1. API 17H ROV/ROT Interfaces
January, 2016

2. BACKGROUND API 17H 2nd edition was published in June 2013
API 17M was withdrawn and replace with API 17H
Errata to correct hot stab drawings issued January 2014
SRRR has been submitted and accepted for the third revision

3. API 17H TEAM MEMBERS Name Company E-mail Charles White BG Norge
Andy Lee
FMC
Brian Skeels
Karl Schnakenburg
BHP
Didier Renard
Technip
Erich Luzi
Statoil
Steve Liso
Chevron
Eirik Kloster Jacobsen
Blue Logic
Aiyueh.Kwan BP

4. CURRENT STATUS
Inquiries related to second edition hotstab drawings recieved
Released Errata to correct Figure 20 January 2014
Held several meeting to review inquiries related to hotstab drawings
17TR15 currently out for ballot

5. CURRENT STATUS
Historically the hotstab drawings have been donated to API
use the drawings as provided without making any design changes to the design
drawings do not use a common approach
for stab/receptacle alignment
seal squeeze/location
panel clearance requirements
datum for dimensioning
misinterpretation of the drawings and a number of inquiries to the taskgroup   

6. CURRENT STATUS
Task group is recommended to publish a technical report related to the hotstab drawings
Normalize the drawings
Clarify the intent of the drawings as interface drawings
Adopt new straegy to control the recepticle dimentions
Allow more freedom for manufactures to innovate male hot stab designs while maintaining subsea interchangeabiltiy   

7. CURRENT STATUS SRRR issued to develop hotstab technial report
Technical report to be issued for comment ballot (December 2015)
Contents of technical report will be incorporated into 3rd edition API 17H

8. CURRENT STATUS Focus areas for the next edition are:
Incorporate comments from hotstab technical report
Clarification of quality requirements
Consider outstanding comments left from the previous edition
Add references to recently released recommended practice
Incorporate Deepstar AUV Document into API17H

9. NEXT STEPS Resove any comments to 17TR15
Issue hotstab technical report
Continue work on third edition API 17H

10. MILESTONES