Oil and gas industry standard INTI S.QS.1-2020 contains the requirements to the quality management systems of products and services suppliers.
Russian Institute for Technological Initiatives (INTI) was founded by the major Russian oil and gas companies – Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Lukoil, Tatneft, SIBUR, etc. in 2020. The mission of INTI is to provide to the industry reliable product and management system standards and specification and conformity assessment. INTI can be named “Russian API” with some peculiarities.
INTI certification required for manufacturers of equipment, materials and service organizations to enter the Russian market.
Please note that only certificates issued by INTI are valid and can be recognized by the customers. On the result of the audit INTI issues a certificate and registers certified companies in the registry located on its website.
INTI S.QS.1 standard combines the requirements ISO 9001:2015, API Spec. Q1, as well as some additional requirements to QMS.
Please contact our office to get free copy of INTI S.QS.1 in English or Russian.
INTI S.QS.1-2020 STANDARD – GENERAL INFORMATION
Oil and Gas industry standard INTI S.QS.1-2020, Quality management system – Requirements is developed by INTI Quality Management Technical Committee in 2020 and applicable for any organization providing products or services to the oil and gas industry.The Standard is based on ISO High Level Structure (HLS) of management system standards (as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, etc.) and combines ISO 9001 and API Q1 requirements together with specific Russian oil and gas industry QMS requirements regarding:
• crucial processes,
• special characteristics of products and services,
• information confidentiality controls,
• technological processes development,
• organizational structure,
• reliability of products,
• internal audits frequency,
• Etc.
The organization that certified or complies with the requirements of ISO 9001 and API Spec. Q1 need some efforts to implement INTI S.QS.1 additional requirements to get INTI certificate.
The organization that certified or complies with ISO 9001 only needs to make a lot of changes to implement all INTI S.QS.1 requirements (ISO 9001 covers over 30% of INTI S.QS. 1 requirements).
Global Expert Group specializes in work on INTI S.QS.1, other INTI standards and other schemes for oil and gas industry. Our competence in INTI, API and ISO standards helps to ensure INTI standards conformity effectively and with minimal costs.
Our experts are working in English and Russian language that can ease communication and increase effectiveness.
We suggests different options of communication with the clients, including use of tools for distant communication.
Our services in the field of INTI standards
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INTI S.QS. 1 and other INTI training. Our experts provides INTI standards training, clarify the differences of INTI standards compare to API and ISO QMS standards. Based on these trainings our clients can integrate INTI requirements to their quality management systems, ensure the competence of internal auditors and fulfill the formal INTI requirements to the competence of personnel.
Our trainers are active INTI and API auditors with deep knowledge of management systems and oil and gas industry.
On the results of our training participants can get Training Certificates from a licensed according to Russian legislation training center.
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INTI standards consulting services. Our experts will help you to change documentation, develop processes to ensure the conformity of QMS to the requirements of INTI S.QS.1 and other applicable INTI standards and further successful certification.
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INTI S.QS.1-2020 audits. According to INTI rules, only INTI can conduct certification and surveillance audits of the companies that fully implemented INTI requirements.
Global Expert Group conducts diagnostic audits of the company to help to understand what changes shall be done according to INTI standards. We also provide internal audits and pre-certification audits to assess readiness of the company to certification by INTI.
NB! Based on INTI diagnostic or pre-certification audits you can get GOST R ISO 9001 or GOST R ISO 29001 certificate with Russian national accreditation (Rusaccreditation) that can be also useful, e.g., for product certification or marketing.
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INTI certification support. We support our clients on all stages of communication with INTI during certification process, from filling in application to closure of corrective actions and getting INTI certificate. Our experts can also present during INTI onsite certification to assist you with this process.
Our team
Our team includes international level experts in QMS that has great experience in API Q1, API Q2, API Monogram, ISO, GOST and INTI consulting and certification, members of ISO/TC 176 and other technical committees.
All communication can be in English or Russian. If necessary, we can include translators and interpreters to our project teams.
How long does it take to get INTI certification?
It’s strongly depends on the readiness of your company and system to meet the INTI requirements.
Preparation to the certification can take 1-6 months depending on maturity of your company and management system.
INTI certification process itself can take 2-9 months from application to certification depending on the results of the audit.