API SPEC 16F-ed.2

Annotation of standard text API SPEC 16F-ed.2 :

API SPEC 16F, 2nd Edition, February 2019 - Specification for Marine Drilling Riser Equipment

This specification establishes standards of performance and quality for the design, manufacture, and fabrication of marine drilling riser equipment used in conjunction with a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) stack.

This specification provides the requirements for the following major subsystems in the marine drilling riser system:

• — riser tensioner equipment;
• — flex/ball joints;
• — choke, kill, and auxiliary lines;
• — drape hoses and jumper lines for flex/ball joints;
• — telescopic joint (slip joint) and tensioner ring;
• — riser joints;
• — buoyancy equipment;
• — riser running equipment;
• — special riser system components;
• — lower riser adapter;
• — riser coupling.