[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7856-7858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2889]


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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

    For Further Information Contact: Andrea Johnson, Standards 
Department, e-mail: [email protected].

Committee on Marketing

RP 1550, 1st Edition: Recommended Practice for the Application of 
Aviation Fuel Filtration Systems
RP 1598, 1st Edition: Guidelines for the Selection of Electronic 
Sensors for Monitoring Aviation Fuel Quality

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Spec 1599, 1st Edition: Specifications and Laboratory Tests for 
Aviation Fuel Filter Monitors Without Absorbent Type Elements
RP 1615, 6th Edition: Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage 
Systems

    For Further Information Contact: David Soffrin, Standards 
Department, e-mail: [email protected].

Committee on Refining

Inspection
581, 2nd Edition: Base Resource Document--Risk Based Inspection
Above Ground Storage Tanks
650, 11th Edition: Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
Electrical Equipment
500, 4th Edition: Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations 
for Electrical Installations at Petroleum Facilities as Classified as 
Class I, Division 1 and Division 2
505, 3rd 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
611, 6th Edition: General-purpose Steam Turbines for Petroleum, 
Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
618, 6th Edition: Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical and 
Gas Industry Services
671, 5th Edition: Special Purpose Couplings for Petroleum, Chemical, 
and Gas Industry Services
674, 4th Edition: Positive Displacement Pumps--Reciprocating
689, (National Adoption of 14224) 1st Edition: Petroleum, petrochemical 
and natural gas industries--Collection and exchange of reliability and 
maintenance data for equipment
Heat Transfer Equipment
534, 3rd Edition: Heat Recovery Steam Generators
536, 3rd Edition: Post Combustion NOX Control for Equipment 
in General Refinery Services
546, 3rd Edition: Brushless Synchronous Machines--500kVA and Larger
560, 4th Edition: Fired Heaters for General Refinery Services
Piping & Valves
599, 6th Edition: Metal Plug Valves--Flanged and Welding Ends
Pressure Relieving Systems
520 Part 1, 8th Edition: Sizing, Selection and Installation of 
Pressure-relieving Devices in Refineries, Part 1--Sizing and Selection
526, 6th Edition: Flanged Steel Pressure Relief Valves
Instrument & Control Systems
552, 2nd Edition: Transmission Systems
554, 3rd Edition: Process Instrumentation and Control
556, 2nd Edition: Fired Heaters & Steam Generators
Corrosion & Materials
RP 934-A, 2nd Edition: Fabrication Requirements for 2-1/4/3Cr Alloy 
Steel Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels for High Temperature, High Pressure 
Hydrogen Service
938-B, 1st Edition: Title to be Determined
RP 941, 7th Edition: Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated 
Temperatures and Pressures in Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical 
Plants
Fitness-for-Service
579, 3rd Edition: Fitness-for-Service

    For Further Information Contact: David Soffrin, Standards 
Department, e-mail: [email protected].
    Meetings/Conferences: The Spring Refining Meeting will be held in 
Seattle, Washington, April 16-18, 2007. The Fall Refining Meeting will 
be held in San Antonio, TX, November 12-14, 2007. Interested parties 
may visit the API Web site at http://www.api.org/meetings/ for more 
information regarding participation in these meetings.

Committee on Safety and Fire Protection

2003, 7th Edition: Protection Against Ignitions Arising Out of Static, 
Lightning, and Stray Currents
2027, 4th Edition: Ignition Hazards Involved in Abrasive Blasting of 
Atmospheric Storage Tanks in Hydrocarbon Service
2028, 4th Edition: Flame Arresters in Piping Systems
2207, 6th Edition: Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work
2210, 4th Edition: Flame Arresters for Vents of Tanks Storing Petroleum 
Products
2218, 3rd Edition: Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and 
Petrochemical Processing Plants
2250, 4th Edition: Overfill Protection for Storage Tanks in Petroleum 
Facilities
752, 3rd Edition: Management of Hazards Associated with Location of 
Process Plant Buildings
753, 1st Edition: Management of Hazards Associated with Location of 
Process Plant Portable Buildings

    For Further Information Contact: David Soffrin, Standards 
Department, e-mail: [email protected].

Committee on Petroleum Measurement

Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards

Liquid Measurement
Chapter 4.5, 3rd Edition: Master-meter Provers
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 6.4, 2nd Edition: Metering Systems for Aviation Fueling 
Facilities
Chapter 12 A, 1st Edition: Addendum to Calculation of Petroleum 
Quantities
Measurement Quality
Chapter 10.2, 2nd Edition: Determination of Water in Crude Oil by 
Distillation
Chapter 10.3, 3rd Edition: Determination of Water and Sediment in Crude 
Oil by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure)
Chapter 11.1 A, 1st Edition: Addendum to Temperature and Pressure 
Volume Correction Factors for Generalized Crude Oils, Refined Products, 
and Lubricating Oils
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
Chapter 11.5.1, 1st Edition: Density/Weight/Volume Intraconversion 
Tables, Entry with API Gravity at 60 [deg]F
Chapter 11.5.2, 1st Edition: Density/Weight/Volume Intraconversion 
Tables, Entry with Relative Density at 60 [deg]F
Chapter 11.5.3, 1st Edition: Density/Weight/Volume Intraconversion 
Tables, Entry with Absolute Density at 15 [deg]F
Gas Fluids Measurement
Draft Standard, 1st Edition: Vortex Shedding Flowmeters for Custody 
Transfer--Joint with Liquid Measurement
Chapter 14.10, 1st Edition: Flare Gas Meter
Evaporative Loss Estimation
Publication 2514A, 4th Edition: Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Emissions from 
Marine Vessel Transfer Operations

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TR 2XXX, 1st Edition: Evaporative Loss from Cleaning of Storage Tanks

    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 19-23, 2007. The Fall 
Committee on Petroleum Measurement meeting will be held in Atlanta, 
Georgia, October 22-25, 2007. Interested parties may visit the API Web 
site at http://www.api.org/meetings/ for more information regarding 
participation in these meetings.

Committee on Exploration and Production

RP 65-2, 1st Edition: Isolating Potential Flow Zones During Well 
Construction
Production Equipment
Spec 6A-A1, 19th Edition: Addendum to Specification for Wellhead and 
Christmas Tree Equipment
Spec 6DSS, 1st Edition: Specification for Subsea Pipeline Valves
Oil Country Tubular Goods
Spec 5B, 16th Edition: Treading, Gauging, and Thread Inspection of 
Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe Threads
Bull 5C3, (National Adoption of TR 10400) 7th Edition: Formulas and 
Calculations for Casing, Tubing, Drill Pipe, and Line Pipe Properties
Spec 5CRA, 1st Edition: Petroleum and natural gas industries--
Corrosion-resistant alloy seamless tubes for use as casing, tubing and 
coupling stock--Technical delivery conditions
Spec 5D, (National Adoption of 11961) 6th Edition: Drill Pipe
Spec 5L, 43rd Edition: Line Pipe
Spec 5LD, 3rd Edition: CRA Clad or Lined Steel Pipe
Spec 7-1A (National Adoption of 10424-1), 1st Edition: Addendum 1--
Rotary Drill Stem Elements
Spec 7-2, (National Adoption of 10424-2) 1st Edition: Petroleum and 
natural gas industries--Rotary drilling equipment--Part 2: Threading 
and gauging of rotary shouldered threaded connections
Spec 15LE, 4th Edition: Polyethylene (PE) Line Pipe
RP 15XXX, 1st Edition: Recommended Practice on Composite Lined Steel 
Tubular Goods
Offshore Structures, Drill Through Equipment, and Subsea Production 
Equipment
RP 2A-WSD E/A3, 21st Edition: Errata/Supplement 3 to Planning, 
Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms--Working Stress 
Design
RP 2D, 6th Edition: Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Cranes
RP 2FPS, (National Adoption of 19904-1) 2nd Edition: Recommended 
Practice for Planning, Designing, and Constructing Floating Production 
Systems
RP 2I, 3rd Edition: In-Service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for 
Floating Drilling Units Bull 2IDC, 1st Edition: Interim Design Criteria 
for Offshore Structures
RP 2L, 5th Edition: Planning, Designing and Constructing Heliports for 
Fixed Offshore Platforms
Draft RP 2MET, 1st Edition: Metocean Conditions for the Gulf of Mexico
RP 2SK-A1, 3rd Edition: Addendum 1 to Design and Analysis of 
Stationkeeping Systems for Floating Structures
RP 2T, 3rd Edition: Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg 
Platforms
Bull 2TD, 2nd Edition: Guidelines for Tie-downs on Offshore Production 
Facilities for Hurricane Season
RP 2X-A, 4th Edition: Addendum to Recommended Practice for Ultrasonic 
and Magnetic Examination of Offshore Structural Fabrication and 
Guidelines for Qualification of Technicians
RP 17A-A (National Adoption of 13628-1), 4th Edition: Addendum to 
Design and Operation of Subsea Production Systems--Petroleum and 
natural gas industries--Design and operation of Subsea production 
systems--Part 1: General requirements and recommendations
Spec 17J, 3rd Edition: Unbonded Flexible Pipe
Drilling Operations and Equipment
Spec 4F, (National Adoption of 13626) 4th Edition: Drilling and 
production equipment--Drilling and well-servicing structures
RP 16ST, 1st Edition: Recommended Practice for Coiled Tubing Well 
Control Equipment Systems and Operations
Spec 19XXX, 1st Edition (National Adoption of 13503-2): Petroleum and 
natural gas industries--Completion fluids and materials--Part 2: 
Measurement of properties of proppants used in hydraulic fracturing and 
gravel-packing operations
Quality
Spec Q1, 8th Edition: Specification for Quality Programs for the 
Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry
Supply Chain Management
Spec 20A, 1st Edition: Forgings

    For Further Information Contact: Andy Radford, Standards 
Department, e-mail: [email protected].
    Meetings/Conferences: The 2007 Summer Standardization Conference on 
Oilfield Equipment & Materials will take place in San Francisco, 
California, June 25-29, 2007. Interested parties may visit the API Web 
site at http://www.api.org/meetings for more information regarding 
participation in this meeting.

Executive Committee on Drilling and Production Operations

RP 14G, 4th Edition: Fire Prevention and Control on OpenType Offshore 
Production Platforms
RP 67, 2nd Edition: Oilfield Explosive Safety
RP 91, 1st Edition: Containment of Spent Blast Abrasive and Associated 
Materials from Surface Preparation and Coating Operations

    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: February 13, 2007.
James E. Hill,
Acting Deputy Director.
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