pec_6H-1998_2008.pdf

API is an equal opportunity employer.TO:API Specification 6H Monogram Licensees API Specification 6H Monogram Applicants API Auditors FROM:Don Whittaker,Manager Monogram Program/APIQR DATE:August 3,2012 RE:API Spec 6H As of August 3rd 2012,API Subcommittee 6,Valves&Wellhead Equipment,unanimously approved the withdrawal of API Spec 6H.The document will no longer be maintained and considered as active within the API Standards document list.It will remain available only as a historical document.Effective February 4rd,2013,all API Spec 6H licenses/applications will be withdrawn.All manufacturers of monogrammed API Spec 6H equipment shall cease applying the API Monogram on any API Spec 6H products manufactured.All previously issued API Spec 6H Monogram Certificates should be destroyed.Please note that this does not preclude the manufacturing of products meeting the requirements within API Spec 6H;however,the API Monogram cannot be applied to any API Spec 6H products.Current API Spec 6H Licensees have the following options:1.Transition to a registration under API Q1,8th Edition,ISO 9001:2008,and/or ISO/TS 2900:2010.You may apply for a QMS Registration that includes a scope to design and manufacture existing API Spec 6H products as applicable.Please follow the instructions found on APIs website for completing the application package for APIQR Registration:(http:/www.api.org/certification-programs/api-monogram-program-and-apiqr/applications-forms.aspx).There will be no application fees,but audit fees apply.2.Take no further action,resulting in withdrawal of the API Spec 6H license on February 4,2013.API will cease accepting API Spec 6H applications effective August 3,2012.All current API Spec 6H applicants will be contacted with further details concerning fees paid for an API Spec 6H application.Please note:If you are currently in the application phase for API Spec 6H and have not been audited,your application will be withdrawn.Should you have technical questions regarding the retiring of API Spec 6H,please send all inquiries to standardsapi.org For Monogram related questions regarding the retiring of API Spec 6H,please send all inquires to certificationapi.org Specification on End Closures,Connectors and SwivelsAPI SPECIFICATION 6H SECOND EDITION,MAY 1,1998EFFECTIVE DATE:NOVEMBER 1,1998 REAFFIRMED,JULY 2006ERRATA,DECEMBER 2008Specification on End Closures,Connectors and SwivelsExploration and Production DepartmentAPI SPECIFICATION 6H SECOND EDITION,MAY 1,1998 EFFECTIVE DATE:NOVEMBER 1,1998 REAFFIRMED,JULY 2006ERRATA,DECEMBER 2008SPECIAL NOTESAPI publications necessarily address problems of a general nature.With respect to partic-ular circumstances,local,state,and federal laws and regulations should be reviewed.API is not undertaking to meet the duties of employers,manufacturers,or suppliers to warn and properly train and equip their employees,and others exposed,concerning health and safety risks and precautions,nor undertaking their obligations under local,state,or fed-eral laws.Information concerning safety and health risks and proper precautions with respect to par-ticular materials and conditions should be obtained from the employer,the manufacturer or supplier of that material,or the material safety data sheet.Nothing contained in any API publication is to be construed as granting any right,by implication or otherwise,for the manufacture,sale,or use of any method,apparatus,or prod-uct covered by letters patent.Neither should anything contained in the publication be con-strued as insuring anyone against liability for infringement of letters patent.Generally,API standards are reviewed and revised,reaffirmed,or withdrawn at least every five years.Sometimes a one-time extension of up to two years will be added to this review cycle.This publication will no longer be in effect five years after its publication date as an operative API standard or,where an extension has been granted,upon republication.Status of the publication can be ascertained from the API Exploration and Production Department telephone(202)682-8000.A catalog of API publications and materials is pub-lished annually and updated quarterly by API,1220 L Street,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.This document was produced under API standardization procedures that ensure appropri-ate notification and participation in the developmental process and is designated as an API standard.Questions concerning the interpretation of the content of this standard or com-ments and questions concerning the procedures under which this standard was developed should be directed in writing to the director of the Exploration and Production Department,American Petroleum Institute,1220 L Street,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.Requests for permission to reproduce or translate all or any part of the material published herein should also be addressed to the director.API standards are published to facilitate the broad availability of proven,sound engineer-ing and operating practices.These stand