WG 2 - Operating integrity management
Our working group develops and maintains ISO documents and other publications that provide requirements, guidance and tools to support organisations within the petroleum, petrochemical, natural gas, and lower carbon energy industries in establishing and implementing management, quality and conformity assessment processes to reduce operating risk and drive improvement throughout their business.
ISO/TC 67/WG 2 portfolio
Our portfolio consists of both formal ISO publications and additional guidance documents in support of these ISO publications.
Formal ISO publications
To date, we have published five ISO documents:
ISO 13879, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Content and drafting of a functional specification
Publication date: 1999-10-15, 1st edition (confirmed: 2016-01-19, currently under systematic review)
ISO 13880, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Content and drafting of a technical specification
Publication date: 1999-10-15, 1st edition (confirmed: 2016-01-19, currently under systematic review)
ISO/TR 13881, Petroleum and natural gas industries — Classification and conformity assessment of products, processes and services
Publication date: 2000-04-15, 1st edition (to be revised)
ISO/TS 17969, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Guidelines on competency management for well operations personnel
Publication date: 2017-11-01, 2nd edition (results of systematic review to be discussed for decision)
ISO 29001, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Sector-specific quality management systems — Requirements for product and service supply organizations
Publication date: 2020-05-13, 4th edition (1st edition full ISO document)
Guidance documents
In addition, we have published three guidance documents, all in support of ISO 29001:2020:
- Correlation matrices ISO 29001
- Guidance for use of ISO 29001
- Rationale ISO 29001 supplements to ISO 9001
Roadmap 2021-2026
We have developed our Roadmap 2021-2026 by reviewing our existing standards portfolio and discussing new projects to support the sector in managing risks and opportunities and improving performance (status: October 2020). In order to achieve our Roadmap, we collaborate with API SC 18 'Quality standards and activities', partners of the IOGP JIP33 'Standardising procurement specifications', the IOGP Safety Committee and the Energy Institute among other stakeholders.
ISO 29010, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Operating management system — Requirements and guidance for use (1st edition)
Status: Project under development within IOGP Standards Solution to be offered to ISO/TC 67 following the 'fast-track' procedure (i.e. not yet visible in ISO/TC 67's work programme)
Additional information: Based on IOGP Report 510 (operating management system framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry)
ISO 29011, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Operating management system — Maturity assessment (1st edition)
Status: Project under development within IOGP Standards Solution to be offered to ISO/TC 67 following the 'fast-track' procedure (i.e. not yet visible in ISO/TC 67's work programme)
ISO 29012, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Sector-specific quality management systems — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of quality management systems for product and service supply organizations (1st edition)
Status: Project under development within IOGP Standards Solution to be offered to ISO/TC 67 following the 'fast-track' procedure (i.e. not yet visible in ISO/TC 67's work programme)
ISO/TR 13881, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Risk classification and conformity assessment of processes, products and services (2nd edition)
Status: Project initiation proposal under preparation within IOGP Standards Solution (i.e. not yet visible in ISO/TC 67's work programme)
Additional information: Document linked to ISO 29001:2020, Annex C | Revised edition might be transformed to a full ISO document
Organisational structure
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Membership
We have about sixty experts representing sixteen countries in our membership roster (status: March 2021). Experts are welcome at any time. Interested parties can contact the secretary for more information and registration. ISO/TC 67/WG 2 operates under the IOGP umbrella.
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Communication
- Article "ISO 29001: Leading the way in oil and gas" (published in Quality World magazine issue Nov/Dec 2020)
- BSI webinar "The new BS EN ISO 29001:2020" (replay of webinar organised on 26 October 2020)
- News item "Management system days @ Equinor a big success" (published on website on 3 December 2019)
Supporting documents
- Presentation 'Management system and supporting standards for the oil & gas industry' (status: February 2021)
- Presentations provided at 'Management system days at Equinor (Oslo, Norway) on 29 and 30 October 2019 (see end of news item).
- Slide pack advisory meeting: Quality, conformance, reliability, and cost aspects for ISOTC 67 standards, April 2022
Slide pack advisory meeting: Quality, conformance, reliability, and cost aspects for ISOTC 67 standards, April 2022
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Slide pack advisory meeting: Quality, conformance, reliability, and cost aspects for ISOTC 67 standards, April 2022
