Norwegian Standard – Offshore oil & gas, ship and marine industries covering a range of power, instrumentation and earth cables including BFOU, BFOU (i), BFOU (c), RFOU, RFOU (i), RFOU (c) and UX

NEK TS 606 is the Norwegian's marine and offshore industry technical specification (TS) covering a range of power, instrumentation and earth cables that are halogen free and/or MUD resistant, protecting them against the type of hydrocarbon-laden drilling liquid used in drilling operations which can have an adverse effect on the cable sheathing material. The NEK 606 cable standard technical specification has been widely adopted in Europe and internationally with BFOU and RFOU cables, and UX Earth cables in common use.