TY  - JOUR
T1  - Auditing Gas Production and Extraction Companies Compliance with
Quality Standards ISO an Applied Research in the South
Gas and Basra Gas Companies
AU - Adel Abbas Ali, Haider AU - Hussein Hamdan, Khawla 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 15
SP  - 5227
EP  - 5235
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.5227.5235
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.5227.5235
KW  - Quality standards
KW  -ISO
KW  -gas
KW  -auditing
KW  -assets
KW  -customers
AB  - The research aims at identifying the quality standards related to the gas production and extraction
industry. The product of the company, research sample is filled with impurities and does not conform to the
standard specifications. The research has come up with a number of conclusions. The most important of which
is non-compliance of the research sample with the requirements of quality standards. Thus, the companies
incurred high costs without reaching the set goals. ISO (14001) which includes environmental and health
guidelines related to natural gas processing operations has not been complied with the same is true for ISO
(10006) project quality management. There were halts of operations and poor storage for materials. Also, ISO
18001 requirements related to occupational health and safety have not been met. Maintenance programs were
not good enough as well. The company’s management has not complied with the measurement and calibration
protocol (PMP) within the requirements of standard (603000-1). No field laboratories are in place in the gas
extraction fields as provided for in ISO 17025. The training programs implemented by the company, subject of
research were not in accordance with ISO (10015). The company internal auditors have not been trained to apply
quality management systems as per ISO 19011. Contrary to the requirements of ISO (10002) that is related to
the guidelines on how to handle customers complaints and increase customer satisfaction, licensing rounds
companies were lagging behind in addressing customers complains. ISO (5500) requirements related to
measurement and classification of fixed assets have not been adopted.
ER  -