Certifications & Product Licensing

A Better Path to Certification & Licensing

Experience a smoother process with the experts at QSI by your side.

The road to certification or licensing can be a lengthy, detailed process with plenty of opportunity for missteps that delay your goals. Rely on the experts at QSI to guide you through the intricacies, help you respond to rebuttals, and get you to the finish line.

Oil & Gas Industry Certifications

QSI has worked with the American Petroleum Institute performing audits since 1986, and our leadership is a longtime participant on various API subcommittees:

  • SC18, Subcommittee on Quality
  • SC20, Subcommittee on Supply Chain Management

We’ve also assisted numerous companies with management systems and developed, implemented, consulted, trained, and audited internationally under API’s programs.

API Quality Registrar Program provides management system certifications in the following areas:

  • Spec Q1, Specification for Quality Management System Requirements for Manufacturing Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry
  • Spec Q2, Quality Management System Requirements for Service Supply Organizations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Second Edition
  • API 18LCM, Product Life Cycle Management System Requirements for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries
  • ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems – Requirements
  • ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems – Requirements With Guidance for Use

The API Monogram Program Product Licensing for multiple API Product Specifications. Some of the most common specifications are:

  • Spec 5CT, Casing & Tubing
  • Spec 5DP, Drill Pipe
  • Spec 5L, Line Pipe
  • Spec 6A, Wellhead & Christmas Tree Equipment
  • Spec 6D, Pipeline & Piping Valves
  • Spec 7-1, Rotary Drill System Elements
  • Spec 7-2, Threading & Gauging of Rotary Shouldered Connections
  • Spec 10A, Cements & Materials for Well Cementing
  • Spec 13A, Oil-Well Drilling-Fluid Materials
  • Spec 16A, Drill Through Equipment
  • Spec 16C, Choke & Kill Equipment
  • Including many others
 
Concurrently QSI has extensive experience in assisting companies implement API Recommended Practices (e.g., for equipment repair and refurbishing) and API Standards (e.g., for product and services; Standards: 20E, 20F, 20M, etc.).

Multi-Industry Management System Certifications

In addition to serving the oil and gas industry, QSI has assisted numerous companies with a variety of management system standards, such as:

  • ISO 9001, Quality Management Systems – Requirements
  • ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems – Requirements With Guidance for Use
  • ISO 45001, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Requirements With Guidance for Use
  • AS9100, Quality Management Systems – Requirements for Aviation, Space, and Defense Organizations

Whether you’ve encountered challenges or are starting the process of certification, look to the experts at QSI to guide you.

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