Test Certificate Software for Oil & Gas

Quick Answer

Oil and gas fabrication sits at the intersection of severe-service metallurgy, multi-party supply chains, and overlapping international standards. A single spool piece may draw material from three continents, pass through two heat treatments, and need to satisfy both the operator's supplementary requirements and a NORSOK MDS reference — all documented before the first weld inspection.

Most shops manage this with shared drives, email threads, and spreadsheets. The result is certificates that can't be searched, traceability gaps that surface during TPIA audits, and quality engineers spending hours reconstructing the paper trail for a single punch-out item.

TestCert replaces that workflow with a structured platform that understands NORSOK material data sheets, API chemistry and mechanical limits, and NDT report formats — so your team spends time on engineering decisions, not file management.

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The Oil & Gas Certificate Problem

NORSOK MDS Compliance

NORSOK standards (M-630, M-650, Y-002, etc.) specify material data sheets that define chemistry windows, mechanical property minimums, supplementary testing requirements, and impact energy values at sub-zero temperatures. Verifying that an incoming certificate satisfies the applicable MDS is a manual, error-prone task when done against paper or PDFs.

TestCert stores NORSOK MDS limits as versioned structured data. When a certificate arrives, the system compares each reported chemistry element and mechanical value against the applicable MDS automatically, flagging any out-of-tolerance results before the material enters your shop.

API Material Certification

API 5L, 5CT, 6A, 17D, and other product specifications carry detailed chemistry and tensile requirements that vary by grade, product specification level, and service environment. TestCert's standards library covers these grades and automatically validates incoming certificates against the correct PSL and grade combination.

Multi-Vendor Traceability

Complex offshore and onshore structures involve multiple tiers of suppliers, sub-suppliers, and processing facilities. A single spool may involve a plate mill, a tube manufacturer, a flange forger, and a heat treater — each issuing their own certificates. TestCert links all certificate records to the common heat number and purchase order reference, giving you a single queryable traceability chain regardless of how many vendors contributed.

NDT Report Management

Non-destructive testing reports (RT, UT, MT, PT) are first-class objects in TestCert — not file attachments. Each NDE report is linked to the weld or component it covers, the applicable procedure, the inspector qualification record, and the material certificate for the base metal. When an operator requests the complete dossier for a line item, it is assembled from structured records, not assembled manually from a folder tree.

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Key Features for Oil & Gas

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Compliance Standards Covered

TestCert's oil and gas standards library includes:

• NORSOK: M-120, M-121, M-630, M-650, Y-002
• API: 5L, 5CT, 6A, 17D
• ASME: B31.3, B31.8, Section IX (welding)
• ASTM: A106, A333, A694, A182, A105, A516, and 200+ additional grades
• EN: 10204:2004 inspection certificate types (3.1, 3.2)
• NACE: MR0175 / ISO 15156 sour service requirements

Customer-specific supplementary requirements (operator SRs) are stored as overlay rules per customer — tighter limits than the base standard without code changes.

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How Implementation Works

Most oil and gas customers are fully operational within three weeks:

1. Week 1: Supplier mappings, standards configuration, user provisioning
2. Week 2: Historical certificate import, NORSOK MDS overlay configuration per operator/customer
3. Week 3: First live inbound certificates processed, TPIA dossier export tested

TestCert connects to your ERP via REST API. Purchase order data flows in; certificate acceptance records and traceability reports flow out. Webhooks notify downstream systems the moment a certificate is accepted or rejected.

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