ISO certification · ISO 29001Oil and gas

Keybridge prepares ISO 29001 certification in Iraq and Kurdistan.

Manage quality requirements for petroleum, petrochemical and natural-gas products and services. We confirm the scope and the buyer’s stated requirements before preparation starts. Buyer acceptance depends on the certificate scope, issuing body and the requirements set by the buyer. We review those requirements before preparation.

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ISO 29001 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas quality management

ISO 29001 at a glance

Published: 2020. ISO 29001:2020 is the current edition. It replaced ISO/TS 29001:2010.
Structure: Annex SL high level structure. 10 clauses. It carries the ISO 9001:2015 requirements and adds the petroleum sector requirements inside clauses 4 to 10.
Certifiable: Yes. The company is certified for the products and services named in the scope. There is no certificate for a product or a person under this standard.
Certificate validity: The assessment body confirms the applicable schedule and continuing requirements for your scope.
Surveillance: The assessment body confirms the applicable schedule and continuing requirements for your scope.
Audit days, 10 to 50 people: The assessment body confirms the applicable schedule and continuing requirements for your scope.
What the scope covers: Only the sites and activities written into the scope. Anything left out of it is not covered.
What the certificate says: The company name, the standard, the scope and the dates the certificate runs.
Language of the system: We write the documentation in the language the company works in: Arabic, Kurdish or English.

What ISO 29001 is

ISO 29001:2020 is the quality management standard for companies that supply products and services to the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industry. It carries the ISO 9001:2015 requirements and adds sector requirements on design control, supplier and subcontractor qualification, inspection and test planning, traceability and records retention.

What the standard requires

Clauses 1 to 3 cover scope, normative references and terms. Clauses 4 to 10 are the requirements an auditor checks, and the sector requirements sit inside them.
Clause 4, context. List the parties that matter, state which products and services the certificate covers, and map the processes from enquiry to delivery.
Clause 5, leadership. Management owns the system, signs the quality policy, and assigns responsibility for each process in writing.
Clause 6, planning. Record the risks for each process, plan contingency for critical supply, and set quality objectives with numbers and dates.
Clause 7, support. Competence records for welders, inspectors and machine operators, calibration of every measuring instrument, and control of documents and records with a defined retention period.
Clause 8, design and supply. Control design where the company designs, review the order before accepting it, qualify suppliers and subcontractors on record, and control special processes such as welding, heat treatment, coating and NDT.
Clause 8, inspection and traceability. Plan the inspection and test points, record the result at each one, keep traceability from the material certificate to the delivered item, and control the release of nonconforming product.
Clause 9, performance evaluation. Measure the objectives, run internal audits on a plan, and hold a management review.
Clause 10, improvement. Log every nonconformity, complaint and field failure, find the cause, correct it, and show the correction worked.

Who needs ISO 29001 in Iraq and Kurdistan

Oilfield equipment manufacturersWellheads, valves, pipe and pressure equipment are bought against a specification, and the buyer checks how you proved the goods met it.

Fabrication and machining workshopsWelding procedures, welder qualifications, material certificates and heat numbers are traced back through the job record.

Drilling and well servicesTools, fluids and downhole services carry a calibration, inspection and maintenance record for every run.

Inspection and NDT companiesISO 29001 may be relevant to the management of this activity. Confirm the applicable scope and any buyer requirement before seeking certification.

Equipment traders and stockistsISO 29001 may be relevant to the management of this activity. Confirm the applicable scope and any buyer requirement before seeking certification.

Pipeline and facility contractorsWeld maps, pressure test records and as built documentation are handed over as part of the contract.

Chemical and lubricant suppliersBatch records, shelf life and product test certificates are checked against every delivery.

The buyers that ask for ISO 29001

Buyer or list	What they ask for
Kurdistan operators	Review this buyer’s current supplier criteria for the products or services offered. Certificate scope, buyer acceptance and tender eligibility need to be checked separately.
Ministry of Natural Resources Approved Vendor List	Check the current registration instructions for your activity and category. Confirm whether this standard is requested and which issuing bodies are accepted.
Basra operators	Review this buyer’s current supplier criteria for the products or services offered. Certificate scope, buyer acceptance and tender eligibility need to be checked separately.
EPC contractors	Review the project’s supplier requirements and the work package you intend to deliver. A contractor may set requirements beyond the certificate itself.
API licensees and API aligned buyers	Review this buyer’s current supplier criteria for the products or services offered. Certificate scope, buyer acceptance and tender eligibility need to be checked separately.
KRG Approved Suppliers Center	Check the current registration instructions for your activity and category. Confirm whether this standard is requested and which issuing bodies are accepted.
Foreign buyers and lenders	Check the financing or procurement conditions for the relevant project. Confirm whether certification is requested rather than assuming it from the sector.

What shapes your investment

Number of sites and workshops, and whether the auditor has to travel to Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Baghdad or Basra.
Headcount, which sets how many auditor days the audit takes before the oil and gas requirements add more.
Whether the company designs product or only supplies to a customer drawing.
Number of product families and special processes such as welding, heat treatment, coating and NDT.
How many suppliers and subcontractors have to be qualified and kept on record.
Languages the documentation is written in.
How much usable documentation already exists, including any API Spec Q1 work already done.
The date the documents are needed by.
Whether ISO 29001 is built alone or together with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 as one system; the certification body determines the audit time.

The proposal names the scope, the deliverables and the dates before work starts.

ISO 29001 questions we are asked

How long does certification take?

Preparation depends on your scope, existing records and any gaps to address. The assessment body controls its own schedule and decision.

What should we prepare before starting?

Tell us your activities, locations and any buyer requirement. We then identify the existing procedures and records needed for the initial review.

Will this meet our buyer’s requirements?

We review the buyer’s stated requirement against the scope and issuing body before proceeding. Acceptance of your supplier application remains the buyer’s decision.

What happens after certification is granted?

Keep the system and records current, address findings and follow the assessment body’s surveillance and renewal requirements. Any ongoing support is agreed separately.

How does ISO 29001 relate to ISO 9001?

ISO 29001 builds on quality-management requirements with additional provisions for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural-gas industries. The buyer’s specification determines whether this sector-specific standard is needed.

Does ISO 29001 replace an API requirement?

Do not assume equivalence. If a buyer names an API specification or programme, confirm that exact requirement before choosing your certification scope.

Prepare for ISO 29001 certification.

Tell us about your organization’s activities, the sites involved and any buyer requirements. We will review your current position and identify the work needed to prepare.

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