API Q2 – Oilfield Contractors Quality Management System Requirements

API Q2 specification has been developed to address the development and implementation of quality management systems for service supply organizations working in the upstream petroleum and natural gas industries. This specification defines the fundamental requirements of quality management systems for those service supply organizations claiming conformity to this specification.

The requirements of this specification are consistent with those of other quality management system documents. This specification provides additional requirements that target the execution of services or provision of service-related products in the execution of the service. The requirements are structured in a way to minimize the likelihood of nonconformity during the execution of a service and/or provision of a service-related product.
While this specification may include some elements of other quality management systems (such as those particular to environmental management, occupational health and safety management, financial management, or risk management), it does not include all requirements specific to those systems. This specification may be used either in conjunction with or independent of other industry-specified documents. This specification can be used by internal and external parties, including certification bodies, to assess the organization’s ability to meet customer and legal
requirements applicable to service execution and the organization’s own requirements.

This specification promotes the integration of a process approach into the application of specific requirements when developing, implementing, and improving the effectiveness of a quality management system, thereby providing continuous control over the stated requirements, as well as facilitating the overlap of processes.

For a service supply organization to function effectively, it must determine and manage numerous linked activities. An activity that transforms inputs into outputs can be considered a process. Process activities include determination of need throughout the service supply organization, provision of resources, provision of the service-related products, identification of the proper sequence or order in a series of activities, monitoring and measuring the effectiveness of the activities performed, and applying changes or corrections to those activities as needed.