API TR 18TR2-2017 pdf download

API TR 18TR2-2017 pdf download.Guidance to API Specification Q2.
Developing a contingency plan involves making decisions in advance about the management of services and SRPs, coordination and communication procedures, and awareness of a range of technical and logistical responses. Risk mitigation and contingency planning are two strategies that are used in the management of risk. Both are closely related to one another as they are sequential, complementary steps used in the risk assessment process. Every contingency plan requires a risk assessment (see section 5.5.2); however, some risks may be deemed acceptable by the organization without further mitigation or contingency planning. 5.6.1 Purchasing Control Requirements established in section 5.6.1 a)–e) are applicable to purchasing control of critical and non-critical services, and SRPs. The difference between the requirements for critical and non-critical services is that the organization performs an on-site assessment of the critical service or service-related product supplier prior to initiation of the purchase agreement. The purpose of the assessment is to verify the supplier’s ability to meet the specified scope of work, and that the supplier’s QMS meets the requirements specified by the purchasing organization. For non-critical service or service-related product suppliers, the organization has the option of performing one or more of methods identified in section 5.6.1 (i, ii, iii). It is the organization’s responsibility to determine and define what is critical, and non-critical, as it relates to SRPs or services, and the evaluation process is defined in section 5.6. The product or service being supplied and the associated risk are used to determine QMS requirements. NOTE See further clarifications in Section 1 Scope and Application. 5.6.2 Purchasing Information Requirements established in section 5.6.2 a)–e) are applicable to purchasing information for critical and non-critical services and SRPs.
5.7.2 Service Quality Plan A Service Quality Plan (SQP) is a requirement for all services. The organization is responsible for determining how to build a SQP that will be effective, usable and compliant to all requirements listed in 5.7.2. The SQP is not intended to be a bridging document between multiple management systems. It is possible to employ one document or a combination of documents to achieve this. The SQP can be standard, job specific, service specific, or customer specific—as long as it meets the specific requirements of API Q2. “External parties” is a general term that can describe customers, regulators, suppliers, contractors, subcontractors and other parties external to the organization that impact the delivery of the service. In other parts of API Q2 where the standard mentions subcontractors and/or suppliers, there are specific requirements that are applied to those external parties. The SQP requires identification of the responsibilities of suppliers, subcontractors and other external parties. This includes the identification of the subcontractor, and the description of the controls over the subcontractor.
5.7.3 Identification and Traceability API Q2 specifies the minimum set of requirements for traceability for critical SRP, which includes rental tools designated as critical. Specific material traceability and records requirements will depend on the product and the requirements defined by the organization and the customer. Critical SRP, including legacy tools that do not meet the traceability requirements of API Q2, would be identified as nonconforming product and handled in accordance with section 5.10. The identification of the criticality of SRP (including components) is based on risk assessment, and performed during the design of the service. Identification of an assembly as critical does not, by default, make all the components in the assembly critical. It is the responsibility of the organization to communicate the criticality of SRP to applicable personnel throughout the service realization process. 5.7.5 Customer Property Customer intellectual property could include, but is not limited to well data, lab results, specifications, proprietary products, logging data, reservoir data, etc. 5.7.7 Validation of SRP Some SRP that cannot be fully validated prior to execution of service (e.g. cement, perforating assemblies, well trajectory design) may be fully validated as part of the service performance validation process. Some SRP may require a facility and special testing equipment for validation that is not available while the SRP is deployed. Some SRP may be deployed and utilized for multiple customers and in multiple wells prior to being returned to a facility where the SRP is validated. The frequency and methods for validation of SRP are identified by the organization (see ISO 9000:2005, section 3.8.5 for definition of “validation”).