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API MPMS 17.9

Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.9 - Vessel Experience Factor (VEF) - El Hydrocarbon Management HM 49

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Organization: API
Publication Date: 1 July 2019
Status: active
Page Count: 31
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This standard provides a recommended practice for the calculation and application of a vessel experience factor (VEF). This standard provides guidelines for data compilation, data maintenance, data validation, and recommendations on the appropriate use of a VEF involving marine vessels.

It also provides instruction for parcel tankers, compartmental VEFs, and vessel-to-vessel transfers. The methods are applicable to liquid bulk cargoes including crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals, and liquid petroleum gases.

Document History

API MPMS 17.9
July 1, 2019
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.9 - Vessel Experience Factor (VEF) - El Hydrocarbon Management HM 49
This standard provides a recommended practice for the calculation and application of a vessel experience factor (VEF). This standard provides guidelines for data compilation, data maintenance, data...
API MPMS 17.9
May 1, 2012
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17 El Hydrocarbon Management HM 49 Marine Measurement Section 9—Vessel Experience Factor (VEF)
This standard provides a recommended practice for the calculation and application of a VEF and provides guidelines for data compilation, data validation, and recommendations on the appropriate use of...
API MPMS 17.9
May 1, 2012
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17 El Hydrocarbon Management HM 49 Marine Measurement Section 9-Vessel Experience Factor (VEF)
This standard provides a recommended practice for the calculation and application of a VEF and provides guidelines for data compilation, data validation, and recommendations on the appropriate use of...
API MPMS 17.9
May 1, 2012
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17 El Hydrocarbon Management HM 49 Marine Measurement Section 9-Vessel Experience Factor (VEF)
This standard provides a recommended practice for the calculation and application of a VEF and provides guidelines for data compilation, data validation, and recommendations on the appropriate use of...
API MPMS 17.9
November 1, 2005
Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17 - Marine Measurement Section 9Vessel Experience Factor (VEF) IP Hydrocarbon Management HM 49
This standard provides a recommended practice for the calculation and application of a VEF and provides guidelines for data compilation, data validation, and recommendations on the appropriate use of...

References

This document references:
API MPMS 17.5 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.5 - Guidelines for Voyage Analysis and Reconciliation of Cargo Quantities - El Hydrocarbon Management HM 64
Published by API on July 1, 2019
This standard covers guidelines for the reconciliation of marine cargo quantities. These guidelines are intended to provide a basis for analyzing and reconciling the quantity differences...
This document references:
API MPMS 3.1A - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 3.1A Standard Practice for the Manual Gauging of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Published by API on August 1, 2013
This standard describes the following: a) the procedures for manually gauging the liquid level of petroleum and petroleum products in nonpressure fixed-roof, floating-roof tanks and marine tank...
This document references:
MPMS 3.4 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 3—Tank Gauging Section 4—Standard Practice for Level Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons on Marine Vessels by Automatic Tank Gauging
Published by API on April 1, 1995
This standard provides guidance on the selection, installation, calibration, and verification of automatic tank gauges (ATGs) for measuring the level of liquid hydrocarbons having a Reid vapor...
This document references:
MPMS 2.7 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 2—Tank Calibration Section 7—Calibration of Barge Tanks
Published by API on March 1, 1991
This standard describes three methods for determining the total and incremental volumes of liquids in barge tanks for coastal and inland waterway service that have integral hull tanks. The three...
This document references:
API MPMS 17.1 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.1 Guidelines for Marine Inspection
Published by API on June 1, 2014
These guidelines specify the policy and minimum recommended practices for the manual and automatic measurement, sampling, and accounting for bulk quantities of crude oil (including spiked, blended,...
This document references:
API MPMS 1 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 1 - Vocabulary
Published by API on July 1, 1994
The words and terms contained in this vocabulary are defined and described to assist in understanding their use throughout the entire API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards (MPMS). Additional...
This document references:
API MPMS 12.1.1 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 12.1.1 - Calculation of Static Petroleum Quantities - Upright Cylindrical Tanks and Marine Vessels EI Hydrocarbon Management HM 1 Part 1
Published by API on February 1, 2019
This standard is intended to guide the user through the steps necessary to calculate static liquid quantities, at atmospheric conditions, in upright, cylindrical tanks and marine tank vessels. The...
This document references:
API MPMS 12.1.2 - Manual of Petroleum Standards Chapter 12-Calculation of Petroleum Quantities Section 1-Calculation of Static Petroleum Quantities Part 2-Calculation Procedures for Tank Cars
Published by API on February 1, 2018
This chapter is applicable to all crude oils, petroleum products, and petrochemicals (including LPGs and other liquefied gases) transported by rail tank car. It does not cover any products loaded or...
This document references:
MPMS 12.2 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 12.2 - Calculation of Petroleum Quantities Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors
Published by API on July 1, 2021
This document provides standardized calculation methods for the quantification of liquids, regardless of the point of origin or destination or the units of measure required by governmental customs or...
This document references:
API MPMS 17.1 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.1 Guidelines for Marine Inspection
Published by API on June 1, 2014
These guidelines specify the policy and minimum recommended practices for the manual and automatic measurement, sampling, and accounting for bulk quantities of crude oil (including spiked, blended,...
This document references:
API MPMS 17.5 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.5 - Guidelines for Voyage Analysis and Reconciliation of Cargo Quantities - El Hydrocarbon Management HM 64
Published by API on July 1, 2019
This standard covers guidelines for the reconciliation of marine cargo quantities. These guidelines are intended to provide a basis for analyzing and reconciling the quantity differences...
This document references:
MPMS 2.7 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 2—Tank Calibration Section 7—Calibration of Barge Tanks
Published by API on March 1, 1991
This standard describes three methods for determining the total and incremental volumes of liquids in barge tanks for coastal and inland waterway service that have integral hull tanks. The three...
This document references:
API MPMS 3.1A - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 3.1A Standard Practice for the Manual Gauging of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Published by API on August 1, 2013
This standard describes the following: a) the procedures for manually gauging the liquid level of petroleum and petroleum products in nonpressure fixed-roof, floating-roof tanks and marine tank...
This document references:
MPMS 3.4 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 3—Tank Gauging Section 4—Standard Practice for Level Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons on Marine Vessels by Automatic Tank Gauging
Published by API on April 1, 1995
This standard provides guidance on the selection, installation, calibration, and verification of automatic tank gauges (ATGs) for measuring the level of liquid hydrocarbons having a Reid vapor...
This document is referenced by:
MPMS 17.10.1 - Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 17.10.1 Refrigerated Light Hydrocarbon Fluids—Measurement of Cargoes on Board Marine LNG Carriers
Published by API on June 1, 2021
This International Standard establishes all of the steps needed to properly measure and account for the quantities of cargoes on liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. This includes, but is not...
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