[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]


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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.

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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.


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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.

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 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]
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