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    PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING FIXED OFFSHORE PLATFORMS - WORKING STRESS DESIGN

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  19-02-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2014

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    1 Scope
    2 Normative References
    3 Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
    4 Planning
    5 Design Criteria and Procedures
    6 Structural Steel Design
    7 Strength of Tubular Joints
    8 Fatigue
    9 Foundation Design
    10 Other Structural Components and Systems
    11 Material
    12 Drawings and Specifications
    13 Welding
    14 Fabrication
    15 Installation
    16 Inspection
    17 Accidental Loading
    18 Reuse
    19 Minimum and Special Structures
    Annex A (informative) - API 2A-WSD, 21st Edition vs 22nd Edition
            Cross-reference
    Annex B (informative) - Commentary
    Bibliography

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    Acts as a guide for the design and construction of new platforms and for the relocation of existing platforms used for the drilling, development, and storage of hydrocarbons in offshore areas.

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    Development Note Supersedes and renumbers API 2A (07/2004)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    API 2SIM : 2014 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT OF FIXED OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    ABS 0223 : 2016 GUIDANCE NOTES ON TOPSIDE STRUCTURE FATIGUE ASSESSMENT FOR SHIP-TYPE FLOATING PRODUCTION INSTALLATIONS
    10/30191266 DC : 0 BS EN ISO 13628-17 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 17: GUIDELINES FOR FLEXIBLE PIPE ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
    API RP 17B : 2014 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR FLEXIBLE PIPE
    API 2W : 2006 : R2012 SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL PLATES FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES, PRODUCED BY THERMO-MECHANICAL CONTROL PROCESSING (TMCP)
    BS EN ISO 19901-3:2014 Petroleum and natural gas industries. Specific requirements for offshore structures Topsides structure
    S.R. CEN ISO/TR 13624-2:2013 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - PART 2: DEEPWATER DRILLING RISER METHODOLOGIES, OPERATIONS, AND INTEGRITY TECHNICAL REPORT (ISO/TR 13624-2:2009)
    BS EN ISO 19902 : 2007 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - FIXED STEEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    I.S. EN 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 (ISO 19901-7:2013)
    NACE SP 01 76 : 2007 CORROSION CONTROL OF SUBMERGED AREAS OF PERMANENTLY INSTALLED STEEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
    CEN ISO/TR 13624-2:2013 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Drilling and production equipment - Part 2: Deepwater drilling riser methodologies, operations, and integrity technical report (ISO/TR 13624-2:2009)
    NACE RP 01 76 : 2003 CORROSION CONTROL OF STEEL FIXED OFFSHORE STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
    14/30300516 DC : 0 BS EN ISO 19901-3 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - PART 3: TOPSIDES STRUCTURE
    11/30242939 DC : DRAFT MAR 2011 BS EN ISO 19901-7 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - PART 7: STATION KEEPING SYSTEMS FOR FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURES AND MOBILE OFFSHORE UNITS
    API 2FPS : 2011 PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
    API 2EQ : 2014 SEISMIC DESIGN PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    BS EN ISO 19905-1:2016 Petroleum and natural gas industries. Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units Jack-ups
    API 2D : 2014 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OFFSHORE CRANES
    NORSOK G 001:2004 MARINE SOIL INVESTIGATIONS
    API 17L1 : 2013 SPECIFICATION FOR FLEXIBLE PIPE ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
    API 2FP1 : 1993 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND MAINTENANCE OF MOORINGS FOR FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
    API SPEC 2W:2006 SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL PLATES FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES, PRODUCED BY THERMO-MECHANICAL CONTROL PROCESSING (TMCP)
    I.S. EN ISO 25457:2009 PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICAL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - FLARE DETAILS FOR GENERAL REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL SERVICE
    I.S. EN ISO 19905-1:2016 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SITE-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT OF MOBILE OFFSHORE UNITS - PART 1: JACK-UPS (ISO 19905-1:2016)
    I.S. EN ISO 19902:2007 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - FIXED STEEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    EN ISO 19902:2007/A1:2013 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - FIXED STEEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES (ISO 19902:2007/AMD 1:2013)
    ASME B31.4 : 2016 PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR LIQUIDS AND SLURRIES
    ASME B31.8 : 2016 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems
    14/30286899 DC : 0 PD 8010-2 - PIPELINE SYSTEMS - PART 2: SUBSEA PIPELINES - CODE OF PRACTICE
    07/30092995 DC : 0 BS EN ISO 19901-3 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - PART 3: TOPSIDES STRUCTURE
    I.S. EN ISO 19901-3:2014 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - PART 3: TOPSIDES STRUCTURE (ISO 19901-3:2014)
    BS PD ISO/TR 13624-2 : 2009 COR 2013 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - PART 2: DEEPWATER DRILLING RISER METHODOLOGIES, OPERATIONS, AND INTEGRITY TECHNICAL REPORT
    BS EN 1474-3:2008 INSTALLATION AND EQUIPMENT FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS - DESIGN AND TESTING OF MARINE TRANSFER SYSTEMS - PART 3: OFFSHORE TRANSFER SYSTEMS
    API 2T : 2010 : R2015 PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING TENSION LEG PLATFORMS
    API RP 17R : 2015 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR FLOWLINE CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS
    API 17G : 2006 : R2011 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR COMPLETION/WORKOVER RISERS
    ASCE/COPRI 61 14 : 2014 SEISMIC DESIGN OF PIERS AND WHARVES
    ACI PRC-357 : 1984 GUIDE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FIXED OFFSHORE CONCRETE STRUCTURES
    I.S. EN ISO 13628-11:2008 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 11: FLEXIBLE PIPE SYSTEMS FOR SUBSEA AND MARINE APPLICATIONS
    ISO 18647:2017 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Modular drilling rigs for offshore fixed platforms
    ISO 19905-1:2016 Petroleum and natural gas industries Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units Part 1: Jack-ups
    API 537:2017+ADD 1:2020 FLARE DETAILS FOR PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICAL, AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES
    CSA ISO 19901-3 : 2015 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - PART 3: TOPSIDES STRUCTURE
    UNI EN 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
    UNI EN ISO 13628-11 : 2008 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 11: FLEXIBLE PIPE SYSTEMS FOR SUBSEA AND MARINE APPLICATIONS
    API 96 : 2013 DEEPWATER WELL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
    00/716712 DC : DRAFT NOV 2000 BS EN ISO 13626 - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - SPECIFICATION FOR DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING STRUCTURE
    API RP 16Q RUSSIAN : 2017 DESIGN, SELECTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF MARINE DRILLING RISER SYSTEMS
    10/30191247 DC : DRAFT APR 2010 BS EN ISO 13628-16 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 16: SPECIFICATION FOR FLEXIBLE PIPE ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
    BS ISO 13628-7 : 2005 AMD 16887 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 7: COMPLETION/WORKOVER RISER SYSTEMS
    ABS 0195 : 2015 COR 2018 GUIDE FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE INSTALLATIONS
    API 2MET : 2014 DERIVATION OF METOCEAN DESIGN AND OPERATING CONDITIONS
    09/30093195 DC : 0 BS 6349-2 - MARITIME WORKS - PART 2: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN OF QUAY WALLS, JETTIES AND DOLPHINS
    PD CEN ISO/TR 13624-2:2013 Petroleum and natural gas industries. Drilling and production equipment Deepwater drilling riser methodologies, operations, and integrity technical report
    API 2Y : 2006 : R2012 SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL PLATES, QUENCHED-AND-TEMPERED, FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    API 537 CHINESE : 2008 FLARE DETAILS FOR GENERAL REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL SERVICE
    API 2RD : 2013 DYNAMIC RISERS FOR FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
    API 2X : 2004 : R2015 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR ULTRASONIC AND MAGNETIC EXAMINATION OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURAL FABRICATION AND GUIDELINES FOR QUALIFICATION OF TECHNICIANS
    API 2T REDLINE : 2010 PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING TENSION LEG PLATFORMS
    API 2C : 2012 OFFSHORE PEDESTAL-MOUNTED CRANES
    API 1111 REDLINE : 2009 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF OFFSHORE HYDROCARBON PIPELINES (LIMIT STATE DESIGN)
    API 2GEO : 2011 GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
    API 537 REDLINE : 2008 FLARE DETAILS FOR GENERAL REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL SERVICE
    API 537 : 2017 FLARE DETAILS FOR PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICAL, AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES
    API 17B REDLINE : 2008 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR FLEXIBLE PIPE
    BS EN ISO 13628-7:2006 (published 2007-01) Petroleum and natural gas industries. Design and operation of subsea production systems Completion/workover riser systems
    ISO 13628-7:2005 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Design and operation of subsea production systems — Part 7: Completion/workover riser systems
    BS EN ISO 19901-7:2013 Petroleum and natural gas industries. Specific requirements for offshore structures Stationkeeping systems for floating offshore structures and mobile offshore units
    ISO 19901-3:2014 Petroleum and natural gas industries Specific requirements for offshore structures Part 3: Topsides structure
    ISO 25457:2008 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Flare details for general refinery and petrochemical service
    ISO 19902:2007 Petroleum and natural gas industries Fixed steel offshore structures
    IEC 61400-3:2009 Wind turbines - Part 3: Design requirements for offshore wind turbines
    EN ISO 19905-1:2016 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Site-specific assessment of mobile offshore units - Part 1: Jack-ups (ISO 19905-1:2016)
    EN ISO 25457:2008 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries - Flare details for general refinery and petrochemical service (ISO 25457:2008)
    EN ISO 19901-3:2014 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Specific requirements for offshore structures - Part 3: Topsides structure (ISO 19901-3:2014)
    EN ISO 13628-7:2006 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Design and operation of subsea production systems - Part 7: Completion/workover riser systems (ISO 13628-7:2005)
    EN 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 (ISO 19901-7:2013)
    EN 1474-3:2008 Installation and equipment for liquefied natural gas - Design and testing of marine transfer systems - Part 3: Offshore transfer systems
    ABS 0243 : 2017 GUIDANCE NOTES ON SUBSEA HYBRID RISER SYSTEMS
    API 2X : 2004 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR ULTRASONIC AND MAGNETIC EXAMINATION OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURAL FABRICATION AND GUIDELINES FOR QUALIFICATION OF TECHNICIANS
    ISO/TR 13624-2:2009 Petroleum and natural gas industries Drilling and production equipment Part 2: Deepwater drilling riser methodologies, operations, and integrity technical report
    API 2INT-DG : 2007 INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR DESIGN OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS
    BS EN ISO 25457:2008 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. Flare details for general refinery and petrochemical service
    ABS 0063 : 2018 COR 2018 RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING FACILITIES ON OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
    07/30167130 DC : 0 BS ISO 13624-1 - PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DRILLING AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT - PART 1: DESIGN AND OPERATION OF MARINE DRILLING RISER EQUIPMENT
    BS ISO 13628-11:2007 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 11: FLEXIBLE PIPE SYSTEMS FOR SUBSEA AND MARINE APPLICATIONS
    API RP 17W : 2014 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR SUBSEA CAPPING STACKS
    API RP 16Q : 2017 DESIGN, SELECTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF MARINE DRILLING RISER SYSTEMS
    API 17G : 2006 : R2016 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR COMPLETION/WORKOVER RISERS
    API 17G:2006 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR COMPLETION/WORKOVER RISERS
    API 4F CHINESE : 2013 SPECIFICATION FOR DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING STRUCTURES
    API 17L2 : 2013 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR FLEXIBLE PIPE ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
    API RP 2T : 2010 PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING TENSION LEG PLATFORMS
    API 2Y : 2006 SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL PLATES, QUENCHED-AND-TEMPERED, FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    API 2INT-MET : 2007 INTERIM GUIDANCE ON HURRICANE CONDITIONS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
    API 1111 : 2015 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF OFFSHORE HYDROCARBON PIPELINES (LIMIT STATE DESIGN)
    CSA ISO 19901.7 : 2014 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - PART 7: STATIONKEEPING SYSTEMS FOR FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURES AND MOBILE OFFSHORE UNITS
    API SPEC 4F ADDENDUM 2 : 2019 SPECIFICATION FOR DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING STRUCTURES
    IEC TS 62600-2:2016 Marine energy - Wave, tidal and other water current converters - Part 2: Design requirements for marine energy systems
    EN ISO 13628-11:2008/AC:2009 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - PART 11: FLEXIBLE PIPE SYSTEMS FOR SUBSEA AND MARINE APPLICATIONS
    ISO 13628-11:2007 Petroleum and natural gas industries — Design and operation of subsea production systems — Part 11: Flexible pipe systems for subsea and marine applications
    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
    UNI EN ISO 19902 : 2013 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRIES - FIXED STEEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    BS 6349-2:2010 MARITIME WORKS - PART 2: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN OF QUAY WALLS, JETTIES AND DOLPHINS

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    ACI 214 : 1977(R1989) EVALUATION OF STRENGTH TEST RESULTS OF CONCRETE
    API 2MET : 2014 DERIVATION OF METOCEAN DESIGN AND OPERATING CONDITIONS
    API SPEC 4F ADDENDUM 2 : 2019 SPECIFICATION FOR DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING STRUCTURES
    ACI 318 : 2014 BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE AND COMMENTARY
    API 2N : 2015 PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING STRUCTURES AND PIPELINES FOR ARCTIC CONDITIONS
    API 2V : 2004 DESIGN OF FLAT PLATE STRUCTURES
    API 2SIM : 2014 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT OF FIXED OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    ASCE 4 98 : 2000 SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF SAFETY-RELATED NUCLEAR STRUCTURES AND COMMENTARY
    NACE SP 01 76 : 2007 CORROSION CONTROL OF SUBMERGED AREAS OF PERMANENTLY INSTALLED STEEL OFFSHORE STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
    API 5L : 2012 LINE PIPE
    API 2EQ : 2014 SEISMIC DESIGN PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
    ANSI A58.1 : 1982 DESIGN LOADS FOR BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, MINIMUM,
    ISO 19902:2007 Petroleum and natural gas industries Fixed steel offshore structures
    AISC 335 : 89 SUPP 1 1999 SPECIFICATION FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL BUILDINGS - ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN, PLASTIC DESIGN
    NACE SP 01 08 : 2008 CORROSION CONTROL OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES BY PROTECTIVE COATINGS
    API 9B : 2015 APPLICATION, CARE, AND USE OF WIRE ROPE FOR OIL FIELD SERVICE
    ASTM A 139/A139M : 2016 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded Steel Pipe (NPS 4 and Over)
    API 2C : 2012 OFFSHORE PEDESTAL-MOUNTED CRANES
    API 2U : 2004 BULLETIN ON STABILITY DESIGN OF CYLINDRICAL SHELLS
    API 14G : 2007 RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ON FIXED OPEN-TYPE OFFSHORE PRODUCTION PLATFORMS
    AWS D1.1/D1.1M : 2015 STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE-STEEL
    ISO 14347:2008 Fatigue Design procedure for welded hollow-section joints Recommendations
    API 579-1 : 2016 FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE
    API 2FPS : 2011 PLANNING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
    API 2TD : 2006 GUIDELINES FOR TIE-DOWNS ON OFFSHORE PRODUCTION FACILITIES FOR HURRICANE SEASON
    API 2D : 2014 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OFFSHORE CRANES
    API 2GEO : 2011 GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
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