Chelyabinsk-based SOT, a company dealing in production of pipeline bends and part of Rimera (ChTPZ Group’s O&G maintenance division) has been successfully audited by American Petroleum Institute and proved the compliance of its quality management system with the API Specification Q1, API Specification 6H, and ISO/TS 29001 requirements.

American Petroleum Institute (API) is the U.S. nongovernmental organization dealing in oil research and development of standards for enterprise’s produce and quality management systems. These standards are accepted in almost every country in the world and stand for the product’s great quality.

SOT is now one of the world’s eight enterprises to get API Specification 6H license. Having been audited successfully by the institute, SOT can now take part in some international pipeline projects where API-standard certification is a must, the spokesperson for Rimera reports.

‘Getting an international standard certificate is an additional advantage that makes ChTPZ Group’s O&G products more competitive. API’s audit has proved SOT produce’s great quality, opening up some new opportunities for its global market promotion,’ says Rimera’s General Director Vladimir Khristenko.