GULF STANDARDS COMMITTEE FOR OIL

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GULF STANDARDS COMMITTEE FOR OIL GAS INDUSTRY
IN THE GCC COUNTRIES (GSO TC 7)
Report to the ISO TC 67 Plenary Meeting
29th, October 30th, October 2008
Oriental Bay International Hotel , Beijing, China
Dr. Muayad A. Ajjawi Saif S. Al- Naimi
Qatar Petroleum State of Qatar
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GSO TC 7 Membership
P Members Qatar, united Arab Emirates, Oman,
Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of
Bahrain
Kuwait
Arabian Gulf
Bahrain
Qatar
UAE
Members are from national bodies and Oil and Gas
companies.
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
The total number of members are 26. Four from
each country the Chair Secretary.
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GSO TC 7 Secretariat
Secretary Muayad A. Ajjawi Qatar Petroleum
AlSaad Royal Plaza Corporate Quality
Management Systems Doha State of
Qatar E-mail ajjawi_at_qp.com.qa
Chairman Saif S. Al-Naimi Qatar Petroleum
West Bay Doha Tower Directorate HSE
Regulations Enforcement Doha State of
Qatar E-mail sss_alnaimi_at_qp.com.qa
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GSO TC 7 Mission Vision
Mission To develop, update, maintain
value-added Gulf Standards for petroleum, natural
gas and petrochemical industries. This is by
adopting international standards, generating new
and updating existing Gulf Standards.
Vision Gulf Standards used by all GCC countries
and based on latest international and industry
standards, satisfying the region specific
requirements and market availability.
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GSO TC 7 SCOPE OF WORK
GSO TC 7 covers both Upstream and Downstream
works as follows

• Material, equipment and offshore structures used
  in Petroleum, Petrochemical, Natural Gas
  industries and LNG industries i.e., drilling,
  production, processing, transportation and
  storage equipment.
• Petroleum and natural gas products (refined
  products, i.e., fuel Products LNG/NGL
  Products) and petrochemicals.
• Technical terminology, Inspection and testing,
  Management Systems , (Quality, Health , Safety ,
  and Environment).

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GSO TC 7 Meetings
Number of Meetings 5
The fifth meeting was in Doha on 2nd, 3rd 4th,
June 2008
Meeting Main Outcomes 1- Approve the TOR and
work programs of the established working groups
on various subjects. 2- Approve the proposals
of Qatar and UAE to establish Sub-committees on
petroleum product ( GSO TC approved), natural
gas, pipeline fittings and equipment (under
GSOTC approval). 3- All countries have
completed the establishment of National mirror
committees to GSO TC 7. 4- Members approved the
GSO TC 7 Work Guideline for implementation 5-
Approval to send a list of ISO standards to GSO
Technical Council for endorsement as GSO TC 7
adopted standards.
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GSO TC 7 Current Structure
GSO TC 7
Gulf Standards Committee for Oil Gas Industry
in the GCC Countries
Qatar
SC1
UAE
Petroleum Products
Fuel Quality Specs
WG1
Bahrain
SC2
Qatar
Natural Gas LNG
WG2
Materials Testing
KSA
SC3
KSA
Pipeline Fittings
WG3
Cathodic Protection
KSA
SC4
KSA
WG4
Drilling Fluids
Facilities Equipment
Oman
WG 5
Coating Lining
Qatar
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Gulf Region Involvement in International
Standardization
ISO TC 67 Materials, equipment and offshore
structures for petroleum, petrochemical and
natural gas industries.
TC 67/SC 2 Pipeline Transportation Systems TC
67/SC 6 Processing Equipment and Systems. TC
67/SC 7 Offshore Structures.
TC 67/WG 2 Conformity Assessment. TC 67/WG 8
Materials, Corrosion control, welding and
joining and non-destructive examination TC 67/WG
7 Corrosion Resistant Materials. TC
67/WG10 LNG Equipment and Installation.
Qatar and Oman already P-members, other
countries application for P- membership is in
progress.
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GSO TC 7 Adoption of International Standards (TC
67 ) 2007 Plan
Adoption of ISO Standards - TC28, TC193 and TC67)
Total number of standards 105
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Example of Adopted Equipment ISO TC 67 Standard -
FDS
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GSO TC 7 Work Program for Year 2008
Total number of standards in the work Program88
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Work Program
Adoption of ISO Standards under ISO TC 67 -
Examples
GSO DS ISO 199022008
Petroleum and natural gas industries -Fixed steel
offshore structures
GSO DS ISO 19901-32008 Petroleum and natural
gas industries-Specific requirements for offshore
structures - Part 3 Topsides structure.
Petroleum and natural gas industries Specific
requirements for offshore structures Part 6
Marine operations.
GSO DS ISO 19901-6 2008
Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas
industries Nonmetallic materials in contact
with media related to oil and gas production
GSO DS ISO 23936-1 2008
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Work Program
Development of New GSO TC 7 Standards - Examples
Petroleum, petrochemicals and natural gas
industry Internal coating and lining of above
ground storage tanks
GSO TC 7 DS
Petroleum, petrochemicals and natural gas
industry Cathodic Protection of Onshore Well
Casings
GSO TC 7 DS
Petroleum, petrochemicals and natural gas
industry Corrosion Monitoring for Oil Gas
Production Facilities
GSO TC 7/01 FDS
Petroleum, petrochemicals and natural gas
industry Hydrostatic Testing of New Pipelines
GSO TC 7 CD
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GSO TC 7 Work Program for Year 2008
Total number of standards in the work Program 26
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Thank You
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