GENERAL SPECIFICATION

PIPING VALVES VESSELS

GS EP PVV 610

Welding of piping and pressure containing

equipment

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Contents

1. Scope ....................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Welding activities ............................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Weld inspection methods ................................................................................................. 6

2. Normative references ............................................................................................. 6

3. Definitions ............................................................................................................. 11

4. General Welding Requirements ........................................................................... 13

4.1 Structural (non-pressure boundary) ............................................................................... 13
4.2 Prequalified welding procedures .................................................................................... 13
4.3 Welding book ................................................................................................................. 13
4.4 Weld maps..................................................................................................................... 13
4.5 Pressure boundary welds .............................................................................................. 14
4.6 Health and Safety .......................................................................................................... 14
4.7 Quality ........................................................................................................................... 14
4.8 Weld Equipment ............................................................................................................ 15
4.9 Welding Procedures ...................................................................................................... 15
4.10 Welders and welding operators...................................................................................... 17
4.11 Production welding ........................................................................................................ 18

5. Welding processes ............................................................................................... 18

5.1 Acceptable welding processes ....................................................................................... 18
5.2 Limitations of Fusion Welding Processes ....................................................................... 18
5.3 Single-sided Welded Joints ............................................................................................ 21
5.4 Combining Welding Processes ...................................................................................... 21
5.5 Mechanized and Automated Welding Processes ........................................................... 21

6. Welding Consumables (Filler Metal and Flux) .................................................... 21

6.1 General.......................................................................................................................... 21
6.2 Dissimilar welding .......................................................................................................... 22
6.3 Low-alloy Steel Welding (P-No. 3 to P-No. 5 and P-No. 15E) ........................................ 23
6.4 Stainless Steel Welding (P-No. 6, P-No. 7 and P-No. 8) ................................................ 23
6.5 Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steel Welding ........................................................ 23

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6.6 SAW .............................................................................................................................. 23

6.7 Electroslag Welding (for Corrosion Resistant Weld Overlay).......................................... 23
6.8 Consumable Storage and Handling ............................................................................... 23
6.9 Alloy Consumable Controls ............................................................................................ 23

7. Shielding and Purging Gases .............................................................................. 24

8. Preheating and Interpass Temperature............................................................... 24

9. Post Weld Heat Treatment.................................................................................... 25

10. Cleaning and Surface Preparation ................................................................... 27

11. Special Procedure Qualification Requirements/Testing ................................ 29

11.1 General.......................................................................................................................... 29
11.2 Tube-to-tubesheet Welding ............................................................................................ 29
11.3 Additional Procedure Qualification Requirements for Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless
Steels 29
11.4 Material Specific Procedure Qualification Requirements ................................................ 29

12. Other Items ......................................................................................................... 30

12.1 Backing Materials .......................................................................................................... 30
12.2 Peening ......................................................................................................................... 30
12.3 Weld Overlay and Clad Restoration (Back Cladding) ..................................................... 30
12.4 Temporary attachments ................................................................................................. 31
12.5 Stud Welding ................................................................................................................. 31
12.6 Hardness Testing – Welding Procedure Qualification and Production Testing ............... 31
12.7 Single-pass Welds ......................................................................................................... 32
12.8 Additional Production requirements for Welding Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steel
32
12.9 Material Specific Production requirements ..................................................................... 32

13. Non Destructive Examination ........................................................................... 33

13.1 Non Destructive Examination Execution ........................................................................ 33
13.2 Non Destructive Testing Extent...................................................................................... 33
13.3 Qualification of NDT personnel ...................................................................................... 33
13.4 Procedures .................................................................................................................... 34

14. Positive Material Identification ......................................................................... 37

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15. Bibliography ....................................................................................................... 39

ANNEX A - Welding Consumables for Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)

ANNEX B - (Normative) - Weld Overlay and Clad Restoration (Back Cladding)
ANNEX C - (Normative) - Additional welding construction provisions
ANNEX D - Positive Material Inspection
ANNEX E - Oxidation acceptance criteria for Stainless Steels, High Nickel and Titanium Alloys
ANNEX F - Additional requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steels welding in sour and
Amine/Alkalis services
ANNEX G - Additional requirements for Chromium-Molybdenum Alloy Steels Welding
ANNEX H - Additional requirements for 3 ½% Nickel Steel welding
ANNEX I - Additional requirements for Austenitic Stainless Steels welding
ANNEX J - Additional requirements for SuperAustenitic Stainless Steels welding
ANNEX K - Additional requirements for Ferritic Austenitic Stainless Steels welding
ANNEX L - Additional requirements for High Nickel Alloys welding
ANNEX M - Additional requirements for Copper Nickel Alloy welding
ANNEX N - Additional requirements for Titanium Alloy welding

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1. Scope
This specification defines for onshore and offshore facilities, the Company general requirements
for welding, welding related topics for shop and field fabrication and weld inspection methods of
the following:
• Process and utilities piping
• Process and utilities pressure vessels
• Heat exchangers / coolers
• Thermal equipment
• Steam generation system
• Atmospheric Storage tanks
• Pressure boundaries of rotating equipment
• Skids, packages
• Structural attachments welded to pressure containing parts.
This specification applies to all welding of following materials:
• Carbon and low temperature carbon steels
• High-strength low-alloy Steels
• Low Alloy Nickel Steels
• Chromium-Molybdenum Alloy Steels
• Ferritic-Austenitic Stainless Steels
• Austenitic Stainless Steels
• Super austenitic Stainless Steels
• Nickel‐Chromium‐Molybdenum alloys
• Copper‐Nickel alloys
• Titanium alloys.

1.1 Welding activities

The specification applies to pressure containing piping and equipment, which are designed,
manufactured and tested according to parent design codes as listed in Table 1.

This specification shall be read in conjunction with API RP 582 THIRD EDITION, May 2016
which supplements the welding requirements of these codes and standards.

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Table 1 - Applicable welding codes and standards

Parent design ASME B31.3 piping PD 5500 pressure vessels

code ASME BPVC Section VIII Div. 1 & 2
equipment
API STD 650 storage tanks

Parent welding ASME BPVC Section IX For WPS: ISO 15609-1

code For PQR: ISO 15614 (All parts)
For WPQ: ISO 9606-1

Modifications to API RP 582 defined in this specification are identified as:

• Add (add to section or add new section)
• Replace (part of or entire section)
• Delete (deletion of a sentence or section, which is not applicable to above scope).

1.2 Weld inspection methods

This specification supplements the codes and standards mentioned in Table 2.

Table 2 - Applicable weld inspection codes and standards

Parent design ASME B31.3 PD 5500

code ASME BPVC Section VIII Div. 1 & 2
API STD 650

Non Destructive ASME BPVC Section V PD 5500

Testing ISO 9712 or ASNT SNT-TC-1A ISO 9712 or ASNT SNT-TC-1A

2. Normative references
The reference documents listed in below table form an integral part of this General
Specification.

This specification does not address any additional requirements necessary to meet local
regulation.

Any divergence between any of the Contractual Reference Documents, or between this
specification and any other Contractual Reference Document, shall be reported to the Company
for decision. In such a case, and unless otherwise agreed or decided by the Company, it is
understood that the more stringent requirement apply.

Unless otherwise stipulated, the applicable version of these documents, including relevant
appendices and addendums, is the latest revision published at the effective date of this
document.

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External Documents

Reference Title

ANSI Z 49.1 Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes (ANSI/AWS)

API RP 2009 Safe Welding, Cutting, and Hot Work Practices in the Petroleum
and Petrochemical Industries

API RP 582 Welding Guidelines for the Chemical, Oil, and Gas Industries

API RP 583 Corrosion Under Insulation and Fireproofing

API RP 945 Avoiding Environmental Cracking in Amine Units

API STD 650 Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

ASME B31.3 Process Piping

ASME BPVC Section II ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section II-
Materials

ASME BPVC Section IX ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section IX-
Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing
Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing, and
Fusing Operators

ASME BPVC Section V ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section V-
Nondestructive Examination

ASME BPVC Section VIII ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section VIII-
Div. 1 & 2 Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels - Division 1&2

ASNT CP-189 ASNT Standard for Qualification and Certification of

Nondestructive Testing Personnel

ASNT SNT-TC-1A Personnel Qualification and Certification in Nondestructive

Testing

ASTM A380 Standard Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of

Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems

ASTM A578/A578M Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination

of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications

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Reference Title

ASTM A923 Standard Test Methods for Detecting Detrimental Intermetallic

Phase in Duplex Austenitic/Ferritic Stainless Steels

ASTM E140 Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship

Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell Hardness,
Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, Scleroscope Hardness,
and Leeb Hardness

ASTM E562 Standard Test Method for Determining Volume Fraction by

Systematic Manual Point Count

ASTM E747 Standard Practice for Design, Manufacture and Material

Grouping Classification of Wire Image Quality Indicators (IQI)
Used for Radiology

ASTM E999 Standard Guide for Controlling the Quality of Industrial

Radiographic Film Processing

ASTM G48 Standard Test Methods for Pitting and Crevice Corrosion
Resistance of Stainless Steels and Related Alloys by Use of
Ferric Chloride Solution

AWS A 2.4 Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing, and Nondestructive

Examination

AWS A 4.2M Standard Procedures for Calibrating Magnetic Instruments to

Measure the Delta Ferrite Content of Austenitic and Duplex
Ferritic-Austenitic Stainless Steel Weld Metal

AWS A 5.11 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Alloy Welding Electrodes for
Shielded Metal Arc Welding

AWS A 5.14 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Alloy Bare Welding Electrodes
and Rods

AWS A 5.16 Specification for Titanium and Titanium Alloy Welding Electrodes
and Rods

AWS A 5.32/A 5.32M Welding Consumables - Gases and Gas Mixtures for Fusion
Welding and Allied Processes

AWS A 5.4 Specification for Stainless Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal
Arc Welding

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Reference Title

AWS A 5.6 Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Electrodes for

Shielded Metal Arc Welding

AWS A 5.7 Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Bare Welding Rods
and Electrodes

AWS D 10.10 Recommended Practices for Local Heating of Welds in Piping

and Tubing

AWS QC1 Specification for AWS Certification of Welding Inspectors

CSWIP 3.1/3.2 Preparatory courses, Seminar Examination program

EN 1011-2 Welding - Recommendations for welding of metallic materials -

Part 2: Arc welding of ferritic steel

EN 10204 Metallic Products - Type of inspection documents

EN 12668-1 Non-destructive testing - Characterization and verification of

ultrasonic testing equipment - Part 1: Instruments

IEC 60974 (All parts) Arc welding equipment

IIW IWIP IIW Guideline International Welding Inspection Personnel

ISO 11611 Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes

ISO 11699-1 Non-destructive testing - Industrial radiographic film - Part 1:

Classification of film systems for industrial radiography

ISO 14114 Gas welding equipment - Acetylene manifold systems for

welding, cutting and allied processes - General requirements

ISO 14175 Welding consumables - Gases and gas mixtures for fusion
welding and allied processes

ISO 14344 Welding consumables - Procurement of filler materials and fluxes

ISO 14731 Welding Coordination - Tasks and responsibilities

ISO 148-1 Metallic materials - Charpy pendulum impact test - Part 1: Test
method

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Reference Title

ISO 15156 (Parts 2; 3) Petroleum and natural gas industries - Materials for use in H2S-
containing environments in oil and gas production - Parts 2; 3

ISO 15609-1 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic

materials - Welding procedure specification - Part 1: Arc welding

ISO 15614 (All parts) Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic
materials - Welding procedure test - All parts

ISO 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and

calibration laboratories

ISO 17636-1 Non-destructive testing of welds - Radiographic testing - Part 1:

X- and gamma-ray techniques with film

ISO 17781 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries - Test

methods for quality control of microstructure of ferritic/austenitic
(duplex) stainless steels

ISO 18265 Metallic materials - Conversion of hardness values

ISO 19232-1 Non-destructive testing - Image quality of radiographs - Part 1:

Determination of image quality value using wire-type image
quality indicators

ISO 2553 Welding and allied processes - Symbolic representation on

drawings - Welded joints

ISO 3834-2 Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials -

Part 2: Comprehensive quality requirements

ISO 5172 Gas welding equipment - Blowpipes for gas welding, heating and
cutting - Specifications and tests

ISO 6507-1 Metallic materials - Vickers hardness test - Part 1: Test method

ISO 9001 Quality management systems - Requirements

ISO 9606-1 Qualification testing of welders - Fusion welding - Part 1: Steels

ISO 9712 Non-destructive testing - Qualification and certification of NDT

personnel

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Reference Title

NACE MR 0175 Petroleum and natural gas industries - Materials for use in H2S-
containing environments in oil and gas production

PD 5500 Specification for unfired fusion welded pressure vessels

WRC 452 Recommended Practices for Local Heating of Welds in Pressure

Vessels

Total General Specifications

Unless otherwise stipulated, the applicable version of these documents, including relevant
appendices and addendums, is the latest revision published.

Reference Title

GS EP COR 170 Materials for upstream sour service application. Specification for
selection and design

GS EP PVV 175 Cleaning of piping systems

GS EP PVV 630 TOFD (Time Of Flight Diffraction) Inspection

GS EP PVV 631 Phased Array Inspection (PAUT)

3. Definitions
3.1
Section 3.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

3.2
Section 3.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

3.3
Section 3.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

3.4
Section 3.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

3.5
Section 3.5 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

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3.6
Replace section 3.6 of API RP 582 with:
Purchaser
The purchaser is the Company that is responsible for the plant operation.

3.7
Section 3.7 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

3.8
Section 3.8 of API RP 582 is fully applicable

3.9 Abbreviations
For the purpose of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

AI Authorized Inspection NDE Non Destructive Examination

AUT Automated Ultrasonic Testing MT Magnetic Testing

AWS American Welding Society PAW Plasma Arc Welding

Ceq Carbon Equivalent calculated using PMI Positive Material Inspection

the IIW formula
Ceq = C + Mn/6 + (Cr+Mo+V)/5 +
(Ni+Cu)/15

CLAS Carbon and Low Alloy Steel PQR Procedure Qualification Record

CRA Corrosion Resistant Alloys PREN Pitting Resistant Equivalent Number

EGW Electro Gas Welding PT Penetrant Testing

ESW Electro Slag Welding PWHT Post Weld Heat Treatment

FCAW Flux Cored Arc Welding RT Radiographic Testing

FCAW-G Flux Cored Arc Welding with Gas SAW Submerged Arc Welding

FCAW-S Flux Cored Arc Welding Self SMAW Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Shielded

FN Ferrite Number TMCP Thermo-Mechanical-Control Process

GMAW Gas Metal Arc Welding TPI Third Party Inspection

GMAW-P Gas Metal Arc Welding Pulsed TOFD Time Of Flight Diffraction

GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Ug Unsharpness

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GTAW-P Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Pulsed UNS Universal Numbering System

HAZ Heat Affected Zone UT Ultrasonic Testing

H2S Hydrogen Sulphide VT Visual Testing

IQI Image Quality Indicator WM Weld Metal

IWE International Welding Engineer WPQ Welding Performance Qualification

IWT International Welding Technician WPS Welding Procedure Specification

MCAW Metal Core Arc Welding 22Cr 22%Cr Duplex Stainless Steel

MDT Minimum Design Temperature 25Cr 25%Cr Duplex Stainless Steel

4. General Welding Requirements

4.1 Structural (non-pressure boundary)
Section 4.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

4.2 Prequalified welding procedures

Section 4.2 of API RP 582 is not applicable.

4.3 Welding book

Replace section 4.3 of API RP 582 with:
Prior fabrication, a welding book shall be submitted to the Company for review and approval
prior to start of fabrication or construction, the welding book including as a minimum:
• Weld maps, similar guides and fabrication drawings which clearly identify the application
of each WPS, indicating where and how these WPSs will be used
• Summary list of WPSs detailing associated PQRs references, qualified ranges and scope
of application
• Welding and welding repair procedures specifications (WPSs)
• Respective supported procedure qualification records (PQRs)
• All necessary fabrication sequences for specific critical welding application.

4.4 Weld maps

Section 4.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

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4.5 Pressure boundary welds

Section 4.5 of API RP 582 is not applicable.

4.6 Health and Safety

Welding, cutting and examination activities shall comply with the relevant local safety legislation
pertaining to the location where these activities take place.

As a minimum, the following requirements shall apply:

• ANSI Z 49.1 or API RP 2009 is adopted by default for ensuring safe Welding, cutting and
hot working activities.
• Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes are conform to ISO 11611.
• Equipment for oxygen and acetylene are conform to ISO 14114 and ISO 5172.
• Welding equipment are conform to IEC 60974 (All parts).
• Ventilation of welding and cutting fumes is conform to ANSI Z 49.1.
• Trichloroethylene that produce toxic gases upon welding are not used as degreasing
agents.
• A risk assessment is required for confined space when welding.
• Welding close to live plant facilities requires specific risk assessment.
• Thoriated tungsten electrodes not to be used in production welding.
• All equipment are maintained with records to support its ongoing safe operation.
• Equipment used to hold and support process equipment, vessels, piping, are capable of
bearing the load whilst maintaining the stability required for working in both the vertical
and horizontal planes.

4.7 Quality

4.7.1 Welding organization and quality system

Each Fabricator shall have in place a quality management system meeting the requirements of
ISO 9001 and ISO 3834-2 including:
• A material control and verification programme to manage the receipt, storage,
segregation, issuance of components, welding filler materials and gases.
• A specific management plan for CRA fabrication to avoid any detrimental contamination.
• A traceability and verification scheme to ensure each pressure retaining weld and direct
attachment weld are traceable to:
- The relevant component inspection documents
- WPS(s) and PQR(s) used
- Responsible welder(s) or welding operator(s)

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- PWHT records (if applicable)

- NDE and production test records
- Responsible NDE and production test personnel
- Repairs (if applicable) and associated WPS/PQR, NDE and production tests, and
responsible personnel.
• A certification scheme for welding inspection personnel meeting the requirements of the
CSWIP 3.1/3.2, IIW IWIP or AWS QC1 programmes.
• A certification scheme for NDE personnel, including personnel for techniques covered by
ASME BPVC Section V, Mandatory Appendix II, meeting the requirements of either:
- An industry-recognised central personal certification scheme meeting the requirements
of ISO 9712 or
- Employer-based certification scheme meeting the requirements of ASNT SNT-TC-1A
or ASNT CP-189 wherein relevant Level III personnel hold certification from an
industry-recognised central personal certification scheme meeting the requirements of
ISO 9712.
• A competency assessment scheme for specified fabrication production testing.

4.7.2 Welding coordination

All welding coordination shall be according to ISO 14731.

The manufacturer shall point out a responsible authorized welding coordinator for the
contract/project/fabrication site.

The responsible welding coordinator shall be qualified as an IWE or as otherwise accepted in

ISO 14731.
Depending on the scope of work, an IWT qualification may be accepted upon Company
approval.

4.7.3 Test laboratories

Laboratory tests shall be performed in an official laboratory approved by the Company and
certified ISO 17025.

4.8 Weld Equipment

All welding equipment indicators shall have a current calibration certificate at time of use.

4.9 Welding Procedures

All Welding procedures shall be qualified in accordance with the requirements of ASME BPVC
Section IX, for piping and ASME pressure vessels or ISO 15614 / ISO 15609 relevant part for
PD 5500 pressure vessels supplemented by this specification.

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Qualification made by others is not authorized by Company.

4.9.1 Procedures Qualification Records (PQR)

All supporting PQRs shall be certified, by an Inspection Authority or an Independent Third Party
recognized by the Company.

The PQR shall follow the format proposed by the selected code:

Form QW-483 of the ASME BPVC Section IX Annex B of the ISO 15614-1

4.9.2 Essential variables

In addition to the parent welding code, a separate procedure qualification is required as soon as
there is:
• Any change in the degree of mechanization
• Any change in current, polarity and pulse characteristics
• Any change of shielding and backing gases composition
• Any change from double-sided welding to single-sided welding without backing strip.

Where the thickness range of a weld procedure extends past a threshold where additional or
more severe testing would be required, the qualification range shall be limited to that threshold
unless the additional testing is performed.

4.9.3 Testing
In addition to the selected Code requirements, the procedure qualification test shall include:
• PT/MT examination of the completed weld
• Photo macrograph.

4.9.3.1 Macro Examination

Macro sections shall:
• Contain the whole cross section of the weld, HAZ and adjacent parent material
• Be etched to reveal individual passes and the full extent of the HAZ.

Macro examination shall be free from cracks, lack of fusion (root, sidewall or interrun) or
volumetric defects (slag, porosity, etc.) outside the acceptance criteria of the applicable
equipment or piping code.

4.9.3.2 Surface examination

PT/MT shall be carried out according to section 13 of this specification, with acceptance criteria
based on the applicable equipment or piping code.

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4.9.3.3 Impact testing

For PQR involving two different materials and for which impact testing is required, specimens
shall be taken from both sides.

4.9.4 Welding Procedure Specification (WPS)

The WPS shall follow the format proposed by the selected Code:

Form QW-482 of the ASME BPVC Section IX Annex A of the ISO 15609-1

All WPS shall be supported by PQR(s) in accordance with the selected Code and this
Specification.

Each WPS shall be identified by a unique reference.

The WPS shall detail the weld preparation and the bead sequence (i.e. for root pass, hot pass,
filling passes, and capping passes).

When heat input control is required by the parent design code and this specification, welding
parameters for root, fill and cap passes shall be grouped separately.

4.9.5 Repair Welding Procedures Specifications (WPS)

Separate WPSs shall be prepared for repair welding.

The repair WPS shall detail:

• The method of defect excavation
• The shape and size of excavation prior to re-welding
• Inspections prior to re-welding to confirm the defect removal.

4.10 Welders and welding operators

Welders and welding operators shall be qualified in accordance with ASME BPVC Section IX for
ASME piping and pressure vessels or ISO 9606-1 relevant part for PD 5500 pressure vessels.

The Welder Performance Qualification certificate shall follow the format proposed by the
selected code:

Form QW-484A or QW-484B of the ASME BPVC Annex A of the ISO 9606-1
Section IX

Welding operators and welder qualifications shall be valid for a period of one year. A validity
period of two years may be considered if sufficient evidence is shown that the related welder

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has regularly used the same welding process and materials with no interruption exceeding
six months.

Welders and welding operators are subject to disqualification when the quality of their work,
during fabrication, appears to be below the requirements of this Specification.

Welding performance qualification records and a welder register detailing the material group,
welding process, positions and thickness ranges in which they are qualified, together with the
identification number for each welder shall be made available upon Company request during the
whole fabrication.

4.11 Production welding

Additional Welding provisions for construction are detailed in Annex C.

5. Welding processes
5.1 Acceptable welding processes
Section 5.1 of API RP 582 is applicable except items e) and i).

5.2 Limitations of Fusion Welding Processes

Section 5.2 of API RP 582 is replaced by following subsections

Downhill welding direction is not authorized by Company.

5.2.1 SMAW
Basic coatings shall be used for all CLAS piping and pressure equipment all pressure boundary
welds.

For atmospheric storage tanks in Carbon Steel, basic coating shall be used, except for roof and
bottom where rutile coating could be accepted.

5.2.2 GTAW
GTAW welding power sources shall be fitted with high frequency arc striking, slop down, pre-
gas and post -gas devices.

GTAW-P shall be performed with the same make and model of equipment using the same
parameters settings as those used in the procedure qualifications.

5.2.3 SAW
SAW procedures shall be requalified whenever the welding flux is changed from one
manufacturer’s trade name to another.

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Equivalence under ASME BPVC Section II Part C, or AWS filler metal specifications shall not be
considered adequate for substitution without requalification.

5.2.4 FCAW
FCAW-S is prohibited by Company on pressure containing piping and equipment.

FCAW-G may be used for carbon, high strength low alloy and austenitic stainless steels (3XX
series) on either groove or fillet welds for pressure boundary or structural welding.
Then the following restrictions shall apply:
• Demonstration and experience from manufacturer on similar type of joints, materials and
working environment (workshop, site) is assessed by Company.
• Weld deposit thickness is 10 mm minimum.
• Outside diameter is above or equal to 6 inches.
• Application to branch on piping and nozzle to shell/head connection is subject to specific
Company approval.
• Wire diameter is limited to 1.2 mm max.
• Production welding is limited to the same consumable trade mark and wire diameter as
used during WPQR.
• When ceramic backing strip is used, penetrant testing is performed on the root pass.
• In case of post weld heat treated condition, additional reception requirement are
mandatory on cored wires: mechanical properties (Yield strength, Tensile Strength,
Elongation and Impact tests at minimum design temperature) are to be verified per batch
on a groove weld after a representative simulated post weld heat treatment (based on
nominal soaking temperature and maximum holding time to be used in production).

5.2.5 GMAW
GMAW may be used for structural welding and Corrosion Resistant Alloys (CRA) overlay
application provided that demonstration and experience from manufacturer, materials and
working environment are assessed by Company.

GMAW shall not be used on:

• Pressure containing welds of pressure vessels
• Piping branch connections welds
• Any welds subject to cyclic/vibratory services.

GMAW-P shall be performed with the same make and model of equipment using the same
parameters settings as those used in the procedure qualifications.

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GMAW may be used on piping girth welds, then the following restrictions shall apply:
• Demonstration and experience from manufacturer on similar type of joints, materials and
working environment (workshop, site) is assessed by Company.
• Outside diameter is above or equal to 6 inches.
• Root pass is carried out with an adaptive GMAW process such as STT (Surface Tension
Transfer), RMD (Regulated Metal Deposition), CMT (Cold Metal Transfer), QSET (Optimal
Short Arc Parameters settings). Adaptive GMAW process is performed with the same
make and model of equipment using the same parameters settings as those used in the
procedure qualifications.
Downhill direction may be accepted by Company for root pass only.
• When fill and cap passes are welded with GMAW, the material thickness is above 10 mm
and a pertinent ultrasonic flaw detection is performed on the whole weld.

5.2.6 MCAW
Metal Core Arc Welding is prohibited by Company on pressure containing piping and
equipment.

5.2.7 PAW
PAW may be used for butt welds and overlay application. Then the following restrictions shall
apply:
• Demonstration and experience from manufacturer on similar application is assessed by
Company.
• Welding is performed with the same make and model of welding equipment and using the
same program setting as those used in the procedure qualification.

5.2.8 ESW
ESW may be used for overlay application. Then the following restrictions shall apply:
• Demonstration and experience from manufacturer on similar application is assessed by
Company.
• Welding is performed with the same make and model of welding equipment and using the
same program setting as those used in the procedure qualification.
• Parameters controlling magnetic field/control of the process are included in the WPS.
• Production welding is limited to the same consumable trade mark and strip width as used
during PQR.

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5.3 Single-sided Welded Joints

Section 5.3 of API RP 582 is replaced by with:
GTAW process shall be used for root pass when:
• Corrosion or purity is a concern
• Components to be butt welded are with an internal diameter smaller than 100 mm
• Slag, debris could damage surrounding process equipment.

Other welding processes using coatings or fluxes may be used in lieu of GTAW if slag can be
removed from the process side of root passes and area inspected for slag removal.

5.4 Combining Welding Processes

Section 5.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

5.5 Mechanized and Automated Welding Processes

5.5.1
Section 5.5.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

5.5.2
Section 5.5.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

5.5.3
Each specific programming weld schedules detailing ranges of validity of PQR shall be
submitted to Company for approval prior to qualification.

6. Welding Consumables (Filler Metal and Flux)

6.1 General
6.1.1
Replace section 6.1.1 of API RP 582 with:
Filler metals shall conform to an ASME BPVC Section II Part C/AWS specification as detailed in
mandatory Annex A.
Autogenous welding is prohibited unless previously agreed by Company.

6.1.2
Section 6.1.2 of API RP 582 is not applicable.

6.1.3
Replace section 6.1.3 of API RP 582 with:
Groove and/or fillet welds shall be made with filler metals producing low hydrogen deposits.
SMAW Cellulosic coating electrodes are not permitted by the Company.

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Maximum Diffusible Hydrogen Designation as

Specified Minimum Tensile Strength for
per relevant ASME SFA/AWS designation as
Carbon and Low Alloy Steels
stated in Annex A

≤ 483 MPa H16

> 483 MPa and ≤ 587 MPa H8

> 587 MPa H4

6.1.4
Replace section 6.1.4 of API RP 582 with:
Unless otherwise specified in the parent design code, for carbon steel, if the base metal is
exempt from impact testing the weld metal shall have a toughness equal to or greater than 27J
at either -29°C or the Minimum Design Metal Temperature (MDMT), whichever is lower.

The weld metal toughness shall be certified by the filler metal manufacturer according to
ASME BPVC Section II, Part C/AWS filler metal specifications, or by the PQR.

6.1.5
Section 6.1.5 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.1.6
Section 6.1.6 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.1.7
Section 6.1.7 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.1.8
Replace section 6.1.8 of API RP 582 with:
Filler metal selection for welds joining similar materials shall be in accordance with Annex A.

6.2 Dissimilar welding

6.2.1
Section 6.2.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.2.2
Section 6.2.2 of API RP 582 is not applicable

6.2.3
Filler metals for combination of materials other than stated in Annex A shall be submitted to the
Company for approval.

The use of dissimilar metal welds to join carbon or low alloy steel to Corrosion Resistant Alloys
is not authorized by company in case of sour and amine/alkalis services.

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6.3 Low-alloy Steel Welding (P-No. 3 to P-No. 5 and P-No. 15E)

Section 6.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.4 Stainless Steel Welding (P-No. 6, P-No. 7 and P-No. 8)

6.4.1
Replace section 6.4.1 of API RP 582 with:
Filler metals shall conform to an ASME BPVC Section II Part C/AWS specification as detailed in
mandatory Annex A.

6.4.2
Section 6.4.2 (including subsections) of API RP 582 is not applicable.

6.5 Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steel Welding

Section 6.5 of API RP 582 is replaced with Annex K.

6.6 SAW
Section 6.6 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.7 Electro slag Welding (for Corrosion Resistant Weld Overlay)

Section 6.7 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.8 Consumable Storage and Handling

6.8.1
Section 6.8.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.8.2
Section 6.8.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.8.3
Section 6.8.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

6.8.4
For CRA materials, GTAW wires shall be cleaned with solvent immediately before use.

6.8.5
All non-identified, damaged, wet, partially used, greased, rusted, size changing or otherwise
contaminated consumables shall be discarded.

6.9 Alloy Consumable Controls

Section 6.9 of API RP 582 is not applicable

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7. Shielding and Purging Gases

7.1
Section 7.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

7.2
Section 7.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

7.3
Section 7.3 of API RP 582 is replaced with:

Back purging is required for the GTAW and GMAW processes for welding materials having a
nominal chromium content greater than 2-1/4% and non-ferrous materials, unless the joint is
ground or back gouged to sound metal.

When a back purge is used, the WPS shall state the gas used, including composition of the gas
mixture and the flow rate.

Whenever a back purging gas is selected to prevent oxidation or scale formation on the
underside of the weld, the purge shall be maintained until at least 6.5 mm depth of weld metal
has been deposited.

For socket, seal, and any other attachment welds on base materials less than 6.5 mm thick, the
back purging shall be maintained throughout the welding operation.

7.4
Back purging shall be demonstrated during welding procedure qualification and production
welding by means of internal inspection as per Annex E or suitable oxygen meter.

A back purging procedure shall be issued for Company approval.

8. Preheating and Interpass Temperature

8.1
Section 8.1 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Preheating, where required, applies to all welding, tack welding, arc-gouging and thermal
cutting.

Minimum preheat requirements shall follow the applicable code and recommended guidance
such as Appendix R of ASME BPVC Section VIII Div. 1, Table 330.1.1 of ASME B31.3 or
EN 1011-2.

8.2
Section 8.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

8.3
Section 8.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

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8.4
Section 8.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

8.5
Section 8.5 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

8.6
Section 8.6 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

8.7
Section 8.7 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

8.8
In weld assembly of dissimilar or different base materials, preheat and interpass temperatures
shall be respectively the highest and the lowest of those which are recommended for each
material.

9. Post Weld Heat Treatment

9.1
Section 9.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

9.2
Section 9.2 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
All WPSs specifying PWHT shall indicate the following:
• Maximum heating rate
• Holding temperature range
• Holding time
• Maximum cooling rate.

9.3
Section 9.3 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Internal firing is prohibited by Company

9.4
Section 9.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

9.5
Section 9.5 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Production hardness testing is required by the purchaser to verify adequacy of heat treatments.
The fabrication shall issue a production testing program for Company approval.

9.6
Section 9.6 of API RP 582 is replaced with:

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Except for weld overlay, PWHT of CRA materials is not authorized by Company unless
otherwise specified in the design/purchasing documentation.

9.7
Section 9.7 of API RP 582 is not applicable

9.8
Section 9.8 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Repairing a PWHT’d component without PWHT requires that the repair meet all applicable
construction code and is subject to Company approval.

Procedure qualifications shall be done in accordance with this specification.

If PWHT was originally conducted due to service requirements, PWHT of the repair is
mandatory.

9.9
Section 9.9 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

9.10
Section 9.10 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

9.11
Section 9.11 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

9.12
Section 9.12 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
When PWHT is required by the code, Holding temperatures and times shall meet the code
requirements and this specification.

The following services shall require PWHT for all carbon and low alloy steel welds of all
thicknesses.
• Sour service conditions if required by Annex F
• Amine and alkalis.

9.13
Section 9.13 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Local PWHT involving circumferential bands around piping or vessels shall be performed
according to the applicable parent design code, AWS D 10.10 and WRC 452, respectively.

9.14
Section 9.14 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Local spot PWHT called Bull’s eye is not authorized by Company.

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9.15
A PWHT procedure shall include the following information and be submitted to Company for
approval.
• Parent design code
• Material and item type
• PWHT type (Local, Fully enclosed furnace)
• Method of heating (e.g., gas, electrical resistance, induction, furnace)
• Fuel gas and method of atmosphere control (if gas-fired furnace)
• Size and type of electrical element (if electrical resistance) and size and type of coils (if
induction)
• Type, location, number and minimum required distance of thermocouples
• Method of thermocouple attachment and de-attachment
• Details of loading and supporting arrangements to avoid distortion
• Holding time and temperature including acceptable required tolerances
• Heating and cooling rates including acceptable required tolerances
• Type of recording equipment including number of channels
• Chart speed
• Production test piece location, if any
• Special requirements for heat-treatment (e.g. if it were proposed to post-weld heat treat a
heat-exchanger tube bundle incorporating tube end welding)
• Heat treatment charts to be submitted to the Company for approval.

9.16
For steam piping systems built to ASME B31.3, exemptions such listed in ASME B31.3
Table 331.1.3 shall not apply.

10. Cleaning and Surface Preparation

10.1
Section 10.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

10.2
Section 10.2 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
For equipment that will be coated following fabrication, the purchaser shall specify the extent of
any additional weld surface preparation and visual examination requirements.

10.3
Section 10.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

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10.4
Section 10.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

10.5
Section 10.5 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

10.6
Section 10.6 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
The use of weld through primers or coatings on weld preparation requires additional procedure
qualification or weldability tests.

10.7
Section 10.7 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

10.8
Section 10.8 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Arc-air gouging is only acceptable on carbon steel material. When arc-air gouging is used, the
surface shall have all carburized and hardened surfaces removed by grinding, and all such
areas inspected by the Manufacturer's quality control department for conformity prior to welding.

CRA materials are to be cut mechanically or by plasma arc cutting.

Arc gouging on CRA is prohibited by Company.

All surfaces and edges to be welded shall be smooth, uniform and free from cracks, tears,
gouges and other discontinuities which could adversely affect the quality or strength of the weld.

All surfaces to be welded shall be visually inspected: and contain no laminations or other
injurious defects.

10.9
Section 10.9 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

10.10
Double sided weld joints shall be used whenever possible with root pass entirely cleaned to
sound metal by gouging, followed by grinding, prior to back-welding.

10.11
Removable starting and stopping tabs shall be used for longitudinal welding.

10.12
Surfaces to be welded (weld bevels and adjacent surfaces) shall be clean and free from paint,
oil, dirt, scale, oxides and other materials detrimental to welding.

Cleaning shall be done in a manner that will not lead to contamination of the weld or base
metal. Grinding discs containing Sulphur (iron Sulphite) or other harmful components not to be
used on CRA materials.

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10.13
Cleanliness shall be maintained after completion of welding.

All stubs, rods, flux and foreign materials shall be removed from the equipment or piping.

Spatters shall be removed from the vessel, process pipework or other equipment surface by
disc grinder or emery disc.

10.14
No sharp stamp marking is permitted by Company on production welds.

For CRA materials, Weld Identification marks shall be applied only by paint or inks which do not
introduce chemical contamination.

10.15
CRA Welds with evidence of oxidation or doubt of contamination shall be acid pickled and
passivated in order to restore to their corrosive resistant state.

Acceptance criteria for oxidation of stainless steel weldments shall be as per Annex E.

All cleaning and pickling passivation shall be done according to ASTM A380 and
GS EP PVV 175.

A list of piping systems and equipment that require chemical cleaning for services reasons shall
be established at pre-commissioning stage for Company approval.

Chemical cleaning procedures shall be subject to the Company approval.

11. Special Procedure Qualification Requirements/Testing

11.1 General
Section 11.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

11.2 Tube-to-tube sheet Welding

Section 11.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

11.3 Additional Procedure Qualification Requirements for Duplex and Super

Duplex Stainless Steels
Section 11.3 of API RP 582 is replaced with Annex K.

11.4 Material Specific Procedure Qualification Requirements

Material specific procedure qualification requirements are detailed in welding data sheets.

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For Carbon and Low Alloy Steels used in sour service and Amine applications. Refer to
Annex F.

For Chromium-Molybdenum alloy steels non-intended for high temperature service. Refer to
Annex G.

For Nickel Alloy Steels. Refer to Annex H.

For Austenitic Stainless Steels. Refer to Annex I.

For Super-Austenitic Stainless Steels. Refer to Annex J.

For Ferritic-Austenitic Stainless Steels. Refer to Annex K.

For Nickel Alloys. Refer to Annex L.

For Copper Nickel Alloys. Refer to Annex M.

For Titanium Alloys. Refer to Annex N.

12. Other Items

12.1 Backing Materials
Section 12.1 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Permanent backing rings and consumable inserts shall not be used.

Temporary ceramic supports is subject to Company approval.

12.2 Peening
Replace section with:
Peening of welds is not authorized by Company.

12.3 Weld Overlay and Clad Restoration (Back Cladding)

Section 12.3 of API RP 583 is replaced with Annex B.

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12.4 Temporary attachments

Replace section with:
Temporary attachments welded to the base metal shall be:
• Compatible with the base metal and welded in accordance with a qualified weld
procedure.
• Removed by gouging or grinding and the base metal restored to its original condition
before final heat treatment (if required), pressure testing, and final acceptance.
• Inspected with MT or PT upon removal of the attachment.
• Minimize.

Any defect found during this inspection shall be removed and repaired by a qualified welder
using welding procedures approved by the Company.

12.5 Stud Welding

Section 12.5 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

The stud diameter shall not exceed by three times the material thickness onto the stud is
attached to.

12.6 Hardness Testing - Welding Procedure Qualification and Production Testing

Subsections 12.6.1 and 12.6.2 of API RP 582 are replaced with the 2 following subsections:

12.6.1 Procedure Qualification Hardness Testing

When sour or amine services, qualification hardness testing shall be performed in accordance
with the latest edition of NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156.

Qualification hardness testing results shall comply with the latest edition of NACE MR 0175 /
ISO 15156. However, for carbon steel, results not to exceed 248 HV5 or HV10 after heat
treatment if any.

12.6.2 Production Hardness Testing

The fabricator shall perform production hardness testing for:
• Checking the quality of PWHT on welds when required by the code and this specification
• Checking the production welds exposed to sour and Amine services and when a
maximum hardness level is required to be met by this specification.

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A production hardness testing procedure shall be submitted to Company for approval with the
following information:

Extent By default, 10% random of welds per WPS used on deposited weld metal (after
PWHT if applicable) on both external and internal (process) surface if accessible.

Method Portable ultrasonic impedance hardness testing instruments within the limits
recommended by the instrument supplier and calibrated prior to the start of each
set of tests.

Acceptance criteria Same as for welding procedure qualification.

Conversion of hardness values shall comply with the methods defined in either ASTM E140 or
ISO 18265.

12.7 Single-pass Welds

Section 12.7 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

12.8 Additional Production requirements for Welding Duplex and Super Duplex
Stainless Steel
Section 12.8 of API RP 582 is replaced with Annex K.

12.9 Material Specific Production requirements

Material specific procedure qualification requirements are detailed in welding data sheets.

For Carbon and Low Alloy Steels used in sour service and Amine applications. Refer to
Annex F.

For Chromium-Molybdenum alloy steels non-intended for high temperature service. Refer to
Annex G.

For Nickel Alloy Steels. Refer to Annex H.

For Austenitic Stainless Steels. Refer to Annex I.

For Super-Austenitic Stainless Steels. Refer to Annex J.

For Ferritic-Austenitic Stainless Steels. Refer to Annex K.

For Nickel Alloys. Refer to Annex L.

For Copper Nickel Alloys. Refer to Annex M.

For Titanium Alloys. Refer to Annex N.

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13. Non Destructive Examination

13.1 Non Destructive Examination Execution
Examination of welds, required extent and acceptance criteria shall be in accordance with the
applicable codes and standards, the Project specifications and this Specification.

All related procedures shall be issued by the Manufacturer to the Company for approval.

These procedures shall be qualified prior to fabrication start.

NDE shall be carried out after Post Weld Heat Treatment if any.

13.2 Non Destructive Testing Extent

The extent of inspection shall be in accordance with the contractual requirements and design
general specification.

13.3 Qualification of NDT personnel

Visual inspectors shall be qualified as per relevant code requirement.

All operators in charge of Penetrant, Magnetic Particle testing shall be certified, as a minimum,
Level 2 to ISO 9712, or equivalent (certification delivered by an independent body such as
ASNT SNT-TC-1A).

The operators in charge of Radiographic shooting/film processing activities shall be certified, as

a minimum, Level 1 to ISO 9712, or equivalent (certification delivered by an independent body
such as ASNT SNT-TC-1A).

Interpretation shall be carried-out by operators certified, as a minimum, Level 2 to ISO 9712, or

equivalent (certification delivered by an independent body such as ASNT SNT-TC-1A).

All operators in charge of ultrasonic testing shall be certified, as a minimum, Level 2 to

ISO 9712 or equivalent (certification delivered by an independent body such as ASNT SNT-
-TC-1A).

Ultrasonic operators shall be subject to performance demonstration test prior their mobilization
in fabrication, with performance demonstration test procedure issued previously for Company
approval.

NDT procedures shall be written by an operator certified Level 2 to ISO 9712 or equivalent
(certification delivered by an independent body such as ASNT SNT-TC-1A) and endorsed by an
operator certified Level 3 to ISO 9712, or equivalent (certification delivered by an independent
body such as ASNT SNT-TC-1A).

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13.4 Procedures

13.4.1 Visual examination

All finished welds shall be visually examined as per parent design code criteria.

Weld beads shall be contoured to permit complete fusion at the sides of the bevel and to
minimize slag inclusions.

Flux, slag, and weld spatters shall be completely removed from weld beads and from the
surface of completed welds and adjoining base material.

The flux removal shall be done in a manner that will not contaminate or overheat the weld or
adjoining base material.

Arc strikes outside weld bevels shall be avoided. If this occur, however, deposit to be carefully
removed by grinding and the area to be 100% examined by magnetic particle (on magnetic
materials) or dye penetrant (on non-magnetic materials).

13.4.2 Surface Examination

The surface examination shall be carried out 25 mm aside each weld toe, outside and inside as
soon as access allows it.

13.4.2.1 Magnetic Particle Examination (MT)

Reference documents are:

Procedure For ASME pressure vessels and For PD 5500 pressure vessels:
process piping:
ASME BPVC Section V Article 7 PD 5500

In addition, Wet or Fluorescent Magnetic Testing shall be performed with the electro-magnet
(yoke) technique. The prods technique (direct current) not to be used because this equipment
could produce arc strikes on the pieces to be examined.

13.4.2.2 Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)

Reference documents are:

Procedure For ASME pressure vessels and For PD 5500 pressure vessels:
process piping:
ASME BPVC Section V Article 6 PD 5500

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13.4.3 Volumetric Examination

13.4.3.1 Film Radiographic Testing (RT)

Reference documents are:

Procedure For ASME pressure vessels and For PD 5500 pressure vessels:
process piping:
ASME BPVC Section V Article 2 PD 5500

Radiographic Source:
For wall thickness ≤ 12.7 mm, Radiographic inspection of welds shall be performed by X-Ray or
Selenium source.
X ray is allowed to be replaced by Gamma Ray provided the further requirements related to film
selection, development, density, quality indicator sensitivity, and geometrical unsharpness are
fully demonstrated to be adhered to.

Film Selection and marking:

Films shall be carefully identified with markings not placed on welds and including weld number,
line identification and welder's symbol.

The selection of the films shall comply with ISO 17636-1 Table-3 class B.

The film treatment shall be in accordance with the film supplier recommendations and fulfill the
ISO 11699-1 or ASTM E999 requirements.

The following information shall be marked on each film: Work order Number, Tag number, Weld
number, Welder ID, Inspection stage, Date.

The lead marking shall not interfere with the IQI designation.

Geometrical unsharpness:
The geometrical unsharpness shall not exceed construction code requirements.

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In addition, the geometrical unsharpness shall not exceed the ones stated in the below table.

Penetrated Material Thickness (mm) Ug (mm)

WT ≤ 12.7 mm 0.30

12.7 mm < WT ≤ 25.4 mm 0.35

25.4 mm < WT ≤ 50.8 mm 0.51

50.8 mm < WT ≤ 101.6 mm 0.762

101.6 mm < WT 1.016

Radiographic Sensitivity:
Sensitivity of films shall be verified by the use of wire-type Image Quality Indicator (IQI)
according to ASTM E747 or ISO 19232-1.

Wire IQIs shall be placed transversely to the weld on the source side, for each exposure. The
sensitivity maximum acceptable values, as a function of thicknesses examined, are given in
table T-276 of ASME BPVC Section V article 2 for ASME equipment/piping or ISO 17636-1
Annex B for PD 5500 equipment.
Note: When it is impracticable to locate the IQI on source side, then the IQI is allowed to be
placed on film side with a lead symbol “F” provided a comparative test is performed in order to
demonstrate that sensitivity quality is guaranteed. Alternatively, IQI wire located on film side to
be seen to be the next thinner as the one stated in table T-276 for wall thicknesses above
8 mm.

Film Density:
For Single-film viewing, film density shall be within the range of 2.2 to 3.5.

The film density shall be within the range of 2.7 to 3.5 for the double film combination.

Higher densities (up to 4.0) are acceptable on base material area only if adequate viewing and
satisfactory interpretation of higher density film are demonstrated and permitted by the viewing
equipment.
• Substitution to Film Radiographic Testing.

Substitution to Film Radiographic Testing:

Use of Radioscopy and Radiographic testing with digital detector in substitution to Film
Radiographic Testing shall be subject to Company responsible entity approval.

When radiographic examination is required and demonstrated not practicable, ultrasonic

examination plus magnetic particle inspection may be considered as an alternate subject to the

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Company approval. PT may also be used to replace MT when deemed necessary, subject to
the Company approval.

13.4.3.2 Ultrasonic Testing

Pulse Echo technique:
Reference documents are:

General Procedure For ASME pressure vessels and For PD 5500 pressure vessels:
process piping:
ASME BPVC Section V Article 4 PD 5500

Numeric equipment is mandatory, characterization and verification of equipment to be done

according to EN 12668-1 or equivalent ASME requirement.

Ultrasonic testing of Welds in austenitic, austenitic-ferritic steels and Nickel based alloys is not
permitted without a specific derogation submitted to the managing entity.

TOFD:
For Pressure Vessels, TOFD technique shall be proposed according to GS EP PVV 630.

Phased Array:
Phased Array Ultrasonic Technique shall be proposed according to GS EP PVV 631.

14. Positive Material Identification

A Positive Material Inspection (PMI) program shall be issued for Company approval and define
as a minimum the following:
• The equipment/piping to be checked, in accordance with this specification
• The Description the extent and lot definition of the PMI tests
• The fabrication step for which PMI tests are carried out.
By default, PMI to be performed on ready to install equipment and piping systems in Nickel alloy
steels, Cr-Mo steels, stainless steels and non-ferrous materials prior testing or coating
operation.

The PMI shall be carried out with equipment capable to identify the specified type of material in
accordance with established procedure approved by Company. Refer to Annex D.

The equipment shall not make burn marks to the equipment.

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The minimum extent of PMI shall be:

• 100% for pressure components and welds of high risk (resulted in failure and loss of
containment) equipment and piping systems services such as seawater, low temperature
(MDMT below -48°C), H2S, cryogenic and high temperature services.
• 10% randomly sampled of pressure containing components and welds for low risk
services unless otherwise specified in the design/purchasing documentation.
The testing is uniformly distributed to cover the different type of components, manufacturer, pre-
fabrication sites and installation sites.
If any non-conformance is reported, the extent of the lot is increased to 100% to ensure that all
mix of material is discovered.

All components and welds that are classified as unacceptable shall be rejected and replaced.

Following PMI testing, all surfaces shall be restored to their original condition, with no loss of
metal, which would be detrimental to the operation of the component under the required service
conditions.

A decision flow chart is detailed in Annex D.

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15. Bibliography
API RP 577 Welding Processes, Inspection, and Metallurgy

API RP 578 Material Verification Program for New and Existing Alloy
Piping Systems

Copper Development Copper-nickel Welding and Fabrication

Association Publication 139

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ANNEX A - Welding Consumables for Shielded Metal Arc Welding

(SMAW)
A.1. Selection
Table A.1, Table A.2, Table A.3, and Table A.4 of API RP 582, which detail accepted electrode
selections, are applicable only to base materials alloys and grades limited by this specification.

Welding consumables not shown for a particular combination of base materials shall be
approved by the Company.

Additional requirements to Table A.1, Table A.2, Table A.3, and Table A.4 are:
• Consumable manufacturers have in place a quality management system meeting the
requirements of ISO 9001.
• Principal alloying additions are not made through flux Additions.
• Wire and flux combinations deposit welds with equivalent composition and equivalent
mechanical properties as the base material.
• For sour service application, Welding consumables with a minimum strength level of
80 ksi are not used for welding Carbon Steels with specified ultimate strength not
exceeding 420 MPa or 60,000 Psi.
• For UNS S31254, ASME SFA/AWS A 5.14 ENiCrMo-3 type is used.
• For other SuperAustenitic 904L type, ASME SFA/AWS A 5.4 E385-X type is used
• ER-385, E385-15 or E385-16 filler metal to be used for dissimilar welding of AISI 316L
with AISI 904L materials.
• DP3W (unclassified)-duplex filler material is not permitted by Company.
• For Copper Nickel alloys, ASME SFA/AWS A 5.7 ERCuNi type is used.
• For Titanium grade 2, ASME SFA/AWS A 5.16 ERTi-1 or ERTi-2 type are used.

A.2. Certification
Welding consumables shall:
• Be delivered in accordance with their product datasheet with certification of chemical
analysis EN 10204, Type 3.1 minimum.
• Have individual marking relative to its Certification.

Fluxes for SAW processes shall be delivered with certification according to EN 10204, Type 2.2
minimum.

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The minimum lot and the level of testing as specified per ISO 14344 or ASME BPVC Section II
Part C SFA-5.01M/SFA-5.01 shall be as detailed in Table A.5:
Table A.5 - Minimum lot and Schedule

Consumable Type Lot Schedule

Solid wire S2

Covered electrodes C3
4 or I
Cored wire T2

Flux F2

In case of impact testing and/or PWHT is required by the design parent code or this
specification, welding consumables shall additionally have EN 10204, Type 3.1 certification
(Mechanical testing).

In case specific chemical composition is required for Ferritic Austenitic, cryogenic or high
temperature applications (refer to sections A.3 and A.4), the minimum lot and the level of testing
as specified per ISO 14344 / ASME BPVC Section II Part C SFA-5.01M/SFA-5.01 shall be as
detailed in Table A.6.
Table A.6 - Minimum lot and Schedule for cryogenic or high temperature

Consumable Type Lot Schedule

Solid wire S3

Covered electrodes C3
6 or K (1)
Cored wire T3

Flux F2

Note 1: For Ferritic Austenitic Stainless steel, the schedule to be as per Table A.5.

A.3. Additional requirements for Stainless Steel Consumable (P-No 8 & Group 1)
to be used in cryogenic application (-101°C)
Ferrite Number (FN) on deposited austenitic stainless steel consumables weld metal is checked
and recorded on the certificate.
• Ferrite Number is measured with an instrument calibrated to AWS A 4.2M.
• The FN for deposited weld metal range is respectively within 3 to 8 FN.

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A.4. Additional requirements for Stainless Steel Consumable (P-No 8 & Group 1)
to be used in High temperature (>350°C) application or subject to PWHT
Section 6.4 of API RP 582 is applicable.

Ferrite Number (FN) on deposited austenitic stainless steel consumables weld metal is checked
and recorded on the certificate.

Ferrite Number is measured with an instrument calibrated to AWS A 4.2M.

The FN for deposited weld metal range is respectively within 3 to 10 FN.

A.5. Additional requirements for Low Alloy Steels Consumables subject to PWHT
Mechanical tests results after Simulated PWHT are also required to ensure adequate strength in
the PWHT condition.

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ANNEX B - (Normative) - Weld Overlay and Clad Restoration (Back

Cladding)
B.1. General
Weld overlay shall be qualified according to ASME BPVC Section IX or ISO 15614-7.

Qualification of weld overlay shall be performed on test pieces which are:

• Representative for the size and thickness of the production base material.
• Relevant for the application of the weld overlay:
- Forging or casting for internal overlay
- Pipe with overlay welding performed internally
- Plate or pipe with a prepared welding grog for qualification of buttering.

The minimum weld overlay thickness used for the production welding shall be the one selected
for the welding procedure qualification test.

B.1.1
Section B1.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.1.2
ESW is permitted for weld overlay applications, provided that the following conditions are met.
• The procedure qualification demonstrates that metallographic examination of overlay
cross sections; as required for hard-facing overlay per ASME BPVC Section IX, QW-453.
• The welding procedure production tests required by the purchaser include metallographic
examination of overlay cross sections to verify that the overlay penetrated into the base
metal with no lack of fusion present.
• For equipment subject to design conditions above 425°C or full vacuum, after welding and
PWHT, spot UT is performed. On at least four strips, approximately 80 mm wide, along
the full length of the shell and 1 strip approximately 80 mm wide across each head on
weld overlay. UT to meet the requirements of ASTM A578/A578M, Level C.

B.1.3
Section B1.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.1.4
Section B1.4 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
The PQR chemical analysis shall report all elements for which specific values are given for the
consumable in ASME BPVC Section II Part C/AWS filler metal specifications.

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Two chemical analyses on three location during PQR shall be taken:

• On finished surface
• 2 mm below the finished surface.
Note: Chemical analysis to take into account any further surface finishing and/or machining.

B.1.5
Section B1.5 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Production weld overlay shall have the chemical composition checked using portable
spectrograph or portable X-ray fluorescence machine approved by the Company.

B.1.6
Section B1.6 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
All elements specified for the production overlay chemical composition shall be analysed and
reported, except for carbon and nitrogen when using the X-ray fluorescence method.

When carbon and nitrogen are specified, an optical emission spectrometer shall be used to
check all required elements, including carbon and nitrogen.

Specified elements/acceptance requirements for production overlay and back cladding are
found for the particular alloy(s) in Table B.2.

For overlay with any other alloys not stated in Table B.2, the chemical composition requirements
shall be previously agreed with the Company.

B.1.7.
Section B1.7 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
A procedure addressing the following activities shall be issued for Company approval:
• Method of surface preparation and cleaning for overlay and de-cladding.
• Method of measurement, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria of chemical
composition checks on production welds.
• Method of measurement, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria of ferrite checks on
production welds.
• Method, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria for assuring weld overlay surface is
iron free and the substrate is 100% covered by weld overlay.
• Method, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria for surface examination by visual and
liquid penetrant testing.
• Method, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria for assuring no disbonding from base
metal after hydrostatic test for equipment subject to design conditions above 425°C or full
vacuum.
Frequency and extent of testing of overlaid parts to depend of the criticality and service
condition of the equipment.

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B.1.8
Section B1.8 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.1.9
Section B1.9 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
All weld overlays shall be 100% liquid penetrant examined. If the item is PWHT, examination to
be performed after PWHT.

Unless otherwise stated in the design/procurement documentation, penetrant testing shall be

carried out according to ASME BPVC section VIII Div. 1 Appendix 8.

Penetrant materials to conform to paragraph T-641 of Article 6, ASME BPVC Section V, for
sulphur and halogen content regardless of the type of material to be examined

B.1.10
Section B1.10 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Consumables for overlay systems are shown in Table B.1. The Company shall approve other
systems not detailed in this specification.

A test certificate shall be provided for each batch used.

B.1.11
Section B1.11 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Overlay thickness shall be sufficient to obtain a minimum of 3 mm thick protective layer in the
final machined condition.

When PWHT of the base metal is required, PWHT does not have to be performed for welding
attachments to the overlay/clad when the actual overlay/clad thickness is 4.8 mm or greater.

When the overlay/clad is less than 4.8 mm thick, a specially qualified WPS shall be provided to
verify that the attachment weld does not affect the base material.

Note: This requirement may be waived for P-No. 1 materials when PWHT is a requirement due
to material thickness and not for process reasons.

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Table B.1 - Filler metal selection for overlay of Carbon and low alloy steels

Weld overlay materials a d

Overlay Equipment requiring PWHT Equipment not requiring PWHT

material
First layer Top layer(s) First layer Top layer(s)

304L SS E/ER/EQ309L E/ER/EQ308L E/ER/EQ309L E/ER/EQ308L

316L SS E/ER/EQ309LMo E/ER/EQ316L E/ER/EQ309LMo E/ER/EQ316L

Alloy 625 E/ERNiCrMo-3 E/ERNiCrMo-3 E/ERNiCrMo-3 E/ERNiCrMo-3

E/ERNiCrFe-2 E/ERNiCrFe-2 E/ERNiCrFe-2 E/ERNiCrFe-2

Alloy 825 or E/ERNiCr-3 or E/ERNiCr-3 or E/ERNiCr-3 or E/ERNiCr-3
or E/ERNiCrFe-3 or E/ERNiCrFe-3 or E/ERNiCrFe-3 or E/ERNiCrFe-3

90Cu/10Ni N/A N/A E/ERNiCu-7 E/ERECuNi

a) Use of this table is limited to Carbon and Low Alloy Steel backing materials.
d) Table B.1 refers to bare wires/strip and coated electrodes for GTAW, SMAW, PAW, SAW and ESW
as per following ASME BPVC Section II Part C or AWS classifications.

B.2. Clad restoration (Back cladding)

B.2.1
Section B2.1 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
The clad layer shall be stripped back for a minimum distance of 4.8 mm from the edge of the
bevel.

The edge of the cladding shall be rounded with a minimum radius 1.5 mm or tapered at a
minimum angle of 30°.

The stripped-back area shall be etched with either a nitric acid or copper sulfate solution to
ensure complete removal of the clad.

Arc air gouging for clad removal is not authorized by Company.

B.2.2
Section B2.2 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Removal of cladding shall not reduce the base material thickness below the design thickness.
In case the strip back depth impinges locally the base material by not more than 10% in
thickness or 3 mm, whichever is the smaller, base metal to be re-built with a relevant qualified
procedure.

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Deeper impingement requires the Company approval.

B.2.3
Section B2.3 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.3. Austenitic (300 Series) Stainless Steel Overlay

B.3.1
Section B3.1 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.3.2
Section B3.2 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

Table B.2 - Chemical composition requirements for Austenitic stainless steel,

Nickel Based Alloys overlays

Overlay Type %C (max.) %Cr (min.) %Ni (min.) %Mo %Nb %Fe (max.)

308L 0.04 18.0 8.0

316L 0.04 16.0 10.0 2.0 to 3.0

Alloy 825 0.05 19.0 38 2.5-3.5

Alloy 625 0.10 18.0 55 7.0 to 10.0 10

B.3.3
Section B3.3 of API RP 582 with section 6.4 of this specification.

B.3.4
Section B3.4 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.3.5
Section B3.5 of API RP 582 is fully applicable.

B.4 Ferritic Stainless Steel Alloys

Section B4 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Ferritic Stainless Steel Alloys weld overlay and clad restoration is subject to company approval.

B.5 Monel Alloy 400 (67Ni-30Cu)

Section B5 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Monel alloy 400 (67Ni-30Cu) weld overlay and clad restoration is subject to company approval.

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B.6. Nickel-base Alloys (Other Than Ni-Cu Alloy 400)

Section B6 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Layers shall be deposited with filler metal stated in Table B.1.

The completed overlay shall have the chemical composition given in Table B.2.

The location of the chemical composition sample shall be as specified in section B.1.4.

B.7. Copper Nickel 90Cu- 10Ni

Layers shall be deposited with filler metal stated in Table B.1.

The first Layer shall be deposited with filler metal of 65/30 Nickel Copper composition
conforming to ASME SFA/AWS A 5.14 or ASME SFA/AWS A 5.11.

The above layers shall be deposited with filler metal of 90/10 Copper Nickel composition
conforming to ASME SFA/AWS A 5.7 or ASME SFA/AWS A 5.6.

The completed overlay shall have the chemical composition as per the relevant filler metal
specification.

The location of the chemical composition sample shall be as specified in section B.1.4.

Ferricyanide testing for the presence of free iron contamination on production welds is required
by Company. A procedure shall be issued for Company approval.

B.7. Sour service

Weld overlay shall be qualified according to NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156-2 and ISO 15156-3.

B.8. Repairs
Repairs may be local or total when non-conforming conditions are found.

Defects in excess of acceptance standard shall be removed by reducing weld overlay thickness
and repaired by re-welding.

All excavations shall be penetrant inspected prior to the start of repair welding in order to
confirm the complete removal of defects.

Repair by re-welding shall be performed in accordance with a written procedure approved by

Company.

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Following information to be provided in this procedure:

• Method of removing defects
• Requirements related to the shape of excavation
• Inspection of repair prior to re-welding
• Inspection of repair after welding.

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ANNEX C - (Normative) - Additional welding construction provisions

C.1. Weather protection
The workshop shall be clean and free and sufficiently draught to ensure adequate gas shielding.

Adequate precautions shall be taken on site in order to protect the welds (and welders) from
adverse weather conditions (rain, wind, etc.) at the time of welding. If weather conditions
become too severe, welding operations to be stopped.

C.2. Segregation carbon steel - Corrosion resistant alloys

CRA materials shall not come in contact with unalloyed or low alloy steel.

Fabrication shall be done in a separate work area with tools and equipment that are used only
for the fabrication of CRA materials.

C.3. Weld Identification

Symbolic representation of welds shall be according to ISO 2553 or AWS A 2.4.

All welds shall be identified by unique numbers.

The shop drawings shall contain enough information to enable correct selection of WPS.
Minimum information needed is:
• Material type/grade and grouping number
• Dimension (Diameter if any wall thickness or throat)
• PWHT requirement
• NDE extent.

C.4. Fit-up
All tack welds shall be made in accordance with a previously approved welding procedure and
performed by qualified welders.

Tack welds shall be of sufficient cross-section and length in order to avoid cracks, especially on
high strength steel materials.

Tack welds which are to be incorporated into the main welds shall be of the same size as the
proposed root pass and their ends ground and feathered.

Defective tack welds and tack welds which are not to be incorporated into the root pass shall be
completely removed by grinding.

Where tack welds are removed, the manufacturer shall ensure that the root preparation is
correctly maintained for the subsequent root pass.

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C.5. Weld sequencing

The sequences in assembling, joining and welding the various parts to be welded shall be
scheduled in order to minimize distortion, warpage, shrinkage and accumulations of residual
joint stresses in each part of the piping systems or of the equipment being welded.

C.6. Welding
All welds shall have a minimum of two (2) passes whatever are the welding process and the
weld geometry.

C.6.1. Longitudinal welds

The longitudinal welds of adjacent parts should be staggered by at least 30º.

C.6.2. Butt-welds
Butt-welds shall be full-penetration welds over their entire length and doubled sided as far as
practicable.

C.6.3. Connection joints

Regardless of their diameter, branch/Nozzle connections shall be full-penetration welded.

C.6.4. Olet welds

The olet welds dimensions shall meet the requirement below:
• Whole throat filled, but without excess, to avoid deformation of the header.
• Weld bevel of O-lets completely filled up unless a stress calculation in accordance with
ASME B31.3 provides documentary support for less filling.
• Prior to welding, an adequate root gap ensured.

C.6.5. Fillet welds

The throat shall be equal to the minimum required by the applicable drawing.

Fillet welds shall have a minimum leg length of 4 mm.

For painted equipment and pipework, welds shall be continuous without stop and go at the
edge.

C.6.6. Socket Joints

A minimum gap of 1.5 mm shall be left between the bottom of the housing and the end of the
tube.

Soluble rings may be used to ensure the right socket bottom gap required by the applicable
code.

The throat shall be equal to the minimum required by the parent design code.

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GTAW shall be used for NPS ≤ 2 inches.

No two welds beads shall start/stop at the same point.

A minimum of two passes is required.

C.6.7. Weld buttering

A butt weld with a buttering of weld preps shall be qualified on a representative butt weld PQR.

All butt weld with a buttering of weld preps shall be subject to NDT as follows:
• 100% surface testing after machining of the bevel. No indications are allowed on the bevel
surfaces.
• 100% volumetric testing by ultrasonic and/or radiography methods, including the
interfacial zone.
Acceptance criteria are the same as used for butt welds.

C.7. Production monitoring

All welding data of WPS shall be consistently monitored and recorded.

Heat input shall be checked and recorded when required by relevant parent design code or by
this specification.

At least, the following parameters shall be carefully checked:

• Preheat temperature
• Minimum and maximum interpass temperatures
• Amperage and voltage
• Maximum bead width
• Welding travel speed if required
• Heat Input if required.

A weld parameter production monitoring procedure, as part of the welding coordination duty,
shall be established by the manufacturer for all materials.

C.8. Rejection and repair

For major defects (such as cracks), a root cause analysis shall be performed and a specific
repair procedure deleting the cause, established by the manufacturer and submitted for
Company approval.

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All repairs shall be documented and included in the Manufacturer's data book. Documentation
on repairs to include the following (for each repair):
• Location and layout of defect
• Nature of defect and means of detection used (NDT)
• Repair work actually performed (defect removal method, WPS used)
• NDE performed and results obtained during and after repair.

Arc-air gouging is only acceptable on carbon steel material. When arc-air gouging is used, the
surface shall have all carburized and hardened surfaces removed by grinding.

Arc gouging on CRA is prohibited by Company.

Oxygen gouging of quenched and tempered steels or other high strength steels is prohibited by
Company.

Excavation shall be ground to a smooth boat shape with no sharp edges and have sufficient
slope on the sides to permit access for welding.

VT, MT or PT surface inspection techniques shall be used to confirm removal of weld defects.

A third partial repair of the same weld defect shall subject to the Company approval.

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ANNEX D - Positive Material Inspection

The analyser(s) to be employed for PMI examination shall be approved by Company prior to
use.

The techniques used shall be quantitative, but the reporting only is required to be qualitative -
i.e. When PMI is performed on a component or weld, Contractor to only report on whether the
component material or weld is in accordance with the Purchase Order.

For laboratory analysis, the method of sampling, sample identification and traceability shall be
approved by the Company.

The selection of test equipment shall ensure that such PMI testing will not cause damage to the
component being examined. Particularly, the optical emission technique is not permitted on
thickness less than 2 mm.

The following equipment shall be considered for both field and lab use, subject to Company
approval:
• Portable X-ray emission analyser.
Note: Optical emission spectrometer shall only be approved in exceptional circumstances.

The following information shall be supplied for Company approval:

• Trademark and model
• Calibration method.

A PMI procedure shall, as minimum, include the following:

• Name and manufacturer of the equipment that will be used for the PMI.
• Description of the equipment operating principle.
• Calibration procedure and frequency.
• Range of each element.
• Accuracy of the instrument expressed as ± % for each element.
• Fabrication steps details.
• Detailed procedural steps, including any surface preparation requirements.
• Radiation safety operating and emergency procedures (as applicable).
• Statement of personnel competency and qualification.

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The following decision flow diagram acts as a general guide in identifying when PMI is required:

The Manufacturer shall keep a complete and accurate current record of all inspections and their
results. These records to be available for examination by the Company at all reasonable times.

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ANNEX E - Oxidation acceptance criteria for Stainless Steels, High

Nickel and Titanium Alloys
Weld zones in stainless steels, nickel, titanium and Copper-Nickel alloys shall be visually
examined on the inside and outside surfaces for surface oxidation.

During welding, any oxidized end of partly used filler wire shall be snipped off prior to re-use.

Anything which results in the weld metal or HAZ being overheated or heated for prolonged
periods, e.g. the welder pausing or weaving, slow welding speed, welding without continuous
filler addition, excessive slope up/downtime for craters elimination, excessive inter pass
temperature, shall be avoided.

In case internal inspection is not practicable, back purging quality shall be demonstrated by
means of a suitable oxygen meter.

The maximum oxygen level permitted during WPQT is 500 ppm.

The same figure recorded in WPQT shall be used as the maximum during production welding

E.1. Stainless Steel and High Nickel Alloys

Acceptance criteria for surface colour shall fulfil the following criteria or alternatively evaluated
as acceptable in accordance with Table E.1.

E.2. Titanium Alloys

Acceptance criteria for surface colour shall comply with ISO 15614-5 and as per Table E.2.

E.3.Copper Nickel Alloys

Any discoloration shall be removed by chemically or mechanically removed.

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Table E.1 - Coloration chart for Stainless Steel and High Nickel Alloys welds

Good gas protection

Oxidation levels showing light brown to brown colour are acceptable.

Oxidation levels showing a narrow band of dark brown colour and

intermittent spots of blue colour are acceptable.

Oxidation levels showing a brown narrow, light coloured zone close to the
weld is acceptable.

Darker or more extensive oxidation colours are not acceptable, and shall
be chemically or mechanically removed.

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Table E.2 - Coloration chart for Titanium Welds

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ANNEX F - Additional requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steels

welding in sour and Amine/Alkalis services
The requirements detailed in Table F.1 shall apply:
Table F.1 - Additional requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steels welding in sour and
Amine/Alkalis services

Scope Limitation

This section applies to mild, intermediate and severe sour services as defined in GS EP COR 170 for
Carbon and High Strength Low Alloy Steels welding.
This section does not apply to 3.5% Nickel Alloy and Chromium-Molybdenum Steel welding as not
authorized for these services.

Welding processes

Authorized welding processes are: GTAW, PAW, SMAW and SAW.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.
Maximum Diffusible Hydrogen Designation for SMAW electrodes, FCAW cored wire and SAW wire/flux
to be H4 as per relevant ASME SFA/AWS designation as stated in Annex A.

Welding Procedure Qualification Record (WPQR)

During weld procedure qualification, each welding pass to be monitored as stated in Annex C.8 of this
specification.

Additional Essential variables for WPQR

Base Metals Any change in material grade for steels with SMYS ≥ 360 MPa.
Any change from TMCP to other delivery conditions (Quenched and
tempered, Normalized, Normalized and tempered or as-rolled).
Any increase of Carbon Equivalent (Ceq) by more than 0.02.

Filler Metals Any change in trade name for SMAW electrodes, FCAW-GS cored wire and
SAW flux.
Any change in standard designation for solid wire.
Any change in diameter.

Processes combination Any change in combinations and order of welding processes.

Position Any change in the welding position.

Note: A qualification in the ASME 6G position, or qualification in both 5G
and 2G positions qualifies all other positions.

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Preheat / Interpass Any decrease in preheat temperature.

Any increase in interpass temperature.

Parameters Any decrease in minimum heat input qualified by less than 10%.

Post Weld Heat Any change in soaking time temperature by +/-15°C.

Treatment Any change in minimum soaking time.

Additional tests for WPQR

Hardness Testing Refer to section 12.6 of this specification.

Corrosion Tests When required by GS EP COR 170 or the design/procurement

documentation, Sulphide Stress Corrosion tests on CLAS welds to be
performed in a laboratory approved by the Company.
Test method and acceptance criteria as stated in GS EP COR 170.

Production Welding

Maximum interpass temperature not to exceed 250°C or the one qualified at WPQ stage.
Removal of tack welds to be done by grinding. The ground zone to be subject to MT/PT and surface
hardness testing.
No arc striking accepted outside the bevel. Welds of temporary parts and accidental arc striking to be
ground flush. The ground zone to be subject to MT/PT and hardness testing.
No welding is allowed on cold formed areas.
Dissimilar joining (except for clad overlay activities) is prohibited on any pressure parts by Company.

PWHT - Severe and All equipment and pipework to be subject to PWHT, irrespective of their
intermediate Sour thickness, except for socket welds on sizes less than 2 inches in diameter.
Service The PWHT to be performed in accordance with section 9 of this specification
and the requirements of the design code even though the thickness of the
material is below the minimum value requiring such a heat treatment.
Employed equipment and instrument details, personnel previous experience
and heat treatment techniques to be approved beforehand by the Company.
PWHT temperatures and holding times to be in accordance with Table 6 of
API RP 582.
Possible avoidance of PWHT for carbon steel:
The need for PWHT for intermediate sour service on pipework may be
avoided provided that the following conditions are met and with prior
approval of the Company:
• Material grade for steels with SMYS < 360 MPa.
• No internal welding to correct bore misalignment, no internal root repairs
which result in untempered weld beads on the process side.
• PWHT remains mandatory when required by the parent design Code or
Company General Specification.

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PWHT - Sour service For sour service (whatever the severity level) in association with alkalis,
with alkalis / amine amines or other alkaline process fluids, which are related to downstream
applications, API RP 945 and the Company requirements are the systematic
post weld heat treatment of welds with the exception of low pressure storage
tanks.

Weld Production Control

Production welding parameters to be monitored.

In addition to Appendix C of this specification, a dedicated production welding parameters control
program detailing the methods, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria to be issued for Company
approval prior to start fabrication.
Extent and acceptance criteria to be set up by the fabricator in such a way that demonstration of
welders’ capabilities to maintain the required parameters all along fabrication is ensured.
Production hardness testing to be carried out in accordance with section 12.6 of this specification.

Repair by welding

Arc Air gouging is prohibited by Company.

Repairing a PWHT’d weld requires PWHT.
For pressure vessels in intermediate and severe sour services, repair welding of main seams
(longitudinal, circular…) requires:
• A butt weld partial thickness repair hardness mock-up in accordance with NACE MR 0175 /
ISO 15156-2 indentation sketches.
• A partial thickness qualification covers for a cap repair.

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ANNEX G - Additional requirements for Chromium-Molybdenum Alloy

Steels Welding
The requirements detailed in Table G.1 shall apply:
Table G.1 - Additional requirements for Chromium-Molybdenum Alloy Steels Welding

General

Welding of P91 (9Cr-1Mo-V) or any Vanadium-Modified Cr-Mo Steel requires a project particular
specification.
Low alloy steel welding subject to Hydrogen, H2S service or high temperature (above 440°C for 1
1/4CR-1/2Mo Steel) requires a project particular specification.

Welding processes

Authorized welding processes by Company are: GTAW, SMAW and SAW.

Root pass to be carried out with GTAW for single sided welding.
Any other processes not to be used unless prior acceptance is obtained from the Company.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.

Procedure Qualification Records (PQR)

Use of previous WPQRs is not authorized by Company.

Additional Essential variables for PQR

Base Metals Any change in material grade.

Any change in delivery condition.

Filler metals Any change in trade name for SMAW electrodes and SAW flux.
Any change in designation for solid wires.
Any change in diameter.

Processes Any change in combinations and order of welding processes.

combination

Position Any change in the welding position or direction.

Note: A qualification in the ASME 6G position, or qualification in both 5G and
2G positions qualifies all other positions.

Preheat / Interpass Any change in minimum preheat temperature.

Any increase of maximum WPQR interpass temperature by more than 25°C.
Any deletion in post heating.
Any change in post heating time/temperature.

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PWHT Welded samples to be subjected to both single and multiple PWHT as foreseen
during production including provisions of one repair.
Any change in soaking time temperature by +/-15°C.
Any change in maximum soaking time.

Additional tests for PQR

Impact testing In addition to the parent design code, impact tests is required for all butt welds
with wall thickness above 5 mm in root weld and fusion line area.
For wall thickness above 20 mm, additional impact testing sampling is required
in cap weld and fusion line area.
For welds with heat inputs above 2 kJ/mm, Fusion line +2 mm and Fusion line
+5 mm additional impact tests is required.
For welds subject to subsequent PWHT, impact test sampling is additionally
required in base material area.
Test temperature to be -29°C or the minimum design temperature. Test method
as per ISO 148-1 or equivalent.
Acceptance criteria is:
• 28J as average value on 3 specimen and 21J as minimum value on the
single specimen 10 x 10 mm (for reduced specimens above values to be
multiplied by the actual width/standard width ratio).
Brittle fracture area and lateral expansion to be recorded for information only
according to standard ISO 148-1 or equivalent.

Hardness Testing Hardness tests Vickers HV10 to be carried out on a transversal section of the
welded joint according to ISO 6507-1 or equivalent.
1 specimen to be sampled.
Hardness values not to exceed 225 HV10 for materials with Cr<2% and 250
HV10 for materials with Cr≥2%.

Production welding

The minimum preheat temperature to be 150°C.

Maximum interpass temperature not to exceed 250°C.
Employed equipment and instrument details, personnel previous experience and heat treatment
techniques to be approved beforehand by the Company.
PWHT soaking temperature and holding time tol satisfy section 9 and table 6 of API RP 582 unless
otherwise previously agreed by Company.

Weld Production control

A production welding parameters control program to be issued for Company approval.

Repair by welding

Number of repair is limited to one.

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ANNEX H - Additional requirements for 3 ½% Nickel Steel welding

The requirements detailed in Table H.1 shall apply:
Table H.1 - Additional requirements for 3 ½% Nickel Steel welding

Welding processes

Authorized welding processes by Company are: GTAW, SMAW and SAW.

Root pass to be carried out with GTAW for single sided welding.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.
Maximum Diffusible Hydrogen Designation for SMAW electrodes and SAW wire/flux to be H4 as per
relevant ASME SFA/AWS designation as stated in Annex A.

Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)

Use of previous WPQRs is not authorized by Company.

During weld procedure qualification, each welding pass to be monitored as stated in Annex C.8.

Additional Essential variables for PQR

Base Metals Any change in material grade.

Any change in delivery condition.
Any change in wall thickness (t) range by 0.5*t to t.

Filler metals Any change in trade name for SMAW electrodes and SAW flux.
Any change in standard designation for solid wire.
Any change in consumable size.
Any addition/deletion of backing gas.

Joints Any change in groove design.

Processes Any change in combinations and order of welding processes.

combination

Position Any change in the welding position.

Note: A qualification in the ASME 6G position, or qualification in both 5G and
2G positions qualifies all other positions.

Preheat / Interpass Any change in minimum preheat temperature.

Any change in maximum interpass temperature.
Any deletion in post heating.

Parameters Any change in maximum heat input.

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Post Weld Heat Welded samples to be submitteted to the maximum foreseen production PWHT
Treatment including provisions of one repair.
Any change in soaking time temperature by +/-15°C.
Any change in maximum soaking time.

Additional tests for PQR

Hardness Testing Hardness tests Vickers HV10 to be carried out on a transversal section of the
welded joint according to ISO 6507-1 or equivalent.
Hardness values not to exceed 260 HV10.

Impact Testing In addition to the parent design code, impact tests is required for all butt welds
with wall thickness above 5 mm in root weld and fusion line area.
For wall thickness above 20 mm, additional impact testing sampling is required
in cap weld and fusion line area.
For welds with heat inputs above 2 kJ/mm, Fusion line +2 mm and Fusion line
+5 mm additional impact tests is required.
Test temperature to be -101°C or the minimum design temperature.
Test method as per ISO 148-1 or equivalent.
Acceptance criteria:
• 27J as average value on 3 specimen and 20J as minimum value on the
single specimen 10 x 10 mm (for reduced specimens above values to be
multiplied by the actual width/standard width ratio).
• Brittle fracture area and lateral expansion to be recorded according to
standard ISO 148-1 or equivalent.

Production welding

Minimum preheat of 100°C to be used for welding all thicknesses.

Maximum interpass temperature not to exceed 250°C or the one qualified at WPQ stage.
PWHT to be carried out on all welds.
Employed equipment and instrument details, personnel previous experience and heat treatment
techniques to be approved beforehand by the Company.

Weld Production Control

Production welding parameters to be monitored.

In addition to Appendix C of this specification, a dedicated production welding parameters control
program detailing the methods, extent, frequency and acceptance criteria to be issued for Company
approval prior to start fabrication.
Fabricator to define extent and acceptance criteria in such a way that demonstration of welders’
capabilities to maintain the required parameters all along fabrication is ensured.

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ANNEX I - Additional requirements for Austenitic Stainless Steels

welding
Requirements in Table I.1 shall apply:
Table I.1 - Additional requirements for Austenitic Stainless Steel welding

Scope limitation

This section is applicable to AISI 300 Series including Grades 304L, 316L, 310, 321 and their
corresponding H-grades, and any other austenitic stainless steels previously agreed by Company.

Welding processes

Root pass is carried out with GTAW for singled sided welding.
Approved Fill & Cap Processes are GTAW, PAW, SMAW, FCAW-G and SAW.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.

Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)

For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.

Additional essential variables

Filler metals For cryogenic and high temperature applications:

• Any change in trade name.

Additional tests for PQR

Hardness Testing Hardness tests Vickers HV10 is carried out on a transversal section of the
(Sour Service only) welded joint according to NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156-3.

Production welding

Maximum interpass temperature not to exceed 175°C.

For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
Weld Identification marks is applied only by paint or inks which do not introduce contaminants. No
stamp marking is permitted by Company.

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ANNEX J - Additional requirements for SuperAustenitic Stainless

Steels welding
Requirements in Table J.1 shall apply:
Table J.1 - Additional requirements for SuperAustenitic Stainless Steel welding

Scope limitation

This section is applicable to 6Mo (UNS 31254) alloy welding.

This section is also applicable to UNS N08367, UNS N08925, and UNS N08926 and any other
SuperAustenitic stainless steels previously agreed by Company.

Prerequisite

For UNS S31254 welding, The Fabricator demonstrates beforehand to the Company’s satisfaction,
adequate experience with the material, welding processes, production welding control, NDE
examination and competence of the welders.

Welding processes

Root pass is carried out with GTAW for singled sided welding.
Approved Fill & Cap Processes are GTAW, SMAW and SAW.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.

Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)

For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
For 6Mo Superaustenitic Stainless Steel (UNS 31254): During weld procedure qualification, each
welding pass parameters are monitored as stated in Annex C.8.

Additional essential variables

Base Metals Any change in material UNS Number for S32154 welding.

Filler metals Any change in trade name for SMAW electrode and SAW flux.
Any change in standard classification for solid wire

Joints Any change in groove design for S32154 welding.

Any change in root gap tolerance: - 1 mm / +1 mm for S32154 single-
sided welding.

Processes Any change in combinations and order of welding processes for S32154
combination welding.

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Position Any change in the welding position for S32154 welding.

Note: A qualification in the ASME 6G position, or qualification in both 5G and
2G positions qualifies all other positions.

Preheat / Interpass Any change in maximum interpass temperature.

Parameters Any increase in heat input.

Additional tests for PQR

Hardness Testing Hardness tests Vickers HV10 is carried out on a transversal section of the
(Sour Service only) welded joint according to NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156-3.

Production welding

Maximum interpass temperature does not exceed 100°C for UNS S31254.
For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
Weld Identification marks is applied only by paint or inks which do not introduce contaminants. No
stamp marking is permitted by Company.

Weld Production Control

For UNS S31254, a production welding parameters control program is issued for Company approval.

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ANNEX K- Additional requirements for Ferritic Austenitic Stainless

Steels welding
Requirements in Table K.1 shall apply:
Table K.1 - Additional requirements for Ferritic Austenitic Stainless Steel welding

Scope limitation

This section is applicable to Ferritic Austenitic Stainless Steels 22Cr type: UNS S31803, S32205 and
25Cr type: S32750 and S32760.

Prerequisite

The Fabricator demonstrates beforehand to the Company’s satisfaction, adequate experience with the
material, welding processes, production welding control, NDE examination and competence of the
welders.

Welding processes

Root pass is carried out with GTAW for singled sided welding.
Approved Fill & Cap Processes are GTAW, PAW, SMAW and SAW.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.
Sections 6.5.1 through 6.5.3, 6.5.5 through 6.5.8 of API RP 582 are fully applicable.
Section 6.5.4 of API RP 582 is replaced with:
Consumables and as-welded deposits to meet the chemical composition requirements shown in table
below.

Minimum Chemical Composition Minimum Chemical Composition 25Cr

Element
22Cr type (UNS S31803/S32205) type (UNS S32750/32760)

Nitrogen 0.14% 0.20%

Nickel 8.0% 9.0%

Molybdenum 3.0% 3.5%

PREN to be respectively between 34 to 38 for 22Cr (UNS S31803/S32205) and between 40 to 45 for
25Cr (UNS S32750/32760) Types.

In addition:
Super duplex consumables are not used for welding filling passes on duplex base metal and vice versa.

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Welding Gases

The shielding gas designation is ISO 14175-I1 (100% Argon) or ISO 14175-N2 (0.5% ≤ N2≤5% - Argon
balance).
Addition of helium could be accepted for special application.
The backing gas designation is ISO 14175-I1 (100% Argon) or ISO 14175-N1 (100% N2).
Note: Equivalent ASME SFA/AWS A 5.32/A 5.32M shielding and backing gases are acceptable.

Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)

Use of previous WPQRs may be considered for Company review if and only if the all below additional
variables and testing requirements are met.
During weld procedure qualification, each welding pass parameters are monitored as stated in Annex
C.8 of this specification.
Back purging is monitored during the welding procedure qualification and production welding by means
of a suitable oxygen meter.
The oxygen level in the backing gas protection is less than 500ppm.
For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
For tube to tubesheet joints, section 11.3.7 of API RP 582 is applicable.

Additional Essential variables for WPQR

Base Metals Any change in UNS Number.

Any change in outside diameter range:
For D <8 inches: D from 0.5 to 1.5.
For D ≥ 8 inches: 0.5*D and above.

Filler Metals Any change in trade name for SMAW electrode and SAW flux.
Any change in standard classification for wire.
Any change in diameter.

Joints Any change in groove design.

Any change in root gap tolerance: - 1 mm / +1 mm for single-sided welding.
Any change in weld wall thickness (t) range as detailed in section 11.3.2.1 of
API RP 582.

Processes Any increase in oxygen level in case the internal visual examination is not
practicable.

Processes Any change in combinations and order of welding processes.

combination

Position Any change in the welding position.

Note: A qualification in the ASME 6G position, or qualification in both 5G and 2G
positions qualifies all other positions.

Preheat / Interpass Any change in maximum interpass temperature.

Parameters Any change in heat input as detailed in section 11.3.2.2 of API RP 582.

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Additional tests for PQR

Microstructure The microstructure of the weld is free from carbides, nitrides and intermetallic
phases in accordance with NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156-3 section A7.3 or
ISO 17781 acceptance criteria.
• Test method in accordance with ISO 17781 section 4.3 or ASTM A923 method
A.
• Three macro/micro examinations in case of welding in position 5G or 6G (at
12, 3 or 9 and 6 o’clock).
• Two macro/micro examinations for other welding positions.

Ferrite to Austenite Refer to section 11.3.4 of API RP 582 or ISO 17781.

Ratio • Test method is in accordance with ASTM E562.
• Test is performed on all microstructure examinations specimens.

Hardness test Vickers Hardness tests is carried out according to NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156-3
section 6.2.
Acceptance criteria complies with section 11.3.5 of API RP 582.

Impact test Impact tests is carried out according to section 11.3.6 of API RP 582 or
ISO 17781 QLII.
In addition:
• For welding position in 5G and 6G, impact tests specimens are sampled at 12,
3 and 6 o’clock location.
• For other welding position, impact tests specimens are sampled on two
random location.
• In case the heat input is greater than 1.75kJ/mm, one extra set is sampled in
fusion line +2 mm.
• For Super Duplex welds, testing temperature is -46°C.
• Acceptance criteria for 10 x 10 mm Charpy V notch impact test specimens
does not have a minimum average value below 35J and Individual value below
27J. For reduced specimens above values are multiplied for the ratio actual
width/standard width.

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Corrosion test One as-welded corrosion test specimen is taken in accordance with section
11.3.6 of API RP 582 or section 5.5 ISO 17781.
In addition:
For welding position in 5G or 6G, the specimen is sampled at 6 o’clock location.
Test duration is 24h.
Testing temperature is 22°C for Duplex and 35°C for Super Duplex Stainless
Steels.
• Specimen edges are rounded.
Weight loss above 4 g/cm2 only due to corrosion at the cut faces, re-testing
may be carried out on replacement specimens with Company awareness.
Note:
• Sharp surface geometry acceptable welding defects such as undercuts to be
avoided on the specimens to be tested.
• For Super Duplex, In the pickled and passivated condition, testing by
ASTM G48 Method A at 40°C for 24 hours is acceptable with the same
acceptance criteria

Additional Essential variables for WQT

Base Metal No Change in UNS Number.

Additional tests for WQT

Ferrite content Ferrite content is measured on the weld metal cap with a portable Ferrite scope
calibrated in accordance with AWS A 4.2M.
• For welding position in 5G and 6G, measurements are carried out at 12, 3 or 9
and 6 o’clock location.
• For other welding position, two random measurement are carried out.
• The ferrite measurements are within the range of 30 to 65% in weld metal.

Production Welding

A fit up and tacking procedure is issued for Company approval.

Maximum interpass temperature limit does not exceed 150°C.
For components with an outside diameter ≤ 2 inches, the interpass temperature does not exceed 80°C.
Heat straightening is strictly forbidden.
Weld Identification marks is applied only by paint or inks which do not introduce contaminants. No
stamp marking is permitted by Company.

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Weld Production Control

For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
A production welding parameters control program is issued for Company approval.
By default:
• For the first production weld of each welder, welding parameters of root, hot and filling passes are
monitored.
• Every five shop weld of each welder welding parameters of root, hot and filling passes are
monitored.
• For each field weld welding parameters of root, hot and filling passes are monitored and recorded off
all materials.
Whilst the monitoring of welding is being carried out, particular attention is paid to the cleanliness of
weld preps and consumables, content of oxygen back purge or discoloration, all pass temperatures
measured by Digital Contact Thermometer with close monitoring of root and hot passes and actual
recorded heat input values, and run-out-lengths
Ferrite measurements are carried out in accordance with section 12.8.2 of API RP 582.
Production tests:
For equipment, refer to section 12.8.1 of API RP 582.
For pipework, a program detailing the method/lot/extent/acceptance criteria is issued by the fabricator
and submitted to Company for approval.

Repair welding

The following repair welding is not permitted:

Remelting without addition of filler metal.
Open root repair.
Re-repair in the same area.
The minimum remaining ligament (distance between the inner surface and the bottom of excavation) is
5 mm unless otherwise separately qualified.
The excavation is subject to PT (chloride free) which is completely removed and cleaned thoroughly
prior repair welding.
The back gas protection requirements are the same for the repair as for the main weld.
All repairs are subject to 100% production weld monitoring, non-destructive examination and testing as
the original weld.

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ANNEX L - Additional requirements for High Nickel Alloys welding

The requirements of Table L.1 shall apply:
Table L.1 - Additional requirements for High Nickel Alloys welding

Scope limitation

This section is applicable to UNS N08825 (Alloy 825), UNS N06625 (Alloy 625) Nickel based alloys.

Welding processes

Approved Fill & Cap Processes are GTAW, SMAW and SAW.
Root pass is carried out with GTAW for singled sided welding.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.

Additional essential variables

Base Metals Any change in material UNS Number.

Preheat / Interpass Any change in maximum interpass temperature.

Parameters Any increase in heat input.

Additional tests for WPQR

Hardness Testing Hardness tests Vickers HV10 to be carried out on a transversal section of the
(Sour Service only) welded joint according to NACE MR 0175 / ISO 15156-3.

Production welding

Any oxide layer is removed by grinding to a bright metal surface appearance then cleaned immediately
prior to welding.
Maximum interpass temperature does not exceed 150°C.
For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
Weld Identification marks is applied only by paint or inks which do not introduce contaminants. No
stamp marking is permitted by Company.

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ANNEX M - Additional requirements for Copper Nickel Alloy welding

The requirements of Table M.1 shall apply:
Table M.1 - Additional requirements for Copper Nickel Alloys welding

Scope limitation

This section is applicable to welding of Cu/Ni alloys in the range of 90/10 composition UNS
C7060X/C70600.

Prerequisite

The Fabricator demonstrates beforehand to the Company’s satisfaction, adequate experience with the
material, welding processes, production welding control, NDE examination and competence of the
welders.

Welding Processes

GTAW is the only welding process accepted.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.

Procedure Qualification Record (WPQR)

Use of previous PQRs may be considered for Company review if all below additional variables and
testing requirements are met.
The following parameters is recorded in the PQR in addition to those detailed in Annex C.8 of this
specification.
Minimum and Maximum Root opening gap, land and bevel angle.
Material delivery condition (such as cold deformation/heat treatment).

Additional essential variables

Base Metal Any change in UNS Number.

Any change in wall thickness range as stated below:
• For t ≤ 3 mm => 0.5t to 2t
• For t varying from 3 mm to 20 mm => 3 mm to 2t

Filler metals Any change in diameter.

Joint configuration Any change in edge preparation type.

Any change in root gap tolerance by -0/+2 mm for single-sided welding.

Preheat / Interpass Any change in maximum interpass temperature.

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Additional tests for WPQR

Macro testing Maximum root reinforcement does not exceed 1.5 mm.

Production welding

Immediately prior to welding, the weld preparation is abraded with stainless steel brush or wire wool
and degreased with a clean cloth impregnated with an appropriate solvent, on a minimum length of
25 mm across the bevel both internal and external sides. Filler wire for GTAW is also cleaned prior use.
Tack welding is made to attain, uniform gap and alignment between parts to be welded all along root
pass welding.
Maximum interpass temperature limit does not exceed 150°C.
Maximum root reinforcement does not exceed 1.5 mm.
For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
Weld Identification marks is applied only by paint or inks which do not introduce contaminants. No
stamp marking is permitted by Company.

Weld Production Control

A fit up and tacking procedure is issued for Company approval.

Repair by welding

Any thru-thickness repair or re-repair is not permitted by Company.

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ANNEX N- Additional requirements for Titanium Alloy welding

The requirements of Table N.1 shall apply:
Table N.1 - Additional requirements for Titanium Alloys welding

Scope Limitation

This section is applicable to welding of Titanium grade 2 alloy UNS R50400.

Prerequisite

The Fabricator demonstrates beforehand to the Company’s satisfaction, adequate experience with the
material, welding processes, production welding control, NDE examination and competence of the
welders.

Welding processes

GTAW is the only welding process accepted.

Shielding system (welding torch, training shield, back purging and/or glove-box chamber) is required
and is maintained until the metal temperature fails below 300°C.
Shielding and back purging gases are Argon, Helium or Argon / Helium mixture.

Filler Materials

Refer to Annex A.

Procedure Qualification Records

Use of previous PQRs may be considered for Company review if all below additional variables and
testing requirements are met.
Back purging oxygen level is monitored during the procedure qualification by means of a suitable
oxygen meter.

Additional essential variables

Base Metal Any change in UNS Number.

• For t ≤ 3 mm => 0.5t to 2t
• For t varying from 3 mm to 20 mm => 3 mm to 2t

Filler metals Any change in consumable diameter.

Process Any change in shielding and secondary trailing system.

Any increase of oxygen content in case of non-accessible root inspection.
Any change in electrode diameter and shape.

Joint configuration Any change in edge preparation type.

Any change in root gap tolerance by -0/+2 mm for single-sided welding.

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Preheat / Interpass Any increase in interpass temperature.

Production welding

Immediately prior to welding, the weld preparation is abraded with stainless steel brush or wire wool
and degreased with a clean cloth impregnated with an appropriate solvent, on a minimum length of
25 mm across the bevel both internal and external sides. Filler wire for GTAW is also be cleaned prior
use.
The Tungsten electrode is sharpened with an automatic device. Sharpening with manual grinder is
prohibited.
Tack welding is made to attain, uniform gap and alignment between parts to be welded all along root
pass welding.
Maximum interpass temperature limit does not exceed 120°C.
Each pass is inspected for the degree of oxidation as per Annex E of this specification. Any acceptable
inter-run tarnishing is removed by wire brushing.
For single sided welds (for example piping girth welds), root pass is inspected for the degree of
oxidation as per Annex E of this specification.
Any weld cleaned prior to inspection is rejected.
Weld Identification marks is applied only by paint or inks which do not introduce contaminants. No
stamp marking is permitted by Company.

Weld Production Control

A fit up and tacking procedure is issued for Company approval.

Repair by welding

Any thru-thickness repair or re-repair is not permitted by Company.

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