Hot Spot IOGP JIP33 S-611 Steel Gate Valve Specification V2.0 Published

What is it?

The IOGP JIP33 specification S-611 for API 600 Steel gate valves has been revised following a recent full review as advised in Hot Spot BV002685.

The purpose of this IOGP JIP33 specification is to define a minimum common set of requirements for the procurement of steel gate valves as an overlay to API Standard 600, 14th edition May 2021. The changes made therefore reflect this latest edition of API 600 with the specification now being only applicable to steel gate valves. Please note that it has been extensively re-written due to changes in technical writing requirements and so should be treated as a new document.

The S-611 V2.0 specification documents are now available to download in the IOGP specification library - S-611 Steel Gate Valves (API 600) Version 2.0 | IOGP Publications library.

Why is it Important?

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) is the voice of the global upstream industry with 83 members including the 12 major global operators. This revised specification will be adopted as standard by IOGP members, affecting the future supply of thousands of API 600 steel gate valves on new projects.

The S-611 Gate Valves specifications are an extensive set of overlays containing revised and additional requirements to those specified in API 600, including design, fugitive emissions testing, materials, inspection, factory acceptance testing requirements and documentation.

Supersedes

This version of the specification replaces S-611 v1.0 published in 2019.

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