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This document provides useful information and recommended practices for the maintenance and inspection of atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks. While these maintenance and inspection guidelines may apply to other types of tanks, these practices are intended primarily for...
This standard contains methodologies for estimating the total evaporative losses of hydrocarbons from external floating-roof tanks (EFRTs), freely vented internal floating-roof tanks (IFRTs), and domed external floating-roof tanks (domed EFRTs). The methodologies provide loss...
This API survey represents an important milestone in the petroleum industry's ongoing efforts to improve its environmental performance. At EPA's request, API members in the refining, marketing, and transportation sectors voluntarily participated in a survey of AST facilities.(Footnote
This standard applies to the sizing and selection of pressure-relief devices (PRDs) used in refineries, chemical facilities, and related industries for equipment that has a maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) of 15 psig (103 kPag) or greater. The pressure-relief devices covered in this...
General This standard establishes minimum requirements for material, design, fabrication, erection, and inspection for vertical, cylindrical, aboveground, closed- and open-top, welded storage tanks in various sizes and capacities for internal pressures approximating atmospheric...
This standard provides guidance for estimating emissions that result from forced ventilation of storage tanks such as may occur while removing the liquid heel (free-standing stock liquid) and cleaning the remaining deposits of stock liquid mixed with residue and water (sludge) from...
This standard provides the minimum requirements to install, operate, maintain, inspect, repair, and reconstruct both new and existing tanks used in petroleum production service in a manner that includes best practices for tank facility safety, security, and environmental protection....
General This specification covers material, design, fabrication, and testing requirements for new shop-fabricated vertical, cylindrical, aboveground, welded steel storage tanks in the standard sizes and capacities, and for internal pressures approximately atmospheric, given in Table 1...
Std. 12-C covers general specifications, including chemical and physical properties by reference to ASTM standards; together with permissible working stresses in welded tank joints and in reinforcement of openings, with complete details on erection, inspection, testing, repairs during...
General This recommended practice (RP) addresses the processes required to successfully implement process control systems (PCSs) for oil and gas production, refinery, and petrochemical services. The major topics addressed are listed below. - Part 1. The basic functions that a PCS may need to...
Quarterly Well Completion Report provides detailed information reported drilling activity, as well as estimates of the total number of wells and footage drilled for the current and recent quarters. The estimates of quarterly completions and footage are disaggregated by well type, depth interval,...
This specification provides testing, performance, and marking requirements for casing bow-spring centralizers to be used in oil and natural gas well construction. The procedures provide verification testing for the manufacturer's design, materials, and process specifications, and periodic testing...
General This standard is applicable to stationary atmospheric and low-pressure (up to and including 15 psig) aboveground petroleum storage tanks used in all sectors of the petroleum and petrochemical industry, including: - crude oil and gas production, - refining, - petrochemicals, -...
This standard defines the requirements for design, mechanical integrity, and sizing of operators and related components used on subsea pipeline valves that conform to API Specification 6DSS. This standard is applicable to the following: ― electric actuators; ― electro-hydraulic actuators; ―...
This specification provides requirements and guidelines for packers and bridge plugs as defined herein for use in the petroleum and natural gas industry. This specification provides requirements for the functional specification and technical specification, including design, design verification and...
This specification identifies requirements for the performance, design, materials, testing, inspection, welding, marking, handling, storing, shipment, and purchasing of surface and subsea choke and kill equipment for use in the petroleum and natural gas industries. These requirements provide for...
