[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12679-12682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3519]


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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 (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.

ADDRESSES: American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005; telephone (202) 682-8000, http://www.api.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All contact individuals listed in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice may be reached at the 
American Petroleum Institute.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The American Petroleum Institute develops and publishes voluntary 
standards for equipment, materials, operations, and processes for the 
petroleum and natural gas industry. These standards are used by both 
private industry and by governmental agencies. All interested persons 
should contact the appropriate source as listed for further 
information.

Pipeline Committee

    1165, 1st Edition: SCADA Display Standard.
    1110, 5th Edition: Pressure Testing of Liquid Petroleum Pipelines.
    1113, 4th Edition: Developing a Pipeline Supervisory Control 
Center.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Johnson, Standards Department, 
e-mail: [email protected].

Committee on Marketing

    1631, 6th Edition: Interior Lining and Periodic Inspection of 
Underground Storage Tanks.
    1637, 3rd Edition: Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark 
Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification at Service Stations 
and Distribution Terminals.
    1646, 1st Edition: Safety Practices for Service Station 
Contractors.
    16xx, 1st Edition: Recommended Practice for Tank Truck Handling of 
ULSD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Soffrin, Standards Department, 
e-mail: [email protected].

Committee on Refining

Inspection

    510, 9th Edition: Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance 
Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration.

Pressure Vessel and Tanks

    650, 11th Edition: Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage.
    653, 4th Edition: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and 
Reconstruction.

Electrical Equipment

    500, 3rd Edition: Recommended Practice for Classification of 
Locations

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for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities as Classified as 
Class I, Division 1 and Division 2.
    505, 2nd Edition: Recommended Practice for Classification of 
Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities 
Classified as Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2.

Mechanical Equipment

    618, 5th Edition: Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical 
and Gas Industry Services.
    674, 3rd Edition: Positive Displacement Pumps--Reciprocating.
    677, 3rd Edition: General-purpose Gear Units for Petroleum, 
Chemical and Gas Industry Services.

Heat Transfer Equipment

    535, 2nd Edition: Burners for Fired Heaters in General Refinery 
Services.
    537, 2nd Edition: Flare details for General Refinery and 
Petrochemical Service.

Piping & Valves

    622, 1st Edition: Type Testing of Process Valve Packing for 
Fugitive Emissions.

Pressure Relieving Systems

    521, 5th Edition: Guide for Pressure-relieving and Depressuring 
Systems.

Instrument & Control Systems

    554, 2nd Edition: Process Instrumentation and Control.
    557, 2nd Edition: Guide to Advanced Control Systems.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: David Soffrin, Standards Department, e-
mail: [email protected].
    Meetings/Conferences: The Spring Refining Meeting will be held in 
Dallas, Texas, May 1-3, 2006. The Fall Refining Meeting will be held in 
San Francisco, California, October 30-November 1, 2006. Interested 
parties may visit the API Web site at http://www.api.org/events for 
more information regarding participation in these meetings.

Committee on Safety and Fire Protection

    2203, 7th Edition: Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of 
Static, Lightning, and Stray Currents 2026, 3rd Edition: Safe Access/
Egress Involving Floating Roofs of Storage Tanks in Petroleum Service.
    2207, 6th Edition: Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work.
    2510A, 3rd Edition: Fire Protection Considerations for the Design 
and Operation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Storage Facilities.
    2021, 5th Edition: Management of Atmospheric Storage Tank Fires.

Potential Safety and Fire Protection Reaffirmations

    2023, 3rd Edition: Guide for Safe Storage and Handling of Heated 
Petroleum-Derived Asphalt Products and Crude-Oil Residua.
    2210, 4th Edition: Flame Arresters for Vents of Tanks Storing 
Petroleum Products.
    2218, 3rd Edition: Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and 
Petrochemical Processing Plants.
    2015, 7th Edition: Requirements for Safe Entry and Cleaning of 
Petroleum Storage Tanks.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact: David 
Soffrin, Standards Department, e-mail: [email protected].

Committee on Petroleum Measurement

Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards

Liquid Measurement
Chapter 2.2E (ISO 12917-1:2000), 2nd Edition: Calibration of Horizontal 
Cylindrical Tanks--Part 1: Manual Methods
Chapter 2.2F (ISO 12917-2:2000), 2nd Edition: Calibration of Horizontal 
Cylindrical Tanks--Part 2: Internal Electro-Optical Distance-Ranging 
Method
Chapter 4.5, 3rd Edition: Master-meter Provers
Chapter 4.7, 3rd Edition: Field-Standard Test Measures
Chapter 4.8, 2nd Edition: Operation of Proving Systems
Chapter 4.9.4, 1st Edition: Determination of the Volume of Displacement 
and Tank Provers by the Gravimetric Method of Calibration
Chapter 5.1, 4th Edition: General Consideration for Measurement by 
Meters
Chapter 6.1, 3rd Edition: Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) 
Systems
Chapter 6.4, 2nd Edition: Metering Systems for Aviation Fueling 
Facilities

Measurement Quality

Chapter 10.7/D4377, 3rd Edition: Standard Test method for Water in 
Crude Oils by Potentiometric Karl Fischer Titration
Chapter 11.2.4/GPA TP-27, 1st Edition: Temperature Correction for NGL & 
LPG--Tables 23E, 24E, 53E, 54E, 59E, 60E
Chapter 11.2.5/GPA TP-15, 1st Edition: A Simplified Vapor Pressure 
Correlation for Commercial NGLs

Gas Fluids Measurement

Chapter 5.9, 1st Edition: Vortex Shedding Flowmeters for Custody 
Transfer--Joint with Liquid Measurement
Chapter 14.1, 6th Edition: Collecting and Handling of Natural Gas 
Samples for Custody Transfer
Chapter 14.10, 1st Edition: Flare Gas Meter

Measurement Accountability

Chapter 17.10, 1st Edition: Measurement of Refrigerated and Pressurized 
Cargo on Marine Tank Vessels

Spanish Translations of Measurement Accountability Standards

Chapter 17.2 Measurement of Cargoes on Board Tank Vessels

Evaporative Loss Estimation

Publication 2514A, 3rd Edition: Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Emissions from 
Marine Vessel Transfer Operations

Potential Reaffirmations of Committee on Petroleum Measurement 
Standards

Gas Fluids Measurement
Chapter 14.3.2/AGA Report No. 3/GPA 8185-00 Part 2, 4th Edition: 
Specification and Installation Requirement--Concentric--Square-edged 
Orifice Meters
Chapter 14.3.4/GPA 8173-91, 3rd Edition: Background, Development, 
Implementation Procedures and Subroutine Documentation--need errata in 
relation to the updated 14.3.1
Chapter 14.2/AGA Report NO. 8/GPA 8185-90, 2nd Edition: Compressibility 
Factors of Natural Gas and Other Related Hydrocarbon Gases
Chapter 14.4/GPA 8173-91, 1st Edition: Converting Mass of Natural Gas 
Liquids and Vapors to Equivalent Liquid Volumes
Chapter 14.6, 2nd Edition: Continuous Density Measurement
Chapter 14.7/GPA 8182-95, 2nd Edition: Mass Measurement of Natural Gas 
Liquids
Chapter 14.8, 2nd Edition: Liquefied Petroleum Gas Measurement--with 
errata
Liquid Measurement
Standard 2552, 1st Edition: Measurement and Calibration of Spheres and 
Spheroids
Chapter 3.2, 1st Edition: Tank Gauging--Gauging Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products in Tank Cars
Chapter 3.4, 1st Edition: Standard Practice for Level Measurement of

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Liquid Hydrocarbons on Marine Vessels by Automatic Tank Gauging
Chapter 12.3, 1st Edition: Calculation of Volumetric Shrinkage from 
Blending Light Hydrocarbons with Crude Oil
Chapter 13.1, 1st Edition: Statistical Concepts and Procedures in 
Measurement
Chapter 13.2, 1st Edition: Statistical Methods of Evaluating Meter 
Proving Data
Chapter 21.2A--Addendum 1 to Flow Measurement--Electronic Liquid 
Measurement--will be incorporated into 21.1 when that standard is 
revised

Measurement Quality

Chapter 8.1, 3rd Edition: Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum 
Products

Evaporative Loss Estimation

Chapter 19.1A: Evaporation loss from Low-pressure Tanks (Previously 
Bulletin 2516)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Johnson, Standards Department, 
e-mail: [email protected].
    Meetings/Conferences: The Spring Committee on Petroleum Measurement 
meeting will be held in Dallas, Texas, March 20-24, 2006. The Fall 
Committee on Petroleum Measurement meeting will be held in Denver, 
Colorado, October 9-12, 2006. Interested parties may visit the API Web 
site at http://www.api.org/events for more information regarding 
participation in these meetings.

Committee on Exploration and Production

Production Equipment

    RP 6DR, 1st Edition: Repair and Remanufacture of Pipeline Valves.
    Spec 6DSS, 1st Edition (National Adoption of ISO 14723): Subsea 
Pipeline Valves. SC6 Technical Report Metallic material limits for 
wellhead equipment used in high temperature applications for API 6A and 
17D applications.
    Spec 14H, 5th Edition: Installation Maintenance and Repair of 
Surface Safety Valves and Underwater Safety Valves Offshore, 5th Ed.

Oil Country Tubular Goods

    RP 5C8 1st Edition: Inspection, Care, and Maintenance of Coiled 
Tubular Product.
    5LCP 2nd Edition: Specification on Coiled Line Pipe.

7-1 1st Edition (National Adoption of 10424-1): Rotary drilling 
equipment--Part 1: Rotary drill stem elements (spec 7)
7NRV 1st Edition Spec on Non-return Valves
RP 15S, 1st Edition: Qualification of Spoolable Reinforced Plastic Line 
Pipe

Offshore Structures, Drill Through Equipment, and Subsea Production 
Equipment

2FB, 1st Edition: Design of Offshore Facilities against Fire and Blast 
Loading
2H, 9th Edition: Spec 2H, Carbon Manganese Steel Plate for Offshore 
Platform Tubular Joints
2SK, Addendum/Bulletin on MODU Mooring Design
2T, 3rd Edition: Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg 
Platforms
    2W, 5th Edition: Steel Plates for Offshore Structures, Produced by 
Thermo-Mechanical Control Processing (TMCP).
    2Y, 5th Edition: Steel Plates, Quenched-and-Tempered, for Offshore 
Structures.
    RP 17A (National Adoption of ISO 13628-1), 4th Edition: Design and 
Operation of Subsea Production Systems.
    Spec 17F (National Adoption of ISO 13628-6), 2nd Edition: Subsea 
Production Control Systems (ISO FDIS expected by Jan 2006).
    RP 17G (National Adoption of ISO 13628-7), 2nd Edition: Design & 
Operation of Completion/Workover Riser Systems (API ballot closes Jan 
'06).

Drilling Operations and Equipment

    4F, 3rd Edition (National Adoption of 13626): Drilling and 
production equipment--Drilling and well-servicing structures.
    Spec 11AX: Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and Fittings.
    May be a new edition or just an addendum.
    13D, 5th Edition: Recommended Practice on Drilling Fluids 
Processing Systems Evaluation.
    13N 1st Edition (National Adoption of 13504-4): Procedures for 
measuring gravelpack leakoff under static conditions.
    16C, 2nd Edition: Choke and Kill Systems.
    19B, 2nd Edition: Evaluation of Well Perforators.

Potential Reaffirmations of Committee on Exploration & Production 
Standards

    Spec 2MT1, As-Rolled Carbon Manganese Steel Plate With Improved 
Toughness for Offshore Structures, Second Edition, September 2001.
    RP 2N, Planning, Designing, and Constructing Structures and 
Pipelines for Arctic Conditions, Second Edition, December 1995, 
Reaffirmed: January 2001.
    Bull 2S, Design of Windlass Wildcats for Floating Offshore 
Structures, Second Edition, November 1995, Reaffirmed: January 2001.
    RP 2SM, Recommended Practice for Design, Manufacture, Installation, 
and maintenance of Synthetic Fiber Ropes for Offshore Mooring, First 
Edition, March 2001.
    Spec 5D, Specification for Drill Pipe, 5th edition, October 2001.
    TR 6AF1, Temperature Derating of API Flanges Under Combination of 
Load, 2nd edition, Nov. 1998.
    TR 6AF2, Capabilities of API Integral Flanges Under Combination of 
Load, 2nd edition, Apr. 1999.
    Spec 6H, End Closures, Connectors, and Swivels, 2nd edition, May 
1998.
    TR (Bull) 6J, Testing of Oilfield Elastomers (A Tutorial), 2nd 
edition, Reaffirmed Jan. 2000.
    TR 6J1, Elastomer Life Estimation Testing Procedures, 1st edition, 
Aug. 2000.
    TR 6F1, Performance of API and ANSI End Connectors in a Fire Test 
According to API. Specification 6FA, 3rd edition, Apr. 1999.
    TR 6F2, Fire Resistance Improvements for API Flanges, 3rd edition, 
Apr. 1999.
    Spec 6FA, Fire Test for Valves, 3rd edition, Apr. 1999.
    Spec 6FB, Fire Test for End Connectors, 3rd edition, May 1998.
    Spec 6FC, Fire Test for Valves with Automatic Backseats, 3rd 
edition, Apr. 1999.
    RP 13K, Chemical Analysis of Barite, 2nd Edition, February 1996, 
Reaffirmed November 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Radford, Standards Department, e-
mail: [email protected].
    Meetings/Conferences: The 2006 Summer Standardization Conference on 
Oilfield Equipment & Materials will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, 
June 12-16, 2006. Interested parties may visit the API Web site at 
http://www.api.org/events for more information regarding participation 
in this meeting.

Executive Committee on Drilling and Production Operations

    RP 65--Part 2, 1st Edition: Isolating Potential Flow Zones in Well 
Drilling and Cementing Operations.
    RP 67, 2nd Edition: Oilfield Explosive Safety.
    RP 90, 1st Edition: Annular Casing Pressure Management for Offshore 
Wells.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Sampson, Upstream Department, e-
mail: [email protected].
    For additional information on the overall API standards program, 
contact: David Miller, Standards Department, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 3, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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