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API’s Standards Committees are made up of subcommittees and task groups comprised of industry experts who develop API standards. These groups identify the need, then develop, approve, and revise standards and other technical publications. New projects must be justified by valid business and safety needs. The standards-writing subcommittees and task groups are open to representatives of groups that are materially affected by the standards. These include oil and gas companies, manufacturers and suppliers, contractors and consultants, and representatives of government agencies and academia.
Newly formed group that acts as a resource on material issues affecting multiple subcommittees under the CSOEM and provide assistance to the CSOEM subcommittees.
DPOS
The Drilling and Production Operations Subcommittee (DPOS) conducts advocacy and promotes sound practices on drilling and production operational matters. In this role, the DPOS acts on existing and emerging issues, and develops recommended practices and guidelines. Also, it serves as a forum for coordination with government agencies and other domestic and international industry groups to facilitate communications on operational, safety, and training issues that may impact exploration and production activities.
COPM
The API Committee on Petroleum Measurement (COPM) provides leadership in developing and maintaining cost effective, state of the art,
hydrocarbon measurement standards and programs based on sound technical principles consistent with current measurement technology, recognized business accounting and engineering practices, and industry consensus. This is accomplished through the committee's
and API’s leadership role in the national and international standardization community in the development, publication, promotion, and revision of petroleum measurement standards, through its subcommittee structure, and through elimination of duplicative
efforts.
The Rail Standards Committee (RSC) is responsible for developing, maintaining, approving, and interpreting API standards on rail transportation (including rail-related
operations, tank cars, product handling, and transload activities) of petroleum and petroleum products.
API rail standards whose scopes include measurement techniques only are the responsibility of the Committee on Petroleum Measurement (COPM). Coordination between COPM and RSC will be required for these standards.
Pipeline
The API Pipeline Standards Task Groups are dedicated to developing, revising, and approving standards for us in the pipeline and related sectors of the oil and gas industry. The documents that are developed and maintained by the sectors address topics of safety, integrity,operations and maintenance of existing and new pipelines, as well as covering current technologies, codes and regulations, and key issues relevant to today's market. Document development is led by recognized industry experts in order to incorporate topics on proven techniques and best practices for pipeline design, construction and integrity management. These subject matter experts come from operating companies, engineering firms, vendors, consultants, academia, and both state and federal regulators.
Specific areas of focus address activities that are both regulatory and non-regulatory in nature, including integrity management, public awareness, control room management, SCADA systems, design and testing, underground storage facilities, emergency response, construction and inspection, operator qualifications, and safety management.
The mission of the API Committee on Refinery Equipment (CRE) is to promulgate safe and proven engineering practices for the design, fabrication,
installation, inspection, and use of materials and equipment in refineries and related processing facilities. These practices are produced in accordance with the API Procedures for Standards Development and published as API Standards, Specifications
and Recommended Practices.
The refining and petrochemical manufacturing industries are
committed to protecting the health and safety of our workers, our contractors
and our neighbors as well as the environment in which we operate. Our members
continuously look for opportunities to enhance safety and recognize that an
effective means to improve process safety performance throughout the industry
is to learn from each other. API’s new standards and programs further advance
process safety improvements by providing industry with more opportunities to
communicate and share experiences and knowledge – vital components of our
collective goal to improve process safety performance.
The objectives of the SFPS are to promote safe, healthful, efficient and environmentally sound practices in the petroleum industry, and to initiate, monitor and respond to governmental actions in these areas. The foundation of these activities is the development and maintenance of technical standards and communication and sharing of information related to petroleum industry safety, fire protection, and occupational health.
The Safety and Fire Protection Subcommittee (SFPS) mission is to provide proactive safety and occupational health leadership and expertise to the industry, API committees and member companies. The SFPS seeks to advance and improve the industry’s overall safety and occupational health performance by combining resources to identify and address important public, employee and company issues.
Marketing defined is the wholesale and retail distribution, including tanker truck transportation, of refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel fuel to business, industry, government and public consumers.
The Marketing Standards and Recommended Practices that API maintains include the following:
RP 1004: Bottom Loading and Vapor Recovery for MC-306 & DOT-406 Tank Motor Vehicles
RP 1007: Loading and Unloading of MC-306/DOT 406 Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles
RP 1112: Developing a Highway Emergency Response Plan for Incidents Involving Hazardous Materials
RP 1543: Documentation, Monitoring and Laboratory Testing of Aviation Fuel During Shipment From Refinery to Airport
Pub 1593, Gasoline Marketing in the United States Today
RP 1595:Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Aviation Pre-Airfield Storage Terminals
RP 1604: Closure of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks
RP 1615: Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage Systems
RP 1621: Bulk Liquid Control at Retail Outlets
RP 1626: Storing and Handling Ethanol and Gasoline-ethanol Blends at Distribution Terminals and Filling Stations
RP 1631: Interior Lining and Periodic Inspection of Underground Storage Tanks
RP 1632: Cathodic Protection of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks and Piping Systems (Document conveyed to NACE. API Will no longer revise.
RP 1637: Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification at Gasoline Dispensing Facilities and Distribution Terminals
RP 1639: Owner/Operators Guide to Operation and Maintenance of Vapor Recovery Systems at Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
RP 1640: Light Product Quality Terminal Operations (New document)
Pub 1642: Alcohol, Ethers and Gasoline-Alcohol and Gasoline-Ether Blends
Pub 1645: Stage II Vapor Recovery System Operations & System Installation Costs
Pub 1646: Safe Work Practices for Contractors Working at Retail Petroleum/Convenience Facilities
Pub 1673: Compilation of Air Emission for Petroleum Distribution Dispensing Facilities
Std 2610: Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance & Inspection of Terminal and Tank Facilities
