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Group Instruction for Supply

GIS 18-011

Specification for Welded Fabrication and

Construction

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Table of Contents
Page
1 Scope .................................................................................................................................... 4
2 Normative references............................................................................................................. 4
3 Terms and definitions............................................................................................................. 5
4 Symbols and abbreviations .................................................................................................... 6
5 Order of precedence .............................................................................................................. 7
6 Health, safety, and environmental for welding operations ...................................................... 7
7 Quality management .............................................................................................................. 8
7.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 8
7.2 Demonstration of competence .................................................................................... 8
7.3 QMS certification......................................................................................................... 8
8 Quality assurance .................................................................................................................. 8
9 Contractor equipment and materials ...................................................................................... 9
10 Personnel .............................................................................................................................. 9
10.1 General ....................................................................................................................... 9
10.2 Welding engineer ........................................................................................................ 9
10.3 Sub-contractor’s responsible welding coordinators ................................................... 10
10.4 Welding inspectors.................................................................................................... 10
10.5 Non-destructive testing personnel ............................................................................. 11
11 Inspection, test, and certification. ......................................................................................... 12
11.1 General ..................................................................................................................... 12
11.2 Inspection and test plan ............................................................................................ 12
11.3 Inspection access ..................................................................................................... 12
11.4 Pre-production activities ............................................................................................ 12
11.5 Production activities .................................................................................................. 13
12 Drawings.............................................................................................................................. 13
13 Welding procedures ............................................................................................................. 14
13.1 General ..................................................................................................................... 14
13.2 Laboratories .............................................................................................................. 14
13.3 Previously qualified welding procedures ................................................................... 14
13.4 Provisional or pre-welding procedure specification.................................................... 14
13.5 Essential variables .................................................................................................... 15
13.6 Forms and documentation ........................................................................................ 15
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13.7 Availability of welding procedure specification........................................................... 16

14 Deliverables ......................................................................................................................... 16
15 Deviations ............................................................................................................................ 16
Bibliography .................................................................................................................................. 17

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1 Scope

a. This Specification provides requirements for the welding in the design, fabrication, and
installation of:
1. Onshore terminals.
2. Refinery and process plants.
3. Subsea equipment.
4. Offshore (fixed and floating) structures, including:
a) Floating production, storage, and offloading facility (FPSO) hulls.
b) Storage.
c) Process vessels.
d) Process and utility piping.
5. Onshore and offshore pipelines.
b. This Specification covers
1. Mechanical handling equipment.
2. Skid mounted packages. Individual components fabricated from forgings or castings
(e.g., valve bodies).
3. Welding associated with civil engineering works.

2 Normative references

The following documents are referenced in one or more requirements in this document. For dated
references, only the version cited applies. For undated references, the latest version of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

Company documents
GIS 18-012 Specification for Procurement, Storage, and Control of Welding
Consumables.

American Petroleum Institute (API)

API Spec Q1 Quality Programs for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas
Industry.

American Society for Non Destructive Testing

Recommended Practice SNT-TC-1A.
Topical Outlines for Qualification of Non-Destructive Testing personnel.

American Welding Society (AWS)

AWS QC1: 2007 Standard for AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors.
AWS A2.4 Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing, and Nondestructive
Examination.

European Standard (EN)

EN 22553 Welded, brazed and soldered joints. Symbolic representation on drawings
(ISO 2553).

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EN 24063 Welding, brazing, soldering and braze welding of metals. Nomenclature

of processes and reference numbers for symbolic representation on
drawings (ISO 4063).

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

ISO 3834-1 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials - Part 1:
Criteria for the selection of the appropriate level of quality requirements.
ISO 3834-2 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials - Part 2:
Comprehensive quality requirements.
ISO 3834-3 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials - Part 3:
Standard quality requirements.
ISO 3834-4 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials - Part 4:
Elementary quality requirements.
ISO 9001 Quality management systems - Requirements.

UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

UK HSE L121 Work with ionising radiation. Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999.
Approved Code of Practice and guidance.

UK Statutory Instrument
Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 3232, The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999.

3 Terms and definitions

For the purpose of this Specification, the following terms and definitions apply:

Company
BP p.l.c., an associate or subsidiary, or other organisation acting as owner, purchaser, or customer as
designated in the Purchase Order.

Company responsible engineer

Company engineer responsible for the technical requirements of the item.

Consumables
An electrode that conducts electricity to the arc but also melts into the weld as a filler metal. These
weld filler materials that are fused into base material to provide a fully fused matrix. Welding filler
wires, SAW flux and welding gases are also considered consumables.

Contractor
The entity or supplier fabricating welded equipment, piping or structures.

Quality assurance (QA)

Planned and systematic actions necessary to ensure quality and technical conformance.

Quality plan (QP)

A document prepared by the Contractor, setting out the quality practices, resources, and sequence of
activities for the particular welding contract.

Supplier
Entity entering into a contract with Company to provide materials, goods, supplies, equipment, or
plant and includes the successors and (or) permitted assigns of such entity.

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Welding and cutting definitions

Terms relating to welds, welding, and cutting have the meaning assigned to them in BS 499-1, AWS
A3.0, or an alternative, subject to agreement by Company responsible engineer.

4 Symbols and abbreviations

For the purpose of this Specification, the following symbols and abbreviations apply:

ACCP ASNT Central Certification Program.

AUT Automatic ultrasonic testing.

BGAS-CSWIP Former British Gas ERS inspector qualification system now administered by TWI
Certification under the CSWIP Scheme.

CSWIP Certification scheme for welding and inspection personnel.

CV Curriculum vitae.

CWI Certified welding inspector.

FPSO Floating production, storage, and offloading facility.

GMAW Gas metal arc welding.

GTAW Gas tungsten arc welding.

HSE Health, safety, and environmental.

NDT Non-destructive testing.

PCN Personnel certification in nondestructive testing.

PQR Procedure qualification record.

pWPS Provisional or pre-welding procedure specification.

QA Quality assurance.

QC Quality control.

QMS Quality management system.

QP Quality plan.

SAW Submerged arc welding.

SCWS Senior certified welding inspector.

SMAW Shielded metallic arc welding.

SPI Senior pipeline inspector.

UT Ultrasonic testing.

WPQT Welding procedure qualification test.

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WPS Welding procedure specification.

5 Order of precedence

a. The order of precedence of the codes and standards quoted in the specifications shall be:
1. International and local statutory regulations.
2. Project data sheets.
3. Project specifications.
4. This Specification.
5. Referenced Company documents.
6. Referenced national and international codes.
b. Areas of apparent conflict between documents shall be brought to the attention of
Company for resolution.
c. In the event of a conflict between this document and a law or regulation, the law or
regulation shall be followed. If the document creates a higher obligation, it shall be
followed as long as this also achieves full compliance with the law or regulation.
d. Design, engineering, procurement, and construction for equipment shall comply with the
statutory laws and regulations of the final location of the asset. Refer to documents
identified in the Purchase Order for a list of these regulations.
e. For projects where the final location of the asset is in the EU:
1. Products supplied shall be confirmed to comply with applicable EU directives.
2. A Declaration of Conformity shall be provided.
3. The CE mark shall be affixed to the package nameplate.
4. Components supplied shall be listed together with the EU directives with which they
comply and the rationale by which compliance has been achieved.
5. A Technical File in compliance with applicable EU directives shall be compiled and
retained for a period of 10 years.

6 Health, safety, and environmental for welding operations

a. Welding, cutting, NDT, and associated operations shall be performed with due regard to
individual health and safety and the minimisation of environmental impact consistent with
Company requirements.
b. Welding, cutting, NDT activities, and associated operations shall be included in the
operational safety planning and in the safety audit schedule.
c. Operating procedures shall:
1. Ensure adequate ventilation.
2. Control the quality of breathing air during welding operations.
d. As a minimum, radiographic operations shall comply with local regulations (e.g., in the
UK, radiography shall be performed in compliance with UK Statutory Instrument 1999
No. 3232 and HSE L121).

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7 Quality management

7.1 General
a. For items or equipment in which welding forms an integral part of the manufacturing or
construction process, the component design and the associated welding and ancillary
operations shall be planned, controlled, executed and inspected in conformance to a
certified QMS.
b. Quality standards for the management of welding and fabrication operations shall:
1. Conform to Purchase Order requirements for the scope of work.
2. Ensure competent execution of welding and fabrication activities.
c. Controls shall be implemented, from the initial design phase, through material selection,
and into fabrication, construction, installation, and subsequent inspection.

7.2 Demonstration of competence

a. The quality management system shall conform to ISO 9001, API Specification Q1, or
other agreed internationally recognised standard to ensure that the products and services
provided conform to the requirements for supplier quality identified in the Purchase Order.
b. To demonstrate conformance in terms of welding operations as a “special process,”
welding quality requirements and systems shall conform to ISO 3834-1.
c. The control of production operations affected by welding shall conform to the following
standards, as required for the scope of work and as stated in the Purchase Order.
1. Contractors that offer wide ranging services, from project system design to materials
selection and procurement, welding, fabrication, construction, inspection, and
installation, shall demonstrate that control of operations involving welding conforms
to the principles of ISO 3834-1 and the detailed “comprehensive quality”
requirements of ISO 3834-2.
2. Contractors that offer services of a more limited scope or sub-contractors shall
demonstrate that control of operations involving welding conforms to the principles
of ISO 3834-1 and the “standard quality” requirements of ISO 3834-3.
3. Contractors that offer services involving simple welded fabrications or maintenance
items of a non-critical nature (e.g., the fabrication of simple structural steel or
pipework support structures) for which any design review will be performed by others
shall demonstrate that control of welding operations conforms to the principles of
ISO 3834-1 and the “elementary quality” requirements of ISO 3834-4.

7.3 QMS certification

a. Certificates issued by an independent accredited third party shall:
1. Be valid at the date of review by Company.
2. Be valid for at least 6 months.
b. If any contract is expected to continue after expiration of the current certification,
arrangements shall be in place for the next review by the third party to maintain continuous
certification, and evidence of these arrangements shall be demonstrated to Company.

8 Quality assurance

a. A QP for the systematic control of fabrication, welding, inspection, and testing shall be
implemented.

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b. Inspections and tests, and the sequence in which they are to be performed during
fabrication, shall be defined in the QP.
c. Level of involvement of Contractor quality control and inspection personnel, third party
inspection personnel, and Company welding team shall be clearly defined.
d. QP shall be subject to approval by Company responsible engineer before commencement
of fabrication.
e. Conformance to ISO 3834-1 and either ISO 3834-2, ISO 3834-3, or ISO 3834-4, as
detailed in 7.2 shall be demonstrated.

9 Contractor equipment and materials

a. Unless specified otherwise in the Purchase Order, welding and associated equipment and
materials, including the following, shall be supplied by the Contractor:
1. Preheating and post weld heat treatment equipment.
2. Welding consumables including electrodes, filler metals, fluxes and gases that
conform to GIS 18-012.
3. Mechanical handling.
4. Testing equipment.
5. NDT equipment.
b. Contractor supplied equipment shall be:
1. Reliable for constant use.
2. Regularly maintained.
3. Calibrated.
c. Use of Contractor supplied equipment shall conform fully to HSE requirements of this
Specification and shall comply with local regulations.
d. Quality of materials supplied and standard of welders shall conform to:
1. This Specification.
2. Company documents included in the Purchase Order.
3. Codes, standards, and specifications applicable to the fabrication.
e. Materials of construction shall be subject to design review by Company.
f. Welding, heat treatment, and NDT procedures shall be qualified by test to ensure that the
production welds shall conform to the service requirements.
g. Design, fabrication, welding, and construction of individual items shall conform to the
Company documents included in the Purchase Order.

10 Personnel

10.1 General
Welders, welding operators, NDT, and inspection personnel shall be trained and qualified to
recognised industry standards by examination or by individual test.

10.2 Welding engineer

a. Contractors conforming to ISO 3834-2 or ISO 3834-3 shall use a competent and qualified
welding engineer as responsible welding coordinator.

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b. If required by the Company responsible engineer, the Contractor welding engineer CV and
job description shall be subject to approval by Company responsible engineer.
c. Contractor welding engineer shall be responsible for the technical aspects of welding
operations, including:
1. Selection of welding equipment and consumables.
2. Preparation and qualification of welding procedures.
3. Qualification of welders.
4. Development and qualification of welding procedures.
5. Provision of technical oversight of fabrication techniques and production welding.
6. Coordination with Company welding team and the NDT subcontractors.
7. Technical approval of sub-contractors, sub-contractors welding engineer
sub-contractors responsible welding coordinator, together with the approval of
welding and ancillary procedures.
8. Weekly status report that details the welding production rates, NDT status, repair
rates, and any non-conformance recorded by the quality assurance group for the
contractors if available shall also be provided to the Company responsible engineer if
requested.

10.3 Sub-contractor’s responsible welding coordinators

a. Sub-contractors shall appoint, as a minimum, a competent and experienced responsible
welding coordinator.
b. If sub-contractors are involved in the fabrication and welding of high temperature, high
pressure, and/or hydrocarbon retaining components or primary structural items, the
welding coordinator should be a qualified welding engineer.
c. If required by the Company responsible engineer, the welding coordinator CV and job
description shall be subject to approval by Contractor and the Company responsible
engineer.

10.4 Welding inspectors

a. Competent and certificated welding inspection personnel shall be used by Contractors and
sub-contractors to ensure that welding related activities are inspected in conformance to
the approved QP.
b. If the sub-contractor does not have the capacity for weld inspection, an appropriate level of
inspection shall be the responsibility of the Contractor.
c. Welding inspectors shall be experienced in welding processes and their application to
fabrication and construction.
d. Welding inspectors shall have experience to perform the tasks given in the approved QP,
including:
1. Conducting systematic routine inspections and checks at sub-contractors, in
fabrication shops, or onsite.
2. Producing accurate records and reports.
e. Welding inspectors shall hold, as a minimum, current certification to any of the following
standards:
1. AWS QC1 (2007 or later edition) - CWI.

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2. BGAS-CSWIP (The Welding Institute [TWI], UK) - Welding inspector (for pipelines
only).
3. CSWIP (TWI, UK) - Welding inspector.
4. PCN (British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing [BINDT], UK) - Weld inspection
level 2.
5. Underwater welding inspector divers shall be qualified, as a minimum, in
conformance to CSWIP level 3.1U or equivalent regional industry certifications.
f. Alternative welding inspector certification shall not be acceptable, unless subject to
approval by Company responsible engineer.
g. For major scope of works (e.g., in fabrication yards involving multiple work fronts), a
senior welding inspector should coordinate and supervise the work of the welding
inspectors.
h. Senior welding inspector shall have:
1. At least 10 years of relevant experience and sound knowledge of welding and
construction processes and their application.
2. Formal engineering training through apprenticeship and technical college education.
i. Senior welding inspectors shall hold, as a minimum, current certification to any of the
following standards:
1. AWS QC1 (1996 or later edition) - SCWS.
2. BGAS-CSWIP (TWI, UK) - SWI or SPI.
3. CSWIP (TWI, UK) - SWI.
4. PCN (BINDT, UK) - Weld inspection level 3.
j. CV and current certification of welding inspectors shall be available for review by the
Company responsible engineer.

10.5 Non-destructive testing personnel

a. NDT personnel shall be competent and qualified.
b. Supervisory and interpretive NDT personnel shall hold, as a minimum, current level 2
certification (or equivalent) specific to weld testing for the appropriate NDT methods to
any of the following standards:
1. ACCP (American Society for Nondestructive Testing [ASNT]).
2. BGAS-CSWIP (TWI, UK) (for pipelines only).
3. CSWIP (TWI, UK).
4. PCN.
5. SNT-TC-1A (ASNT) (see d.).
c. Alternative NDT certification shall not be acceptable, unless subject to approval by
Company responsible engineer.
d. Level 1 personnel may perform NDT operations under the supervision of level 2
personnel.
e. NDT personnel certified to the requirements of a Company written practice under the rules
of SNT-TC-1A may be used, if Company written practice and the personnel certification
has been reviewed and subject to agreement by Company responsible engineer for the
specific work.

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f. AUT
1. Personnel engaged in any form of AUT shall have successfully completed a period of
formal training by the AUT equipment manufacturer on the specific equipment to be
used on the Purchase Order.
2. Training duration shall be at least 2 weeks.
3. Additionally, AUT interpreters shall:
a) Hold at least UT level 2 certification (specific to welds).
b) Have undergone supervised interpretation, before assuming responsibility for
weld interpretation.
g. CV and current certification of NDT personnel shall be available for review by the
Company responsible engineer.

11 Inspection, test, and certification.

11.1 General
a. Company will appoint a welding team to review, witness and monitor pre-production and
fabrication activities.
b. Composition of the Company welding team and the extent of the pre-production and
production activities will depend on the scope of work but will be defined by Company.

11.2 Inspection and test plan

a. Prior to the start of manufacture an ITP shall be submitted for approval by Company
responsible engineer.
b. The ITP shall include inspection and testing activities to be performed, including those at
sub-suppliers’ works and shall make reference to all testing procedures, control documents,
and resulting records and reports.

11.3 Inspection access

a. Company and the Company appointed representative shall at all times have access to the
workshops and testing facilities, including workshops of sub-suppliers engaged in
supplying material or in fabricating the equipment for the purpose of inspecting the
purchased equipment.
b. Company and the Company appointed representative shall be granted permission to
photograph the equipment in the scope of the Purchase Order during manufacturing,
assembly and test.

11.4 Pre-production activities

Company will be involved in the review, witness, and approval of each of the following:
a. Method statements, fabrication sequence, and weld maps.
b. pWPS.
c. Related fabrication procedures, such as heat treatment (furnace and local), rolling of
tubulars, hot and cold forming of materials, and correction of distortion.
d. WPQT, the associated mechanical testing, and metallographic assessment or corrosion
testing.
e. NDT procedures and qualification.
f. Other test procedures.

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g. Review and approval of the WPQT results and the production WPS.
h. Welding consumable controls.
i. Welder qualification testing.
j. Any of a. through i. in respect of sub-contractors or major equipment suppliers relating to
the specific Company Purchase Order.

11.5 Production activities

a. Company will monitor and inspect:
1. Progress and quality of the welding and NDT.
2. Adherence of personnel to safe working practice, approved procedures, and the
agreed ITP.
b. Company welding and NDT personnel shall have safe and unrestricted access to the
fabrication facilities during the fabrication program, including:
1. Materials receipt.
2. Cutting.
3. Procedure qualification and testing.
4. Welder qualification.
5. Fabrication.
6. Welding.
7. NDT.
8. Related activities.
c. Contractor shall provide notice to Company to ensure that all witness or hold points in the
ITP are declined or attended. Notice period shall be as specified in the Purchase Order or
subject to agreement by Company responsible engineer.
d. Crosschecking
1. Company may perform NDT cross checking activities on highly stressed structural
components, such as key structural nodes, module lifting points, and items requiring
baseline surveys, to facilitate the execution of in-service inspection.
2. Crosschecking may be extended to other items, such as mechanical handling
equipment, high temperature and/or high pressure vessels and pipework, or offshore
risers.
3. Safe access, including any required scaffolding shall be provided by Contractor for
Company personnel to carry out this examination.
e. Implementation of Company inspection or NDT activities shall be regarded as additional
and separate but shall not relieve any obligation on the part of the Contractor or
sub-contractor to use inspectors to perform detailed inspection of the work in conformance
to the approved ITP.

12 Drawings

a. Final construction drawings shall be subject to approval by Company responsible engineer

before work has commenced or any materials are processed.
b. Drawings shall provide the following information with regard to welding, weld joint
details, and NDT:

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1. Location, size, length, and type of welds, with reference to EN 22553, EN 24063, or
AWS A2.4, as appropriate. Alternatively, the detail shall be shown clearly and
dimensioned on the drawing.
2. Fillet welds may be indicated by a statement of their size (i.e., leg length).
3. Welding procedure to be used and if the welds are to be made under shop conditions
or onsite during erection.
4. Type of NDT, and the applicable percentage.
5. Specification of the parent metal.

13 Welding procedures

13.1 General
Welding procedures shall be qualified by testing in conformance with the relevant specification
and fabrication code.

13.2 Laboratories
a. Laboratories used for the mechanical testing, metallographic assessment, and corrosion
testing of weld procedure or welders test plates shall operate a QMS in conformance to
API Spec Q1 or ISO 9001.
b. Laboratory should be accredited by one of the following:
1. International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) member organisation
(e.g., United Kingdom Accreditation Service [UKAS]).
2. American Association for Lab Accreditation [A2LA].
3. Another member of the European Accreditation Network [EAN].
4. By an alternative scheme subject to approval by Company responsible engineer.

13.3 Previously qualified welding procedures

a. Previously qualified welding procedures may be considered for approval by Company
responsible engineer, if WPSs and supporting PQR data provided are:
1. Third party endorsed.
2. Submitted sufficiently in advance of the commencement of fabrication to allow any
shortfall in the data to be rectified.
b. Data shall be indexed and presented in legible form, together with a summary table listing
WPS number, PQR number, and the essential welding variables, such as applicable
thickness range, full welding consumables details, parent materials, and preheat
temperatures. This table also shall list the areas of intended application.
c. If multiple qualifications are presented in support of a single WPS, the Contractor shall
detail clearly the elements of the WPS supported by each qualification.
d. Photographic records included in the information package shall be of original quality.

13.4 Provisional or pre-welding procedure specification

pWPS documents for new welding procedures or those requiring requalification shall be:
a. Subject to review and approval by Company responsible engineer, before the fabrication of
any test pieces.
b. Indexed and presented in legible form, together with a summary table, as detailed in 13.3b.

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c. Updated to WPS status following procedure qualification.

13.5 Essential variables

WPS shall include reference to the essential variables defined by the fabrication specification,
including the following information:
a. Specification or composition and CE (carbon equivalent) of the parent material(s).
b. Welding process (e.g., SMAW, SAW, GMAW, or GTAW etc).
c. Classification and trade name of the electrodes or filler wire to be used, together with
similar data for any flux, shielding gas, or backing gas.
d. WPQT reference number and specification used for qualification.
e. Diagram of the joint preparation with dimensions and fit-up tolerances, together with the
qualified applicable thickness range.
f. Method of preheating and minimum preheat temperature.
g. Maximum interpass temperature.
h. Post welding hydrogen release treatment.
i. Details of any post weld heat treatment.
j. Sequence of welding, including the number and individual weld bead deposition sequence,
in multipass welds.
k. Sizes of electrodes, or filler wires to be deposited.
l. Welding current, arc voltage, wire feed speed (if appropriate), and welding speed, together
with the limits of the arc energy for each weld pass.
m. For pulsed current welding, relevant parameters defining the waveform.
n. For hot wire welding, the wire current and voltage.
o. For SMAW, the run out length for each electrode.

13.6 Forms and documentation

a. Forms used to record WPS and WPQT details shall contain the relevant information, and
the format shall be subject to approval by Company responsible engineer.
b. PQR documentation package for WPS shall comprise:
1. As run welding parameter records (see 13.5l.)
a) Welding parameters shall be recorded on a pass by pass basis using calibrated
equipment.
b) An arc monitoring system subject to approval by Company responsible engineer
shall be used.
c) Arc energy for pulsed current or waveform controlled welding should be
measured by an instantaneous power/energy meter.
2. NDT records.
3. Mechanical and hardness test results, together with relevant photographs and
macrographs.
4. Results of any specified metallurgical assessment, including micrographs.
5. Consumable certification.
6. Parent material certification.

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c. The following data also shall be available, if requested by the Company responsible
engineer:
1. Calibration certificates for equipment and measuring devices.
2. ASNT written practice (if applicable).
3. Welding inspector and NDT personnel certification.
4. NDT procedure qualification records.
5. Test house approval certification.

13.7 Availability of welding procedure specification

a. Copies of the approved WPS, in the first language of the welder, shall be available for
reference during production welding.
b. For facilities with fixed welding workstations, the WPS shall be either contained in a
workstation procedure manual or posted on an immediately adjacent notice board.
c. For facilities with mobile welding workstations, the essential variables of the relevant WPS
shall be summarised in a pocket size booklet and issued for reference to each welder.

14 Deliverables

a. Technical data, registers, documents, and drawings that together define the scope of the
Purchase Order shall conform to the requirements for supplier information identified in the
Purchase Order.
b. Documentation required by this Specification, the construction specification, and the
relevant codes and standards shall be collated and indexed.
c. Documentation shall be in the English language unless stated otherwise in the Purchase
Order and presented in an agreed good quality electronic format.
d. Records shall include a log that identifies each structural item, pipe, or fitting to be welded
and the weld numbers joining them to other items.
e. Each weld shall be allocated a unique number, which shall be used for reference to the
weld in all reports, radiographs, and other test documents.
f. Construction drawings shall be updated to reflect the as built condition.

15 Deviations

a. It is not the intention of Company to restrict the use of any processes, procedures, or
technologies that may not be covered by this Specification.
b. Applications for approval to use such alternative processes, procedures, or techniques and
applications for waivers to any requirement or requirements specified in this Specification
shall be made before any materials are purchased or processed or any fabrication or
construction work commences, subject to approval by Company responsible engineer.

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Bibliography

BP
[1] GN 18-007, ISO 3834-2 Audit Check List.

American Petroleum Institute (API)

[2] API RP 2009, Safe Welding, Cutting and Hot Work Practices in the Petroleum and Petrochemical
Industries.

American Welding Society (AWS)

[3] AWS A2.4 Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing, and Nondestructive Examination.

[4] AWS A3.0 Standard Welding Terms and Definitions Including Terms for Adhesive Bonding, Brazing,
Soldering, Thermal Cutting, and Thermal Spraying.

[5] AWS B5.16, Specification for the Qualification of Welding Engineers.

[6] AWS B5.17, Specification for the Qualification of Welding Fabricators.

[7] AWS D1.1, Structural Welding Code.

[8] AWS Z49.1, Safety in Welding and Cutting and Allied Processes.

British Standards Institute (BSI)

[9] BS 499-1 Welding terms and symbols. Glossary for welding, brazing and thermal cutting.

European Standards (EN)

[10] EN 14717, Welding and allied processes. Environmental check list.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

[11] ISO 3834-5, Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials - Part 5: Documents with
which it is necessary to conform to claim conformity to the quality requirements of ISO 3834-2,
ISO 3834-3 or ISO 3834-4.

[12] ISO 3834-6, Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials - Part 6: Guidelines on
implementing ISO 3834.

[13] ISO 14731, Welding coordination - Tasks and responsibilities.

[14] ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

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