API STD 2000 pdf download
API STD 2000 pdf download.Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks 1 Scope This standard covers the normal and emergency vapor venting requirements for aboveground liquid petroleum or petroleum products storage tanks and aboveground and underground refrigerated storage tanks designed for operation at pressures from full vacuum through 103.4 kPa (ga) (15 psig). Discussed in this standard are the causes of...
API STD 670 pdf download
API STD 670 pdf download.Machinery Protection Systems 3 Definitions Terms used in this standard are defined as follows: 3.1 accelerometer: A piezoelectric sensor containing inte- gral amplification with an output proportional to acceleration. 3.2 accelerometer cable: An assembly consisting of a specified length of cable and mating connectors. Both the cable and the connectors must be compatible with the particu-...
API RP 2001 pdf download
API RP 2001 pdf download.Fire Protection in Refineries 1 Purpose and Scope 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this recommended practice is to provide a better understanding of refinery fire protection and the steps needed to promote the safe storage, handling, and processing of petroleum and petroleum products in refineries. A basic premise of this standard is that fire prevention provides...
API Std 1160 pdf download
API Std 1160 pdf download.Managing System Integrity for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines 1 Introduction 1.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES The goal of the operator of any pipeline is to operate the pipeline in such a way that there are no adverse effects on employees, the environment, the public, or their customers as a result of their actions. They do this while they...
API Std 653 pdf download
API Std 653 pdf download.Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction 1 Scope 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 This standard covers carbon and low alloy steel tanks built to API Standard 650 and its predecessor API 12C. This standard provides minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of welded or riveted, nonrefrigerated, atmospheric pressure, aboveground storage tanks after they have been placed in service....
API RP 11AR pdf download
API RP 11AR pdf download.Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps 3 History 3.1 The first formal work toward development of API Std 11A was in 1924. In that year, a Committee on Standardiza- tion of Pumping Equipment and Engines was organized. The first issue of API Std 11A, Specification for Cold Drawn and Machined Working Barrels for...
API RP 557 pdf download
API RP 557 pdf download.Guide To Advanced Control Systems 1 General 1.1 INTRODUCTION This recommended practice addresses the implementation and ownership of advanced control systems for refinery pur- poses. The major sections of this recommended practice are described below. Figure 1.1 illustrates the major functions involved in the efficient and economic operation of a refinery and shows where advanced control...
API RP 11AR pdf download
API RP 11AR pdf download.Recommended Practice for Care and Use of Subsurface Pumps 4.4 TUBING PUMPS (FIGURE 2) a. The tubing pump is rugged in construction and simple in design. The barrel of a tubing pump is attached directly to the tubing string, usually at the bottom. Below the pump barrel is a seating nipple that receives and locks in...
API PUBL 4709 pdf download
API PUBL 4709 pdf download.Risk-Based Methodologies for Evaluating Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacts at Oil and Natural Gas E&P Sites This manual presents a risk-based approach for the management of hydrocarbon-impacted soil at E&P sites that emphasizes the protection of human health. This risk-based approach was derived from the work of the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Criteria Working Group (TPH- CWG) as later...
API Bull 2516 pdf download
API Bull 2516 pdf download.Evaporation Loss From Low- Pressure Tanks The term low-pressure tank, as used in this evapora- tion loss bulletin, refers to vessels having a maximum pressure vent setting in the range from just above atmospheric pressure to 15 psig and a vacuum vent setting normally 1 to 2 0z per sq in. The tanks are used for...