API SPEC 16C

Abstract

This specification establishes the minimum requirements for the design and manufacture of the following types of new equipment: <br>a) articulated choke and kill lines; <br>b) choke and kill manifold buffer chamber; <br>c) choke and kill manifold assembly; <br>d) drilling choke actuators; <br>e) drilling choke controls; <br>f) drilling chokes; <br>g) flexible choke and kill lines; <br>h) union connections used in choke and kill assemblies; <br>i) rigid choke and kill lines; <br>j) swivel unions used in choke and kill equipment. <br>These requirements were formulated to provide for safe and functionally interchangeable surface and subsea choke and kill system equipment utilized for drilling oil and gas wells. <br>Technical content provides the minimum requirements for performance, design, materials, welding, testing, inspection, storing, and shipping. <br>See 4.2 for requirements on additional components that may be included in choke and kill system equipment. <br>If product is supplied bearing the API Monogram and manufactured at a facility licensed by API, the requirements of Annex A apply.