Aramco :: Welding Standards

QC Notes Level-21

Aramco :: Welding Standards

Key criteria include using an approved welding procedure, ensuring joint alignment is within tolerance, checking for damage or repairs needed to pipe ends, cleaning surfaces, and verifying material grades are suitable for the application and service.

✅ References Standard:

• SAEP-302 -Instructions for Obtaining a Waiver of a Mandatory Saudi Aramco Engineering Requirement
• SAEP-321 Performance Qualification Testing and Certification of Saudi Aramco Welders
• SAEP-322 Performance Qualification Testing and Certification of Saudi Aramco Brazers
• SAEP-323 Performance Qualification Testing of Contract Welders and Brazers
• SAEP-324 Certification Review and Registration of Project Welders and Brazers
• SAEP-1140 Qualification of Saudi Aramco NDT Personnel
• SAEP-1142 Qualification of Non-Saudi Aramco NDT Personnel
• SAEP-1150 Inspection Coverage on Projects
• SAES-A-206 Positive Material Identification
• SAES-B-064 Onshore and Nearshore Pipeline Safety
• SAES-L-031 Fracture Control of Line Pipe
• SAES-L-032 Material Selection of Piping Systems
• 01-SAMSS-035 API Line Pipe
• 02-SAMSS-005 Butt Welding Pipe Fittings

✅ Saudi Aramco Standard Drawings:

• AB-036386 Hardness Testing for Welding Procedure Qualifications
• AE-036451 Preheat Levels for Welding Carbon Steels

✅ Industry Codes and Standards:

• API STD 1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities
• API RP2A-WSD Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms-Working Stress Design
• ASME B31.3 Process Piping
• ASME B31.4 Liquid Petroleum Transportation Piping Systems
• ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems
• ASME SEC IIC Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals
• ASME SEC V Nondestructive Examination
• ASME SEC VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
• ASME SEC IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications
• ASTM E747 Standard Test Method for Controlling Quality of Radiographic Testing Using Wire Penetrameters
• ASTM A833 Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Comparison Hardness Testers
• AWS A2.4 Standard Welding Symbols
• AWS A3.0 Standard Terms and Definitions
• AWS A4.3 Standard Methods for Determination of the Diffusible Hydrogen Content of Martensitic, Bainitic, and Ferritic Weld Metal Produced by Arc Welding

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