API SPEC 16F

Abstract

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. If product is supplied bearing the API Monogram and manufactured at a facility licensed by API, the requirements of Annex A apply.