[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4255-4257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2339]
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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
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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
1110 Pressure Testing of Liquid Petroleum Pipelines
1117 Lowering In-Service Pipelines
1123 Development of Public Education Programs by Hazardous Liquid
Pipeline Operators
1129 Pipeline Integrity Standard
For Further Information Contact
Douglas Read, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American
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
1509 Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System
1529 Aviation Fueling Hose
1542 Airport Equipment Marking for Fuel Identification
1581 Specifications and Qualifications Procedures for Aviation Jet
Fuel/Separators
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
530 Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
536 Post Combustion NOX Control for Fired Heaters
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
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
671 Special Purpose Couplings
673 Special Purpose Fans
685 Sealless Centrifugal Pumps
938 Inspection and Testing Monolithic Refractory Linings and Materials
941 Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures
in Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
945 Avoiding Environmental Cracking in Amine Units
1200 Federally Mandated Training and Information
2000 Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks:
Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated
For further Information Contact
Douglas Read or Prentiss Searles, Manufacturing, Distribution, and
Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW., Washington,
DC 20005
General Committee on Marine Transportation
1139 Training Guidelines for Tank Ship Personnel
1140 Guidelines for Developing Bridge Management Teams
For Further Information Contact
Douglas Read, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American
Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20005
Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee
2021 Fire Fighting in and around Flammable and Combustible Liquid
Atmospheric Storage Tanks
2023 Guide for Safe Storage and Handling of Heated Petroleum Derived
Asphalt Products and Crude Oil Residue
2202 Dismantling and Disposing of Steel From Above-Ground Leaded
Gasoline Storage Tanks
2207 Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work
2218 Fire Proofing in Refineries
2219 Safe Operating Guidelines for Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum Service
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
MPMS Chapter 4.2--Conventional Pipe Provers
MPMS Chapter 4.3--Small Volume Provers
MPMS Chapter 4.4--Tank Provers
MPMS Chapter 4.5--Master-Meter Provers
MPMS Chapter 4.6--Pulse Interpolation
MPMS Chapter 3.X--Guidelines for Level Measurement of LPG
MPMS Chapter 5.1--General Consideration for Measurement by Meters
MPMS Chapter 5.3--Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Turbine Meters
MPMS Chapter 5.4--Accessory Equipment for Liquid Meters
MPMS Chapter 10.4--Determination of Sediment and Water in Crude Oil by
the Centrifuge Method (Field Procedure)
MPMS Chapter 12.2 (Parts 3-5)--Calculation of Petroleum Quantities
Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors
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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 17.X--Marine Vessel Preloading Tank Inspection Guidelines
MPMS Chapter 17.2--Measurement of Cargoes on Board Tank Vessels
MPMS Chapter 21.2--Liquid Flow Measurements Using Electronic Metering
Systems
For Further Information Contact
J.C. Beckstrom or Steve Chamberlain, Exploration & Production
Department, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20005
General Committee on Exploration and Production
Central Committee on Training and Development
T-1 Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore for the First
Time
T-2 Training of Offshore Personnel in nonoperating Emergencies
T-7 Training of Personnel in Rescue of Persons in Water
10F Performance Testing of Cementing Float Equipment
Oilfield Equipment and Materials Standards
1B Oil Field V-Belting
2T Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms
4F Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
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)
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 (under
development)
6A Valves and Wellhead Equipment
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
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)
11AR Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps
11B Sucker Rods
11BR Care and Handling of Sucker Rods
11IW Independent Wellhead Equipment (underdevelopment)
11E Pumping Units
11S3 Electric Submersible Pump Installations
11S4 Sizing and Selection of Electric Submersible Pump Installations
11S9 Rating and Testing Electrical Submersible Pump Motors (under
development)
11V1 Gas Lift Valves, Orifices, Reverse Flow Valves and Dummy Valves
11V2 Gas lift Performance
11V5 Operation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting of Gas Lift
Installations
500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at
Petroleum Facilities
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
13C Drilling Fluid Processing Equipment (under development)
13I Standard Procedure for Laboratory Testing Drilling Fluids
14F Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Offshore
Production Platforms
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)
17F Subsea Control Systems (under development)
17H ROV Interface with Subsea Equipment (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 Oilfield Waters
49 Drilling & Drill Stem Testing of Wells Containing Hydrogen Sulfide
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
xx Well Servicing/Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide
(under development)
xx Rheology of Cross Linked Fracturing Fluids (under development)
xx Cargo Handling at Offshore Facilities (under development)
xx Long Term Conductivity Testing of Proppants (under development)
For Further Information Contact
David Miller/Tim Sampson, Exploration & Production Department, American
Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.
Dated: January 30, 1996.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director .
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