pipeline Steel Pipe Specification

2, to the US API headquarters to apply. By the teacher to fill out the application form, with the enterprise to confirm.

3, the United States API headquarters accepted the application to the enterprise to issue a remittance order.

System file preparation, translation, technical document rectification stage

1, consult the teacher to complete the system file preparation, translation, business cooperation. By the enterprise application fee, English version of the system documents together to the US API headquarters.

2, the enterprise is responsible for 2-3 specifications of the product drawings, process files and revised. Request blueprint or computer graphics, do not allow manual, white or sketches. The craft file must be typed and can not be written. Drawing process format is correct, there are series, trial, batch signature, number. Figure number is complete, modify the change to a single, the file to be controlled.

3, enterprises to collect relevant equipment specifications (further validation of the selected version is the latest version), the English version of each set, to prepare for use on-site audit.

4, the teacher to provide the selected version of the Chinese and English versions, to prepare for use when the scene.

5, consult the teacher to guide enterprises to complete a variety of rules and regulations and operating instructions.

Document review stage

1, the enterprise receives the API headquarters application fee transfer orders, the English version of the system documents and application fees remitted to the API headquarters.

2, API headquarters received a file and application fee, start the file review, and document changes feedback to the enterprise.

3, by the teacher to modify the API comments until the adoption of document review.

After the document is reviewed, it is ready to enter the on-site audit phase.

1, after the adoption of the document review, the enterprise will receive a approval number.

2, consult the teacher to guide the enterprise test run, the enterprise prepared a variety of record forms, at least the first 4 months of the record.

3, the production of 2-3 batch of API products, from the contract to the technical documents, materials, a variety of experimental records, production records, etc. to all meet the requirements of API-related standards.

4, enterprises are prepared to complete a variety of procedures, control records and inspection records.

5, according to API selected standard requirements, ready all the factory inspection records and a variety of logo requirements.

6, enterprises do not get the API logo before use, shall not use this logo, or illegal.

7, contact the teacher and API headquarters to determine the site audit time and auditors, to prepare before the audit.

Site audit, nonconforming items rectification stage, by the counseling teacher to complete the enterprise.

1, the scene ready for a variety of logo;

2, the departments to prepare their respective review information;

3, through the on-site audit, the teacher is responsible for guiding the rectification of substandard items, translated into English and mail the US API headquarters.

API headquarters issue certification

Enterprises will be issued by the API on-site audit fee remittance notice, the cost of remittance to the US API headquarters, the US API headquarters issued a certificate, the formal approval of the use of corporate API logo.

API is the American Petroleum Institute (American Petroleum Institute) acronym, founded in 1919, is the first commercial class of the United States business school, is the world's first and most successful standards of the Chamber of Commerce. Its purpose is to contact the various sectors of the oil industry. With the development of the oil industry, the increasing number of oil equipment manufacturers, the oil field on the equipment standards and safety requirements are increasing, so in 1923 in the API set up the first mass industry standardization department standardization department, later translated as Production Department (API Production Department).

The first API standards were published in 1924 and then increased year by year, forming the first consolidated version in 1949. API has published a lot of technical information, including official standards (Std), specifications (Spec), recommended practices RP (Recommended Practice), API (Bull) and special publications (Pub SP). (3) cable drilling tools; (4) derricks and brackets; (5) pipelines; (6) valves and wellhead equipment; (2) marine structures; (3) (11) drilling equipment; (13) drilling fluid; (14) offshore safety and pollution prevention; (3) rotary drilling equipment; (8) lifting equipment; (9) wire rope; (10) oil well cement; 15) plastic pipe; (16) well control system; (17) shallow oil production system.
API standards are internationally recognized industry standards, according to international statistics that, in addition to Russia outside the world drilling equipment 80% purchased from the United States. So the versatility of the API is universal to the world.In the increasingly competitive market, product quality is an enterprise to survive and win the market one of the important guarantee, how to domestic and foreign users do not understand your case to prove you The quality of the product, to win their trust, thus opening your door to cooperation with the user, API series of products will be able to help you do the certificate.