This document provides subsea capping stack recommended practices for design, manufacture, and use. The document applies to the construction of new subsea capping stacks. The document can aid in generating a basis of design (BOD) document, as well as preservation, transportation, maintenance, testing documents, and operating instructions.

This document does not address procedures and equipment downstream of the capping stack. All equipment and operations downstream of the subsea capping stack are considered part of a containment system and are not within the scope of this recommended practice.

Annex A contains a discussion of possible subsea capping contingency procedures. Annex B contains example procedures for deployment, well shut-in, recovery, and storage of a subsea capping stack.

Recommended Practice 17W is available for purchase at American Petroleum Institute (API) website www.api.org   

• Year of Declaration: 2021
• Reference: Adoption by Endorsement
• Number of Pages: 69
• Code: GYS /API RP W 17
• Version: 2nd Edition, March 2021
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