API Standard 6AV2 Second Edition PDF
This standard provides requirements for installing and maintaining safety valves. Included are requirements for receiving inspection, installation and maintenance, field and offsite repair, testing procedures with acceptance criteria, failure reporting, and documentation.
“Safety valve” as used in this standard denotes a surface safety valve (SSV), an underwater safety valve (USV), or a boarding shutdown valve (BSDV). Power and control systems for safety valves are not included.
This edition of API 6AV2 contains the following major changes from prior editions:
— Changed the title of the standard to include boarding shutdown valves, which is a new type of safety valve in API 6A, 21st Edition.
— The term “safety valve” replaced “SSV” and “USV” throughout the document. This term now includes SSV, USV, and BSDV.
— The requirements for off-site repair of safety valves now refer to API 6AR.
— Test and possible repair of the safety valve is addressed. Complete system operation to meet operator and possible regulatory requirements is not specified.
— Requirements for establishment of product definition by service provider were added.
— The term “original product definition” and associated requirements were removed.
