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The Test Was Good. The Binder Is Two Years Deep.

API 53 says the pressure and function test reports stay at the rig site for a minimum of two years, with a copy held offsite. That is a lot of paper to keep dry, keep signed and keep findable on the morning somebody asks for the upper pipe ram from eighteen months ago. This keeps every test on your phone — aged, filterable, exportable and printable — with no signal needed.

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A test report proves the test happened.
It rarely proves the test was any good.

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The low-pressure band, checked

API 53 puts the low-pressure test between 200 and 300 psi before the high-pressure test runs. Type a reading outside that band and it is flagged on the record, in the register and on the printed report — not discovered by somebody reading charts a year later.

Short holds do not slide past

Set your programme's minimum hold once. Anything held for less is flagged, and so is any test that reached less than the required pressure — with the shortfall in psi written out, so the remark on the record is a number rather than an opinion.

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A failure stays open until it is fixed

Log a Fail or Retest Required and it counts as an open item until a later passing test exists on that same well and that same component. Not until somebody remembers. The status screen leads with the count.

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The two-year clock, on every record

Each test carries its age and the days left in the retention window, and anything inside the warning period is called out so the CSV for the offsite copy goes out before the record ages past its two years.

The fields a BOP test report actually needs

When and where

Test date and time, rig, well name, API number and the BOP stack or serial the test was run against.

The test type

Low pressure, high pressure, function, actuation or crew drill — the five that have to appear in the driller's report.

The component

Annular, blind shear, casing shear, upper and lower pipe rams, variable bore, choke and kill lines, HCR, choke manifold, kelly cock, IBOP, accumulator.

The pressures

Required psi, actual psi, hold duration, and for a low-pressure test the initial pressure applied before any bleed to zero.

The people

Tested by and witnessed by, both carried through to the printed report as signature blocks.

The paper trail

Chart or recorder reference, free-text remarks, and the record's own age against the retention window.

A pressure test will not save without its required pressure, actual pressure and hold duration. A blank is never treated as a good test — the record either has the numbers that make it judgeable, or it does not get filed.

What gets flagged, and why

Flags come from the numbers you typed, checked against the thresholds you set. Nothing is inferred and nothing is hidden.

  • Outside the low-pressure band — a low-pressure test recorded under 200 or over 300 psi, the range API 53 requires before the high-pressure test.
  • Needs a reset to zero — an initial low-pressure reading above your reset threshold, which means bleed to zero and run it again.
  • Short of required pressure — the actual reading came in under the required psi, with the shortfall written out.
  • Held too briefly — under the minimum hold your programme sets for a pressure test.
  • Passed while flagged — recorded as a Pass with a flagged reading still on it. Worth a look at the chart before it goes in the file.
  • Retention ending — inside the warning period before the two-year rig-site window closes.

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BOP Test Log
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StatusLog a testRegisterPrint reportSettings
86
Tests
79
Passed
4
Failed
3
Retest req.
2
Open items
Needs action
Upper Pipe Ram · High Pressure
Kestrel 12-4H · Patterson 214 · API 42-329-38471
Required
5000
Actual
4650
Hold
5m
Held 4650 psi against a required 5000 psi — 350 psi short.
Fail Open
no later pass
Choke Manifold · Low Pressure
Ridgeline 8-2H · Patterson 214
Required
250
Actual
340
Hold
5m
Recorded at 340 psi, outside the 200–300 psi band API 53 requires.
Retest req.
14 Aug 06:40
Latest tests
Blind Shear Ram · High Pressure
Kestrel 12-4H · tested R. Alvarez · witnessed T. Rowan
Required
10000
Actual
10050
Hold
5m
Pass
chart 0412-A
Annular · Function
Kestrel 12-4H · tested J. Kettle
Pass
648 days retention left
Built by people who have waited on a pressure test

Oil Rigs Now has served oilfield professionals since 2011. This is a recordkeeping tool, not a test authority — it does not test anything, does not certify a stack, and does not replace your well control programme, the OEM procedure, your test plan or the judgement of the person witnessing the test. It keeps the record complete, aged and exportable so the paperwork stops being the weak link at audit time.

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  • Unlimited pressure, function, actuation and drill records
  • Thirteen BOP components, five test types
  • Low-pressure band and reset-to-zero checks
  • Open-item tracking until a later pass clears the failure
  • Two-year retention age on every record, with a warning window
  • Register with search and filters by well, rig, component and date
  • CSV export, printable report, backup and restore
  • Installs to your phone, works with no signal
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Everything stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded, no account is created, and the app keeps working when the rig has no bars.