API 650

REVIEW Section 1
1. API covers material, design, fabrication, erection, and testing requirements for
aboveground welded steel storage tanks. Internal pressure allowed for these tanks
approximates atmospheric pressure. However, the internal pressures must not:
Exceed the weight of the roof plates. 1.1.1
2. Tanks that have bottoms that are not uniformly supported are:
Not covered by API 650. 1.1.1
3. Tanks covered by API 650 are restricted to a maximum operating temperature of
_______ degrees F, unless additional requirements of Appendix M of API 650 are
followed.
200. 1.1.1
4. Who decides whether tanks constructed to API 650 will have SI dimensions and
comply with applicable SI unit standards or have US customary dimensions and
comply with applicable US customary unit standards.
The purchaser. 1.1.3
5. Appendix A provides alternative simplified design requirements for tanks where the
stressed components, such as shell plates and reinforcing plates, are limited to a
maximum nominal thickness of , including corrosion allowance. What is in SI
units?
12.5mm, 1.1.5
6. Who is responsible for complying with all of the provisions of API 560 when a new
tank is built?
The manufacturer. 1.3