Courtesy: ISO 29001:2007 Certification

ISO/TS 29001:2007 is a company level certification based on a technical specification published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) titled “Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Sector-specific quality management systems — Requirements for product and service supply organizations”. The document was developed with cooperation from the American Petroleum Institute (API). The technical specification includes ISO 9001 in its entirety and includes specific requirements for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. ISO/TS 29001:2007 has been revised by ISO/TS 29001:2010.

This certification is for organizations involved in exploration, production, pipelines and transport, refining of petroleum and natural gas and those that provide technical and support services to these industries. The specification is also applicable to manufacturers and purchasers of oil and gas industry equipment can also use this technical specification.

Certifications are issued by third party certifying bodies. For an organization to maintain certification, they will be subjected to annual or regularly scheduled audits where the organization’s compliance with the standard is evaluated by the certifying body.

ISO/TS 29001:2007 defines the quality management system for product and service supply organizations for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries.

Boxed text is original ISO 9001:2000 text unaltered and in its entirety. The petroleum, petrochemical, and natural gas industry sector-specific supplemental requirements are outside the boxes.

ISO / TS 29001-2007
The quality management system of product and service supply organizations in petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries

ISO / TS 29001-2007  governs quality management in the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. As in other cases, this standard does not imply the quality control of finished products, as it is designed to control the production process.

Priority is given to:

• Design Literacy: the presence of development plans and strategies to improve all aspects of economic activity is the most important operational part of the enterprise.
• Human resources management: recruitment of qualified staff, regular training, increase of professional level of employees, as well as the actions of the company’s management.
• Regular analysis of the product quality requirements; the introduction of new technologies and techniques at the enterprise.
• Communication with customers, attention to their wishes and requirements, as well as analysis of the characteristics of the market.

It also explores achievements in the field of implementation of the energy efficiency program and related environmental requirements, so that this aspect of  ISO 29001certification plays an important role.

The benefits of obtaining ISO 29001 certification

Proses from obtain of this certificate are obvious, as it has a positive effect on the profitability of the enterprise, as the oil and gas industry are among the most profitable in our country. Oil and Gas have the largest weight in the annual volume of gross domestic product.

The certificate gives the right to participate in public tenders and get the most lucrative contracts. These agreements not only increase the profitability of the enterprise as a whole, but also significantly improve its ranking.

This also applies to cooperation with foreign companies that are willing to work only with reliable partners.