[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5906-5908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2329]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket Number 950106007-5007-01]
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 comments 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. 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 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 standardization
efforts are being conducted:
General Committee on Pipelines
1129 Pipeline Integrity Standards
1130 Computational Pipeline Monitoring
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
M.H. Matheson, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American
Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
General Committee on Marketing
Pollution Prevention Wholesale
Pollution Prevention Retail
1500 Storage and Handling of Aviation Fuels at Airports
1529 Aviation Fueling Hose
1581 Specifications and Qualifications Procedures for Aviation Jet
Fuel/Sparators
1584 Four-inch Aviation Hydrant System
1604 Removal & Disposal of Used Underground Storage Tanks
1615 Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks
1628 A guide to the Assessment and Remediation of Underground Petroleum
Releases
1632 Cathodic Protection of Underground Storage Tanks and Piping
Systems
1637 Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles
for Product Identification at Service Stations and Distribution
Terminals
FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: Gary Carroll, 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
521 Guide For Pressure-Relieving & Depressurizing Systems
526 Flanged Steel Safety Relief Valves
530 Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
541 Form-Wound Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors--250 HP and Larger
553 Control Valve Applications
554 Process Instrumentation and Control
556 Fired Heaters and Steam Generators
571 Conditions Causing Deterioration or Failure
575 Inspection of Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks
577 Weld Inspection
591 User Acceptance of Refinery Valves
594 Water and Wafer-Lug Check Valves
600 Steel Gate Valves--Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
608 Metal Ball Valves--Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
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
631 Measurement of Noise From Air Cooled Heat Exchange
650 Welded, Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
653 Tank Inspection, Repair, Alt. & Reconstruction
662 Plate-Type Heat Exchangers
672 Packaged, Integrally Geared Centrifugal Air Compressors for General
Refinery Service
673 Special Purpose Fans
674 Positive Displacement Pumps--Reciprocating
677 General Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Service
685 Sealless Centrifugal Pumps
686 Installation of Mechanical Equipment
2508 Design and Construction Ethane & Ethylene Installations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Chittim, Manufacturing,
Distribution, and Marketing, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee
752 Management of Hazards Associated with Locations of Process Plant
Buildings
2001 Fire Protection in Refineries
2009 Safe Welding and Cutting Practices in Refineries, Gasoline
Plants, and Petrochemical Plants
2220A (tent.) Manager's Guide to Implementing a Contractor Safety
Program.
2023 Guide for Safe Storage and Handling of Heated Petroleum Derived
Asphalt Products and Crude Oil Residue
2026 Safe Descent onto Floating Roofs of Tanks in Petroleum Service
2027 Ignition Hazards Involved in Abrasive Blasting of Atmospheric
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2030 Guidelines for Application of Water Spray Systems for Fire
Protection in Petroleum Industry
2217A Guidelines for Work in Inert Confined Spaces in the Petroleum
Industry
2219 Safety Operating Guidelines for Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum
Service
2350 Overfill Protection for Petroleum Storage Tanks
2510A Fire Protection Considerations for the Design and Operation of
Liquefied Petroleum (LPG) Storage Facilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Jaques/Ken Leonard, Health and
Environmental Affairs, Safety and Fire Protection, American Petroleum
Institute, 1220 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005.
Committee on Petroleum Measurement
Chapter 4.2--Conventioal Pipe Provers
Chapter 4.3--Small Volume Provers
Chapter 4.4--Tank Provers
Chapter 4.5--Master-Meter Provers
Chapter 4.6--Pulse Interpolation
Chapter 5.1--General Consideration for Measurement by Meters
Chapter 5.3--Measurement of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Turbine Meters
Chapter 5.4--Accessory Equipment for Liquid Meters
Chapter 10.4--Determination of Sediment and Water in Crude Oil by the
Centrifuge Method (Field Procedure)
MPMS Chapter 12.2 (Parts 1-5)--Calculation of Petroleum Quantities
Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors
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 21.2--Liquid Flow Measurements Using Electronic Metering
Systems
MPMS Chapter 19.2--Evaporation Loss From Internal and External Floating
Roof Storage Tanks
Testing Protocol for Roof Seals and Fittings--Internal and External
Floating Roof Tanks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.C. Beckstrom/Steve Chamberlain,
Exploration & Production Department, American Petroleum Institute, 1220
L Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
General Committee on Exploration and Production Oilfield Equipment and
Material standards
1B Oil Field V-Belting
2A Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms
2T Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms
4F Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
5A2 Thread Compounds for Casing, Tubing, and Line Pipe
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)
5CT Casing and Tubing (U.S. Customary Units)
5CT Casing and Tubing (Metric Units)
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)
5T1 Imperfection Terminology
6A Valves and Wellhead Equipment
6A1 Ring Groove Measurement (under development)
6AV1 Verification Test of Wellhead Surface Safety Valves and
Underwater Safety Valves for Offshore Service (under development)
6D Pipeline Valves (Steel Gate, Plug, Ball and Check Valves)
7 Rotary Drilling Equipment
7A1 Testing of Thread Compound for Rotary Shouldered Connections
7G Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits
7K Rotary Drill Stem Elements
7L Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair and Remanufacture of
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)
9B Application, Care, and Use of Wire Rope for Oil Field Services
10B Cement Testing (under development)
11AX Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps and Fittings
11E Pumping Units
11S Operation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Electric Submersible
Pump Installations
11S3 Electric Submersible Pump Installations
11S4 Sizing and Selection of Electric Submersible Pump Installations
500 Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at
Petroleum Facilities
xxx Oilfield Packers (under development)
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
13J Testing Heavy Brines
14F Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Offshore
Production Platforms
15HR High Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe
15LE Polyethylene Line Pipe (PE)
15LR Low Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe
15TR Fiberglass Tubing (under development)
16A Specification for Drill Through Equipment
16C Specification for Choke and Kill Systems
16F Marine Drilling Riser Equipment (under development)
16R Design, Rating and Testing Marine Drilling Riser Couplings (under
development)
xxx Temperature Effects of Non-Metallics in Drill Through Equipment
(under development)
17D Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
17F Subsea Control Systems (under development)
17H ROV Interfaces with Subsea Equipment (under development)
17I Installation of Subsea Control Umbilicals (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
34 Standard Format for Hydrocarbon Mud 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
50 Protection of the Environment for Gas Processing Plant Operations
51 Protection of the Environment for Production Operations
52 Protection of the Environment for Drilling Operations
53 Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells
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66 Exploration and Production Data Digital Interchange
D12A API Well Number & Standard State, County, Offshore Area Codes
81 Model Form of Offshore Operating Agreement
xx Well Servicing/Workover Operations Involving Hydrogen Sulfide
(under development)
xx Rheology of Cross Linked Fracturing Fluids (under development)
xx Evaluation of Cartridge Filters (E&P Operations) (under
development)
xx Cargo Handling at Offshore Facilities (under development)
xx Long Term Conductivity Testing of Proppants (under development)
ADDRESSES: Exploration & Production, American Petroleum Institute, 700
North Pearl, Suite 1840 (LB 382), Dallas, TX 75201-2845.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact the following persons for information on indicated standards at
the above address:
Jim Greer--API 6, 16 and 17 series standards
Chuck Liles--API Drilling and Production Practices
Mike Loudermilk--API 1B, 11, 12 and 14 series
Randy McGill--API 5 and 15 series
Jennifer Six--API 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 series
Mike Spanhel--API 2 series
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.
Dated: January 25, 1995.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 95-2329 Filed 1-30-95; 8:45 am]
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