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API Spec 16F Specification for Marine Drilling Riser Equipment, Second Edition, Includes Errata 1 (2019) and Addendum (2021)
standard by American Petroleum Institute, 11/01/2017
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API SPECIFICATION 16F
SECOND EDITION, NOVEMBER 2017
API MONOGRAM PROGRAM EFFECTIVE DATE: MAY 1, 2018 ERRATA 1, FEBRUARY 2019
ADDENDUM 1, JANUARY 2021
(API MONOGRAM PROGRAM EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 1, 2021)
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Specification for Marine Drilling Riser Equipment
This specification establishes standards of performance and quality for the design, manufacture, and fabrication of marine drilling riser equipment used in conjunction with a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) stack.
This specification provides the requirements for the following major subsystems in the marine drilling riser system:
riser tensioner equipment;
flex/ball joints;
choke, kill, and auxiliary lines;
drape hoses and jumper lines for flex/ball joints;
telescopic joint (slip joint) and tensioner ring;
riser joints;
buoyancy equipment;
riser running equipment;
special riser system components;
lower riser adapter;
riser coupling.
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document applies (including any addenda/errata).
API Technical Report 5C3, Technical Report on Equations and Calculations for Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe Used As Casing or Tubing; and Performance Properties Tables for Casing and Tubing
API Specification 5CT, Specification for Casing and Tubing
API Specification 5L, Specification for Line Pipe
API Specification 6A, Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
API Standard 6ACRA, Age-hardened Nickel-based Alloys for Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Equipment
API Specification 7K, Drilling and Well Servicing Equipment
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