CSA ISO 19900:20

CSA Preface

This is the third edition of CSA ISO 19900, Petroleum and natural gas industries — General requirements for offshore structures, which is an adoption without modification of the identically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 19900 (third edition, 2019-06). It supersedes the previous edition, published in 2014 as CAN/CSA-ISO 19900 (adopted ISO 19900:2013).

For brevity, this Standard will be referred to as “CSA ISO 19900” throughout.

Standards development within the Canadian Offshore Structures sector is harmonized with international standards development.

This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the harmonized Canadian Advisory Committee and CSA Technical Committee to ISO TC 67/SC 7, Offshore Structures. This Standard has been formally approved by the CSA Technical Committee on Design, Construction, and Installation of Offshore Structures, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Offshore Structures and Arctic Operations.

This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group.

Scope

This document specifies general requirements and recommendations for the design and assessment of bottom-founded (fixed) and buoyant (floating) offshore structures.

This document is applicable for all phases of the life of the structure, including:

— successive stages of construction (i.e. fabrication, transportation, and installation)

— service in-place, both during design life and during any life extensions, and

— decommissioning, and removal.

This document contains general requirements and recommendations for both the design of new build structures and for the structural integrity management and assessment of existing structures.

This document does not apply to subsea and riser systems or pipeline systems.