API SPEC 16F-ed.2

Annotation of standard text API SPEC 16F-ed.2 :

API SPEC 16F, 2nd Edition, February 2019 - 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.