[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 154 (Thursday, August 8, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 41381-41383] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-20224] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Announcement of the American Petroleum Institute's Standards Activity 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 by API committees. 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.General Committee on Pipelines Risk Management for Pipelines 500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities 1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities 1110 Pressure Testing of Liquid Petroleum Pipelines DATES: The Pipeline Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel from March 12 through March 14, 1997. Interested parties may contact Allie Chamberline via fax at (202) 682-8222 for more information regarding attending this meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Read, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. General Committee on Marketing Recommended Practice on Bulk Oil Handling 1529 Aviation Fueling Hose 1542 Airport Equipment Marking for Fuel Identification 1581 Specifications and Qualifications Procedure for Aviation Jet Fuel/Separators DATES: The 1996 Operations & Engineering Marketing Symposium will be held in Orlando, Florida at the Omni Rosen Hotel on October 6 and 7, 1996. Interested parties may contact Karen Halligan via fax at (202) 682-8222 for more information regarding attending this meeting. [[Page 41382]] 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 421 Management of Water Discharges: Design and Operation of Oil-Water Separators 500 Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities 505 Recommended Practice for the Application of IEC 79-10 to the Classification of Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code 536 Post Combustion NOx Control for Fired Heaters 540 Electrical Installations in Petroleum Processing Plants 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 589 Fire Test for Evaluation of Valve Stem Packing 591 User Acceptance of Refinery Valves 594 Water and Wafer-Lug Check Valves 598 Valve Inspection and Testing 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 Purpose Applications 616 Gas Turbines for Refinery Services 620 Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks 650 Welded, Steel Tanks for Oil Storage 651 Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks 652 Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms 653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alt. & Reconstruction 660 Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers 661 Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers 671 Special Purpose Couplings for Refinery Service 673 Positive Displacement Pumps-Reciprocating 677 General Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Service 685 Sealless Centrifugal Pumps 751 Safe Operation of Hydrofluoric Acid Alkylation Units 2000 Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks: Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated DATES: The Tank Standards Forum will be held in Houston, Texas at the Houston Airport Marriott from September 16 through September 20, 1996. Interested parties may contact Karen Halligan via fax at (202) 682-8222 for more information regarding attending this meeting. The Fall Refining Meeting will be held in Houston, Texas at the Westin Galleria & Oaks from October 21 through October 23, 1996. Interested parties may contact Jody Hayden via fax at (202) 682-8051 for more information regarding attending this meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Read, Prentiss Searles or David Soffrin, 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. Dates: Interested parties may contact the person listed below. 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 2003 Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents 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 Above0ground 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 DATES: Interested parties may contact, in writing, the persons listed below. 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--Hybrid Tank Gauging 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 12.2--(Parts 3-5)--Calculation of Petroleum Quantities Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors 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 19.X--Air Concentration Test for Internal and External Floating Roof Rim Seals MPMS Chapter 19.X--Weight Loss Test for Internal Floating Roof Rim Seals MPMS Chapter 19.X--Weight Loss Test for Internal Floating Roof Deck Seams MPMS Chapter 19.X--Weight Loss Test for Internal Floating Roof Fittings MPMS Chapter 19.X--Evaporative Loss Factor for Storage Tanks-- Certification Program MPMS Chapter 19.X--Certified Loss Factor Testing--Laboratory Registration MPMS Chapter 21.2--Liquid Flow Measurements Using Electronic Metering Systems DATES: Interested parties may contact, in writing, the persons listed below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.C. Beckstrom or Steve Chamberlian, Exploration & Production Department, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20005. [[Page 41383]] General Committee on Exploration and Production--Oil Field Equipment and Materials Standards 2A-WSD Offshore Structure Design (WSD) 2A-LRFD Offshore Structure Design (LFRD) 2X Ultrasonic Examination of Welds 2B Fabricated Steel Pipe 2I Inspection of Mooring Hardware 2M Steel Anchor Design 4F Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures 5A3 Thread Compounds 5C6 Welding Connectors to Pipe (under development) 5CLP Coiled Line Pipe (Under Development) 5L9 Unprimed External Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coating of Line Pipe under development) 5TR1 Imperfection Terminology 6A Valves and Wellhead Equipment 6D Pipeline Valves (Steel Gate, Plug, Ball and Check Valves) 7 Specification for Rotary Drill Stem Elements 7A1 Testing of Thread Compound for Rotary Shouldered Connections 7G Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits 7K 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) 9A Specification for Wire Rope 10D Casing Centralizers 11AR Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps 11B Sucker rods 11BR Care and Handling of Sucker Rods 11IW Independent Wellhead Equipment (under development) 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 Classificaton of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities xxx Inspection and Maintenance of Production Piping (under development) 13A Specification for Drilling Fluid Materials 14F Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Offshore Production Platforms 15LR Low Pressure Fiberglass Pipe 15TR Fiberglass Tubing (under development) 16D Specification for Control Systems for Drilling Control Equipment 17A Subsea Production Systems 17F Subsea Control systems (under development) 17H ROV Interfaces with Subsea Equipment (under development) 17I Subsea Umbilicals 17J Specification for Flexible Pipe (under development) MF 4C1 Model Form--Drilling Contract MF 4C2 Model Form--Bid Sheet MF 4S1 Model Form--Master Well Servicing MF 5005 Model Form--Offshore Operating --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 Reservoir Fluids 45 Analysis of Oil field 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) DATES: The 1997 Winter Standardization Conference on Oilfield Equipment and Materials will be held January 13-17, 1997, at the Westin Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Interested parties may contact Arnetta Smith via fax at (202)682-8426 for more information regarding attending this meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Miller/Tim Sampson, Exploration & Production Department, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272 Dated August 1, 1996. Samuel Kramer, Associate Director. [FR Doc. 96-20224 Filed 8-7-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-13-M