Purpose and objective
The purpose in collecting and maintaining this information is to provide an International
Standards catalogue for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industry.
The objective of this document is to provide a tool for making potential users aware of
International Standards available to them.
By this means it is anticipated that more such standards would be used in place of
regional, national, or company / project – specific standards. As a result, the costs
associated with the procurement of oil and gas industry materials, equipment, and
structures will be reduced, and greater efficiency will be realised in the use of resources
that would otherwise be required to develop and maintain local standards and
specifications.