[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-14777] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: June 17, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Docket No. 940557-4157] Announcement of the American Petroleum Institute's Standards Activities AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce. ACTION: Notice of intent to develop or revise standards and request for public comments and participation in standards development. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The American Petroleum Institute (API), with the assistance of other interested parties, continues to develop standards, both national and international, in several areas. This notice lists the standardization efforts currently being conducted. The publication of this notice by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on behalf of API is being undertaken as a public service. NIST does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend the standards referenced in this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The American Petroleum Institute develops and publishes voluntary standards for equipment, operations, and processes. These standards are used by both private industry and by governmental agencies. All interested persons should contact in writing the appropriate source as listed for further information. Currently the following standardization efforts are being conducted: General Committee on Pipelines 1115 Operation of Solution Mined Underground Storage Facilities 1122 Emergency Preparedness and Response 1123 Pipeline Public Education Program 1129 Pipeline Integrity Standards FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: M.H. Matheson, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. General Committee on Marketing Pollution Prevention Wholesale Pollution Prevention Retail 1500 Storage and Handling of Aviation Fuels at Airports 1584 Four-inch Aviation Hydrant System 1604 Removal & Disposal of Used Underground Storage Tanks 1615 Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks 1628 A Guide to the Assessment and Remediation of Underground Petroleum Releases 1632 Cathodic Protection of Underground Storage Tanks and Piping Systems 1637 Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification at Service Stations and Distribution Terminals 1637A Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Identification at Service Stations and Distribution Terminals FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Carroll, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 General Committee on Refining Technical Data Book, Petroleum Refining 521 Guide For Pressure-Relieving & Depressurizing Systems 526 Flanged Steel Safety Relief Valves 530 Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries 531M Measurement of Noise From Fired Process Heaters 575 Inspection of Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks 541 Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors 250 HP and larger 553 Control Valve Applications 619 Rotary-Type Positive Displacement Compressors for General Refinery Services 620 Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks 631 Measurement of Noise From Air Cooled Heat Exchange 650 Welded, Steel Tanks for Oil Storage 653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alt. & Reconstruction 662 Plate Type Heat Exchangers 672 Packaged, Integrally Geared for General Refinery Service Centrifugal Air Compressors 673 Special Purpose Fans 674 Positive Displacement Pumps--Reciprocating 677 General Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Service 685 Sealless Centrifugal Pumps 686 Installation of Mechanical Equipment 2508 Design and Construction Ethane & Ethylene Installations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Chittim/Gary Carroll, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee 2003 Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents 2005 Service Station Safety 2009 Safe Welding and Cutting Practices in Refineries, Gasoline Plants, and Petrochemical Plants 2023 Guide for Safe Storage and Handling of Heated Petroleum Derived Asphalt Products and Crude Oil Residue 2026 Safe Descent onto Floating Roofs of Tanks in Petroleum Service 2027 Ignition Hazards Involved in Abrasive Blasting of Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Tanks in Service 2030 Guidelines for Application of Water Spray Systems for Fire Protection in Petroleum Industry 2217A Guidelines for Work in Inert confined Spaces in the Petroleum Industry 2219 Safety Operating Guidelines for Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum Service 2350 Overfill Protection for Petroleum Storage Tanks FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myron N. Price, Health and Environmental Affairs, Safety and Fire Protection, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 Committee on Petroleum Measurement MPMS Chapter 12.2 (Parts 1-5) Calculation of Petroleum Quantities Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors MPMS Chapter 12.3 Volumetric Shrinkage Resulting From Blending Light Hydrocarbon with Crude Oils MPMS Chapter 14.3 Part 2 Specification and Installation Requirements for Orifice Plates, Meter Tubes and Associated Fittings MPMS Chapter 21.2 Liquid Flow Measurements Using Electronic Metering Systems MPMS Chapter 19.2 Evaporation Loss From Internal and External Floating Roof Storage Tanks Testing Protocol for Roof Seals and Fittings Internal and External Floating Roof Tanks FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.P. Chamberlain/L. Slagle, Exploration & Production Department, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 General Committee on Exploration and Production Oilfield Equipment and Material Standards 1B Oil Field V-Belting 2C Offshore Cranes 2D Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes 2T Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms 4F Drilling and Well Servicing Structures 4G Maintenance and Use of Drilling and Well Servicing Structures 5A2 Thread Compounds for Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe 5A5 Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain End Drill Pipe 5B Threading, Gaging, and Thread Inspection of Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe Threads 5C3 Formulas and Calculations for Casing, Tubing, Drill Pipe, and Line Pipe Properties 5C5 Evaluation Procedures for Casing and Tubing Connections 5CT Casing and Tubing (U.S. Customary Units) 5CT Casing and Tubing (Metric Units) 5D Drill Pipe 5L Line Pipe 5LC CRA Line Pipe 5LD CRA Clad or Lined Steel Pipe 5L9 Unprimed External Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coating of Line Pipe 5T1 Imperfection Terminology 6A Valves and Wellhead Equipment 6A1 Ring Groove Measurement 6AF Capabilities of API Flanges Under Combinations of Load 6AM Material Toughness 6D Pipeline Valves (Steel Gate, Plug, Ball and Check Valves) 7 Rotary Drilling Equipment 7A1 Testing of Thread Compounds for Rotary Shouldered Connections 7G Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits 7K Rotary Drill Stem Elements 8A Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment 8B Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and Remanufacture of Hoisting Equipment 8C Drilling and Production Hoisting Equipment (PSL 1 and PSL 2) 9A Wire Rope 9B Application, Care, and Use of Wire Rope for Oil Field Services 10A Well Cements 10B Cement Testing 10D Bow-Spring Casing Centralizers xxx Cement Sheath Evaluation xxx Well Cementing Temperatures 11AX Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and Fittings 11B Sucker Rods 11C Reinforced Plastic Sucker Rods 11E Pumping Units 11S Operation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Electric Submersible Pump Installations 11S3 Electric Submersible Pump Installations 11S4 Sizing and Selection of Electric Submersible Pump Installations 11V1 Gas Lift Valves, Orifices, Reverse Flow Valves and Dummy Valves 500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities xxx Oilfield Packers xxx Inspection and Maintenance of Production Piping 12P Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tanks 3B-1 Standard Procedure for Field Testing Water-Based Drilling Fluids 13B-2 Standard Procedures for Field Testing Oil-Based Drilling Fluids 13C Drilling Fluid Processing Equipment 13D The Rheology of Oil-Well Drilling Fluids 13I Standard Procedure for Laboratory Testing Drilling Fluids 13J Testing Heavy Brines 14F Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Offshore Production Platforms 15HR High Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe 15LE Polyethylene Line Pipe (PE) 15LR Low Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe 15 TR Fiberglass Tubing 16A Specification for Drill Through Equipment 16C Specification for Choke and Kill Systems 16F Marine Drilling Riser Equipment 16R Design, Rating and Testing Marine Drilling Riser Couplings xxx Temperature Effects of Non-Metallics in Drill Through Equipment 17D Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment 17F Subsea Control Systems 17G Design and Operation of Completion/Workover Riser Systems 17H ROV Interfaces with Subsea Equipment 17I Installation of Subsea Control Umbilicals 27 Determining Permeability of Porous Media 31 Standard Format for Electromagnetic Logs 33 Standard Calibration & Format for Gamma Ray & Neutron Logs 34 Standard Format for Hydrocarbon Mud Logs 40 Core Analysis Procedures 41 Performance Data on Cementing & Hydraulic Fracturing Equipment 43 Evaluation of Well Perforated Systems 44 Sampling Petroleum Reservoir Fluids 45 Analysis of Oilfield Waters 49 Drilling & Drill Stem Testing of Wells Containing Hydrogen Sulfide 50 Protection of the Environment for Gas Processing Plant Operations 51 Protection of the Environment for Production Operations 52 Protection of the Environment for Drilling Operations 53 Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells 55 Production & Gas Processing Plant Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide 66 Digital Well Data Standard Interchange Format D12A API Well Number & Standard State, County, Offshore Area Codes Model Form of Offshore Operating Agreement xx Well Servicing/Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide xx Rheology of Cross Linked Fracturing Fluids xx Evaluation of Cartridge Filters (E&P Operations) xx Cargo Handling at Offshore Facilities xx Long Term Conductivity Testing of Proppants ADDRESSES: Exploration & Production, American Petroleum Institute, 700 North Pearl, Suite 1840 (LB 382), Dallas, TX 75201 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Write the following persons for information on indicated standards at the above address: Jim Greer--API 6, 16 and 17 series standards; Chuck Liles--API Drilling and Production Practices; Mike Loudermilk--API 1B, 11, 12 and 14 series; Randy McGill--API 5 and 15 series; Jennifer Six--API 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 series; Mike Spanhel--API 2 series. Dated: June 13, 1994. Samuel Kramer, Associate Director. [FR Doc. 94-14777 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M