Although this standard is built on the ISO 9001 Quality management system; It aims to set the conditions for the establishment, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of a Quality PETROLEUM, PETROCHEMICAL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY management System. It should not be forgotten that the adoption of a quality management system is a strategic decision for an organization, but also a necessity of our age.

It is standard practice for organizations in the oil, petrochemical and natural gas industries (hereinafter referred to as the oil and gas industry), depending on the scope of the contracts.

Suppliers of products and services to operate quality management systems that comply with standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 29001, API Spec Q1 and API Spec Q2. Product and service providers are often required to certify their quality management systems by recognized accredited certification bodies.

ISO 9001:2015 ushered in a step change in the way quality management systems are implemented across all industries. Organizations need to place greater emphasis on the identification and management of risks associated with their activities, processes and output products and services.

Quality management systems should include the appropriate process for identifying and managing risk mitigation and opportunity realization. ISO 29001:2020 complements ISO 9001:2015 with requirements and guidance for managing risks associated with the oil and gas industry and provides a framework for aligning the requirements with complementary standards used in the industry. Recognizing that there is a wide scope of supply in the industry, from standard to specialized materials, equipment and services, it ensures that relevant risk-based approaches are taken when determining and evaluating quality management system requirements.

This document guides organizations that adopt ISO 29001:2020 as the foundation for their management systems and cascade requirements to product and service providers.

KEY POINTS ISO 29001

• ISO 29001:2020 has fully and unmodified ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001 requirements are shown in the text boxes in the document, with additional oil and gas industry specific requirements and guidance shown outside the text boxes. Organizations that comply with ISO 29001 will also comply with ISO 9001.

NOTE: The ISO 29001:2020 project team has developed a guidance document that provides the rationale for each annex to ISO 9001:2015.

• ISO 29001:2020 is designed to be technically equivalent to API Spec Q1 (version 9) and API Spec Q2 (version 1).

NOTE: The ISO 29001:2020 project team has developed a guidance document that provides the correlation between ISO 29001:2020 and ISO/TS 29001:2010, API Spec Q1 (version 9) and API Spec Q2 (version 1).

• Providing the ‘minimum’ requirements agreed within the oil and gas sector for ISO 29001:2020 management, quality. Organizations that set ISO 29001:2020 in their products and service providers include additional requirements related to their own and stakeholder requirements
• If an organization wants or needs to be certified according to ISO 29001, if not already requested by the client, it is recommended that an organization contract with a certification body accredited by a recognized accreditation body (ie IAF member) for the following scope. activities.

NOTE: An ISO 29001 certified organization also meets the ISO 9001 certification criteria.

• Like ISO 9001:2015, ISO 29001:2020 is designed to continually evaluate performance in delivering customer satisfaction.