API STD 2545
Gaging Petroleum and Petroleum Products, Method of
Organization: | API |
Publication Date: | 1 January 1965 |
Status: | inactive |
Page Count: | 38 |
scope:
This standard describes the procedures for gaging crude petroleum and its liquid products in various types of tanks, containers, and carriers. Sections 3 to 58 are applicable for measuring quantities of liquids having Reid vapor pressures (Rvp) under 40 lb; Sections 59 to 64 are applicable for measuring liquefied petroleum gases and other products having Rvp of 40 lb or more. The determination of temperature, API gravity, and sediment and mater are not within the scope of this standard; however, brief descriptions of portable equipment used for this purpose are included in Sections 8 and 9.