Standards News and Announcements
API Standard 510
API Standard 510 - Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, 11th edition, has been published. Using learnings from industry application, the 11th edition will help owner-operators prevent future HSE and reliability incidents. The update includes the addition of a detailed section for the analysis of inspection results.
Updated API Standard for Pipeline Public Awareness Programs Enhances Public Safety
The American Petroleum Institute (API) in August released an updated standard for pipeline public awareness programs, which help protect buried utilities, local communities and the people who live and work near pipeline rights of way.
New API 3D Printing Standard Promotes Efficiency and Environmental Stewardship
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today published a new standard on additive manufacturing (3D printing) for polymer-based components used in the natural gas and oil industry that will increase operating efficiency, ease supply chain issues and help reduce emissions.
API Standard 20T
API has published API Standard 20T Additively Manufactured Polymer-Based Components for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries. This first edition standard specifies requirements for qualification in the manufacturing process, production, marking and documentation of 3D printing polymer-based components used in the industry.
API Enhances Community Safety with Updated Standard on Pipeline Public Awareness Programs
The American Petroleum Institute (API) today published an updated standard on pipeline operators’ public awareness programs to enhance community awareness of nearby pipelines and safety.
API Recommended Practice 1162
API has published API Recommended Practice (RP) 1162, Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operators, 3rd edition. The latest edition addresses the management of public awareness programs for the operators of transmission, distribution and gathering pipelines as well as underground storage systems.
API Enhances Pipeline Safety with Two Updated Standards
The American Petroleum Institute (API) released two revised liquid pipeline leak detection standards to improve operational integrity and advance operators’ mitigation capabilities.
API Recommended Practice 1175
API has published API Recommended Practice (RP) 1175, Pipeline Leak Detection—Program Management, 2nd edition. The latest edition provides and updated and flexible framework for determining which technologies, systems or programs operators use in establishing leak detection programs.
API Recommended Practice 1130
API has published API Recommended Practice (RP) 1130, Computational Pipeline Monitoring for Liquids, 2nd edition. The RP addresses the algorithmic monitoring tools used to enhance the ability of a pipeline controller to recognize hydraulic anomalies that could show a pipeline leak.
API Publishes Updated Hot Work Guidelines For Petroleum And Petrochemical Industry
The American Petroleum Institute has published updated guidelines to enhance the safe performance of welding, cutting and other hot work in refineries, gas plants, petrochemical plants, and other facilities in the petroleum and petrochemical industries.
