[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43584-43586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20739]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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 comment and participation in standards development.
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SUMMARY: The American Petroleum Institute, 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 efforts are
being conducted:
General Committee on Pipelines.
Risk Management for Pipelines
500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at
Petroleum Facilities, Recommended Practice for
1117 Lowering In-Service Pipelines
1123 Development of Public Education Programs by Hazardous Liquid
PL Operators
1129 Pipeline Integrity Standard
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Prentiss Searles, Manufacturing,
Distribution, and Marketing, American
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Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
General Committee on Marketing.
Pipeline Meter Provers
Recommended Practice for Installation of Service Station CNG Equipment
1529 Aviation Fueling Hose
1581 Specifications and Qualifications Procedures for Aviation Jet
Fuel/Separators
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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Read, Manufacturing,
Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
General Committee on Refining.
Technical Data Book, Petroleum Refining
500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at
Petroleum Facilities
510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code
521 Guide for Pressure-Relieving & Depressurizing Systems
530 Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
536 Post Combustion NOX
546 Form-Wound Brushless Synchronous Motors--500 Horsepower and
Larger
553 Control Valve Applications
556 Fired Heaters and Steam Generators
571 Recognition of Conditions Causing Deterioration or Failure
572 Inspection of Pressure Vessels
574 Inspection of Piping, Tubing, Valves, and Fittings
575 Inspection of Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks
576 Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices
577 Inspection of Welding
578 Construction Material Quality Assurance
579 Fitness-for-Service
580 Risk-Based Inspection
591 User Acceptance of Refinery Valves
594 Water and Wafer-Lug Check Valves
598 Valve Inspection and Testing
600 Steel Gate Valves--Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
602 Compact Steel Gate Valves
607 Fire Test for Soft-Seated Quarter-Turn Valves
609 Butterfly Valves: Double Flanged, Lug and Wafer-type
611 General Purpose Steam Turbines
614 Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing and Control-Oil Systems for Special
Applications
616 Gas Turbines for Refinery Services
619 Rotary-Type Positive Displacement Compressors for General
Refinery Services
620 Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage
Tanks
650 Welded, Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alt. & Reconstruction
660 Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
661 Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
662 Plate-Type Heat Exchangers
671 Special Purpose Couplings
672 Packaged, Integrally Geared (Centrifugal Air Compressors) for
General Refinery Service
673 Special Purpose Fans
677 General-Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Service
685 Sealless Centrifugal Pumps
686 Installation of Mechanical Equipment
941 Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures and
Pressures in Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
945 Avoiding Environmental Cracking in Amine Units
2000 Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks:
Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated
2508 Design and Construction Ethane & Ethylene Installations
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Chittim or Prentiss Searles,
Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum
Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee.
752 Management of Hazards Associated with Location of Process
Plant Buildings
2001 Fire Protection in Refineries
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
2201 Procedures for Welding or Hot Tapping on Equipment in Service
2217A Guidelines for Work in Inert Confined Spaces in the
Petroleum Industry
2219 Safe Operating Guidelines for Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum
Service
2221 Manager's Guide to Implementing a Contractor Safety Program
2350 Overfill Protection for Petroleum Storage Tanks
2510A Fire Protection Considerations for the Design and Operation
of Liquified Petroleum (LPG) Storage Facilities
for further information contact: Andrew Jaques or Ken Leonard, Health
and Environmental Affairs, Safety and Fire Protection, American
Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Committee on Petroleum Measurement.
Chapter 4.2--Conventional Pipe Provers
Chapter 4.3--Small Volume Provers
Chapter 4.4--Tank Provers
Chapter 4.5--Master-Meter Provers
Chapter 4.6--Pulse Interpolation
Chapter 5.1--General Consideration for Measurement by Meters
Chapter 5.3--Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Turbine Meters
Chapter 5.4--Accessory Equipment for Liquid Meters
Chapter 10.4--Determination of Sediment and Water in Crude Oil by the
Centrifuge Method (Field Procedure)
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
Hydrocarbons 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: J.C. Beckstrom or Steve Chamberlain,
Exploration and Production Department, American Petroleum Institute,
1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
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General Committee on Exploration and Production Oil field
Equipment and Materials Standards.
1B Oil Field V-Belting
2A-WSD Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms--
Working Stress Design
2A-LRFD Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore
Platforms--Load and Resistance Factor Design
13C Drilling Fluid Processing Equipment (under development)
13I Standard Procedure for Laboratory Testing Drilling Fluids
13J Testing Heavy Brines
14F Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Offshore
Production Platforms
15LR Low Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe
15TR Fiberglass Tubing (under development)
16A Specification for Drill Through Equipment
16F Marine Drilling Riser Equipment (under development)
16R Design, Rating and Testing Marine Drilling Riser Couplings (under
development)
xxx Temperature Effects of Non-Metallics in Drill Through Equipment
(under development)
17D Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
17F Subsea Control Systems (under development)
117H ROV Interfaces with Subsea Equipment (under development)
17I Installation of Subsea Control Umbilicals (under development)
17J Specification for Flexible Pipe (under development)
Drilling and Production Practices.
27 Determining Permeability of Porous Media (to be combined with API
40)
31 Standard Format For Electromagnetic Logs
33 Standard Calibration & Format For Gamma Ray & Neutron Logs
40 Core Analysis Procedures (to be combined with API 27)
43 Evaluation of Well Perforator Systems
44 Sampling Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
45 Analysis of Oil Field 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
53 Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells
59 Well Control Operations
64 Diverter System Equipment and Operations
65 Standard Calibration of Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Logging Instruments
and Format for K-U-Th Logs
66 Exploration and Production Data Digital Interchange
D12A API Well Number & Standard State, County, Offshore Area Codes
Model Form of Offshore Operating Agreement
xx Well Servicing/Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide
(under development)
xx Rheology of Cross Linked Fracturing Fluids (under development)
2T Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms
4F Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
5A3 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
5C6 Welding Connectors to Pipe (under development)
5C7 Recommended Practice for Coiled Tubing Operations in Oil & Gas
Well Service (under development)
SD 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 (under
development)
6A Valves and Wellhead Equipment
6AV1 Verification Test of Wellhead Surface Safety Valves and
Underwater Safety Valves for Offshore Service (under development)
6D Pipeline Valves (Steel Gate, Plug, Ball and Check Valves)
7 Rotary Drill Stem Elements
7A1 Testing of Thread Compound for Rotary Shouldered Connections
7G Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits
7K Drilling Equipment
7L Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair and Remanufacture of
Drilling Equipment
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)
9B Application, Care, and Use of Wire Rope for Oil Field Services
10B Cement Testing (under development)
1IAX Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and Fittings
11E Pumping Units
11S Operating, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Electric Submersible
Pump Installations
11S3 Electric Submersible Pump Installations
11S4 Sizing and Selection of Electric Submersible Pump Installations
500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at
Petroleum Facilities
xxx Oilfield Packers (under development)
xxx Inspection and Maintenance of Production Piping (under
development)
13B-1 Standard Procedure for Field Testing Water-Based Drilling Fluids
13B-2 Standard Procedure for Field Testing Oil-Based Drilling Fluids
xx Evaluation of Cartridge Filters (E&P Operations) (under
development)
xx Cargo Handling at Offshore Facilities (under development)
xx Long Term Conductivity Testing of Proppants (under development)
ADDRESSES: Jim Greer/Chuck Liles, Exploration & Production, American
Petroleum Institute, 700 North Pearl, Suite 1840 (LB 382), Dallas, TX
75201-2845.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the following persons by
writing 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.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.
Dated: August 16, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-20739 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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