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API Specification 5L, Line Pipe

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API has published the 47th edition of American Petroleum Institute Specification 5L (API Spec 5L), Line Pipe. Originally introduced as API’s first standard in 1924, the updated edition includes new requirements across more than 15 topic areas to support the safe and reliable manufacture of steel line pipe used in energy transportation, including CO2 transport. 

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