96-2339. Announcement of the American Petroleum Institute's Standards Activities  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 4255-4257]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-2339]
    
    
    
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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, 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 
    
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    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 efforts are 
    being conducted:
     General Committee on Pipelines
    Risk Management for Pipelines
    500  Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at 
    Petroleum Facilities, Recommended Practice for
    1110  Pressure Testing of Liquid Petroleum Pipelines
    1117  Lowering In-Service Pipelines
    1123  Development of Public Education Programs by Hazardous Liquid 
    Pipeline Operators
    1129  Pipeline Integrity Standard
    
    For Further Information Contact
    
    Douglas Read, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Marketing, American 
    Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20005
     General Committee on Marketing
    Pipeline Meter Provers
    Recommended Practice for Installation of Service Station CNG Equipment
    1509  Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System
    1529  Aviation Fueling Hose
    1542  Airport Equipment Marking for Fuel Identification
    1581  Specifications and Qualifications Procedures for Aviation Jet 
    Fuel/Separators
    1632  Cathodic Protection of Underground Storage Tanks and Piping 
    Systems
    
    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
    500  Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at 
    Petroleum Facilities
    510  Pressure Vessel Inspection Code
    530  Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
    536  Post Combustion NOX Control for Fired Heaters
    546  Form-Wound Brushless Synchronous Motors--500 Horsepower and Larger
    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
    591  User Acceptance of Refinery Valves
    594  Water and Wafer-Lug Check Valves
    598  Valve Inspection and Testing
    600  Steel Gate Valves--Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends
    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 
    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
    650  Welded, Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
    653  Tank Inspection, Repair, Alt. & Reconstruction
    660  Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers
    661  Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
    671  Special Purpose Couplings
    673  Special Purpose Fans
    685  Sealless Centrifugal Pumps
    938  Inspection and Testing Monolithic Refractory Linings and Materials
    941  Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures 
    in Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
    945  Avoiding Environmental Cracking in Amine Units
    1200  Federally Mandated Training and Information
    2000  Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks: 
    Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated
    
    For further Information Contact
    
    Douglas Read or Prentiss Searles, 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
    1140  Guidelines for Developing Bridge Management Teams
    
    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
    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 Above-Ground 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
    
    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--Guidelines for Level Measurement of LPG
    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 10.4--Determination of Sediment and Water in Crude Oil by 
    the Centrifuge Method (Field Procedure)
    MPMS Chapter 12.2 (Parts 3-5)--Calculation of Petroleum Quantities 
    Using Dynamic Measurement Methods and Volumetric Correction Factors
    
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    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 17.X--Marine Vessel Preloading Tank Inspection Guidelines
    MPMS Chapter 17.2--Measurement of Cargoes on Board Tank Vessels
    MPMS Chapter 21.2--Liquid Flow Measurements Using Electronic Metering 
    Systems
    
    For Further Information Contact
    
    J.C. Beckstrom or Steve Chamberlain, Exploration & Production 
    Department, American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW., 
    Washington, DC 20005
     General Committee on Exploration and Production
    Central Committee on Training and Development
    T-1  Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore for the First 
    Time
    T-2  Training of Offshore Personnel in nonoperating Emergencies
    T-7  Training of Personnel in Rescue of Persons in Water
    10F  Performance Testing of Cementing Float Equipment
    Oilfield Equipment and Materials Standards
    1B  Oil Field V-Belting
    2T  Planning, Designing and Constructing Tension Leg Platforms
    4F  Drilling and Well Servicing Structures
    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)
    5C7  Recommended Practice for Coiled Tubing Operations in Oil & Gas 
    Well Service (under development)
    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)
    6A  Valves and Wellhead Equipment
    6D  Pipeline Valves (Steel Gate, Plug, Ball and Check Valves)
    7  Rotary Drill Stem Elements
    7A1  Testing of Thread Compound for Rotary Shouldered Connections
    7G  Drill Stem Design and Operating Limits
    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)
    11AR  Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps
    11B  Sucker Rods
    11BR  Care and Handling of Sucker Rods
    11IW  Independent Wellhead Equipment (underdevelopment)
    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  Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at 
    Petroleum Facilities
    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
    14F  Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Offshore 
    Production Platforms
    15TR  Fiberglass Tubing (under development)
    16A  Specification for Drill Through Equipment
    16F  Marine Drilling Riser Equipment (under development)
    16R  Design, Rating and Testing Marine Drilling Riser Couplings (under 
    development)
    17F  Subsea Control Systems (under development)
    17H  ROV Interface with Subsea Equipment (under development)
    17J  Specification for Flexible Pipe (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
    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
    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)
    
    For Further Information Contact
    
    David Miller/Tim Sampson, Exploration & Production Department, American 
    Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
    
        Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272.
    
        Dated: January 30, 1996.
    Samuel Kramer,
    Associate Director .
    [FR Doc. 96-2339 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
02/05/1996
Department:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of intent to develop or revise standards and request for public comment and participation in standards development.
Document Number:
96-2339
Pages:
4255-4257 (3 pages)
PDF File:
96-2339.pdf