American Petroleum Institute

2008 Standards Plan

Exploration and Production

Offshore Structures

RP 2I, 3rd Edition, In-service Inspection of Mooring Hardware for Floating Drilling Units
RP 2SK, Addendum to 3rd Edition, Design and Analysis of Stationkeeping Systems for
Floating Structures

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Roland Goodman
(goodmanr@api.org).

Oil Country Tubular Goods

Spec 5B, 15th Edition, Threading, Gauging and Thread Inspection of Casing, Tubing, and
Line Pipe Threads
Bull 5C3, 7th Edition, Formulations and Calculations for Casing, Tubing, Drill Pipe, and
Line Pipe
Spec 5CRA, 1st Edition, Corrosion Resistant Alloy Seamless Tubes for use as Casing,
Tubing and Coupling Stock— Technical Delivery Conditions

Spec 5D, 6th Edition, Drill Pipe

Spec 5LD, 3rd Edition, CRA Clad or Lined Steel Pipe

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Brad Bellinger (bellingerb@api.org)

Valves

Spec 6D, 23rd Edition, Pipeline Valves

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Ed Baniak (baniake@api.org).

Drilling Equipment

Spec 7-2, 1st Edition, Rotary Drilling Equipment – Part 2: Threading and Gauging of
Rotary Shouldered Thread Connections

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Brad Bellinger (bellingerb@api.org).
Drilling Operations

RP 65-1, 2nd Edition, Cementing Shallow Water Flow Zones in Deepwater Wells
RP 65-2, 1st Edition, Isolating Potential Flow Zones during Well Construction

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Brad Bellinger (bellingerb@api.org).

Well Cements and Completion Fluids

Spec 10A, 24th Edition, Cements and Materials for Well Cementing
TR 10TR4, 1st Edition, Technical Report on Considerations Regarding Selection of
Centralizers for Primary Cementing Operations
TR 10TR5, 1st Edition, Technical Report on Methods for Testing of Solid and Rigid
Centralizers

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Brad Bellinger (bellingerb@api.org).

Production Equipment

Spec 11E, 18th Edition, Pumping Units

Spec 11V4, 1st Edition, Practices for Side-picket Mandrels and Related Equipment
Spec 11V5, 3rd Edition, Operation, Maintenance, and Trouble-Shooting of Gas Lift
Operations

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Ed Baniak (baniake@api.org).

Drilling Fluids

Spec 13A, 18th Edition, Drilling Fluid Materials

RP 13B-1, 4th Edition, Field Testing Water-Based Drilling Fluids
RP 13B-2, 5th Edition, Field Testing Oil-Based Drilling Fluids
RP 13I, 8th Edition, Laboratory Testing Drilling Fluids
Spec 13K, 3rd Edition, Chemical Analysis of Barite

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Brad Bellinger (bellingerb@api.org).

Drilling Well Control Equipment

RP 16ST, 1st Edition, Recommended Practice for Coiled Tubing Well Control Equipment
Systems and Operations

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Roland Goodman
(goodmanr@api.org).
Subsea Production Equipment

RP 17B, 4th Edition, Flexible Pipe

Spec 17D, 2nd Subsea Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment
RP 17N, 1st Edition, Subsea Reliability

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Ed Baniak (baniake@api.org).

Executive Committee on Drilling and Production Operations

RP 14F, 5th Edition, Design and Installation of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating
Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class 1, Division 1, and Division 2
Locations
RP 95J, 1st Edition, Gulf of Mexico Jackup Operations for Hurricane Season
Bull XX, 1st Edition, E&P Jobsite Safety Handbook

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Tim Sampson (sampson@api.org).

Marketing
Spec 1582, 2nd Edition, Similarity for API/IP 1581 Aviation Jet Fuel Filter/Separators

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact David Soffrin (soffrind@api.org).

RP 1639, 2nd Edition, Owner/Operator’s Guide to Operation and Maintenance of Vapor

Recovery Systems at Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
RP1626, 2nd Edition, Storage and Handling Ethanol and Gasoline-Ethanol Blends at
Distribution Terminals and Service Stations,
RP 1615, 6th Edition, Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage Systems
RP 1604, 3rd Edition, Closure of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks

RP 2611 1stEdition, Terminal Piping Inspection

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Steve Crimaudo
(crimaudos@api.org).
Measurement
Measurement Quality

Chapter 7, 2nd Edition, Temperature Determination

Chapter 8.2, 3rd Edition, Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Chapter 9.1, 3rd Edition, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific
Gravity) or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by
Hydrometer Methods
Chapter 9.2, 3rd Edition, Standard Test Method for Density or Relative Density of Light
Hydrocarbons by Pressure Hydrometer
Chapter 9.3, 3rd Edition, Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API
Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Thermohydrometer
Method
Chapter 10.9, 3rd Edition, Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oils by Coulometric
Karl Fischer Titration
Chapter 11.5.1, 1st Edition, Physical Properties Data − Section 5 −
Density/Weight/Volume Intraconversion − Part 1 − Conversions of API Gravity at 60 °F,
Chapter 11.5.2, 1st Edition, Physical Properties Data − Section 5 −
Density/Weight/Volume Intraconversion − Part 2 − Conversions for Relative Density
(60/60°F)
Chapter 11.5.3, 1st Edition, Physical Properties Data − Section 5 −
Density/Weight/Volume Intraconversion − Part 3 − Conversions for Absolute Density at
15 °C

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Sally Goodson (goodsons@api.org).

Gas Fluid Measurement

Chapter 14.5, 3rd Edition, Calculation of Gross Heating Value, Specific Gravity, and
Compressibility of Natural Gas Mixtures from Compositional Analysis
Chapter 21.1, 2nd Edition, Electronic Gas Measurement

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Shail Ghaey (ghaeys@api.org).

Measurement Accountability

Chapter 17.1, 5th Edition, Guidelines for Marine Cargo Inspection

Chapter 17.11, 1st Edition, Measurement and Sampling of Cargoes on Board Tank
Vessels Using Closed/Restricted Equipment
Chapter 17.12, 1st Edition, Bulk Liquid Chemical Cargo Inspection
If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Sally Goodson (goodsons@api.org).

Evaporative Loss Estimation

Technical Report, Evaporative Loss from Closed-Vent Internal Floating-Roof Storage

Tanks, 1st Edition
Chapter 19.1, Amendment to 3rd Edition, Evaporative Loss from Fixed-Roof Tanks

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Paula Watkins (watkinsp@api.org).

Liquid Measurement

Chapter 4.5, 3rd Edition, Master-meter Provers

Chapter 4.9.4, 1st Edition, Determination of the Volume of Displacement and Tank
Provers by the Gravimetric Method of Calibration
Chapter 12.1.2, 2nd Edition, Calculation of Static Petroleum Quantities – Part 2 –
Calculation Procedures for Tank Cars

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Paula Watkins (watkinsp@api.org).

Pipeline

RP 1167, 1st Edition, Alarm Management

RP 1111, 4th Edition, Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Off-Shore
Hydrocarbon Pipelines and Risers
RP 2200, 4th Edition, Repairing Crude Oil, Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Product
Pipelines
RP 1161, 2nd Edition, Qualification of Liquid Pipeline Personnel
RP 1162, 2nd Edition, Public Awareness Programs for Pipeline Operations
RP 1109, 4th Edition, Marking Liquid Petroleum Pipeline Facilities

RP 1168, 1st Edition, Control Room Management

RP 1164, 2nd Edition, SCADA Security

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Ed Baniak (baniake@api.org)
Process Safety Management
RP 752, 3rd Edition, Management of Hazards Associated with Location of Process Plant
Buildings

Refining
Aboveground Storage Tanks

Std 620, 11th Edition, Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-pressure Storage
Tanks
Std 650, Add.1 to 11th Edition, Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
Std 650, Add.2 to 11th Edition, Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
Std 653, 4th Edition, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction
Std 625, 1st Edition, Design, Construction, Testing, and Commissioning of Large, Low
Pressure, Refrigerated Tanks and their Associated Systems

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Steve Crimaudo
(crimaudos@api.org).

Valves

RP 591, 4th Edition, Process Valve Qualification Procedure

Std 608, 4th Edition, Metal Ball Valves –Flanged, Threaded, and Butt-Welding Ends
Std 603, 7th Edition, Corrosion-Resistant, Bolted Bonnet Gate Valves – Flanged and Butt-
Welding Ends

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Gordon Robertson
(robertsong@api.org).

Electrical Equipment

RP 500, 3rd Edition, Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum

Facilities Classified as Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2
RP 505, 2nd Edition, Classification of Locations for Electrical Installations at Petroleum
Facilities Classified as Class 1, Zone 0, Zone 1 and Zone 2
RP 545, 1st Edition, Lighting Protection for Above Ground Storage Tanks

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Gordon Robertson
(robertsong@api.org).
Heat Transfer Equipment

Std 663, 1st Edition, Multiple Hairpin Heat Exchangers

Std 664, 1st Edition, Spiral Plate Heat Exchangers

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Gordon Robertson
(robertsong@api.org).

Instruments and Control Systems

RP 554, 2nd Edition, Process Instrumentation and Control, Parts 2 & 3

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Gordon Robertson
(robertsong@api.org).

Corrosion and Materials

PR 934-C, 1st Edition, Materials and Fabrication of 1 1/4Cr-1/2Mo Steel Heavy Wall
Pressure Vessels for High Pressure Hydrogen Service Operating at or Below 825 °F
(441 °C)
RP 934-A, 2nd Edition, Materials and Fabrication Requirements for 2 ¼ Cr-1M0 & 3Cr-
1Mo Steel Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels for High Temperature, High Pressure Hydrogen
Service
RP 936, 3rd Edition, Refractory Installation Quality Control Guidelines
TR 938-B, 1st Edition, Use of 9Cr-1Mo-V (Grade 91) Steel in the Oil Refining Industry,
RP 941, 4th Edition, Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures
in Refineries and Petrochemical Plants

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Steve Crimaudo
(crimaudos@api.org).

Inspection

API 510, 10th Edition, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating,
Repair, and Alteration
RP 574, 3rd Edition, Inspection Practices for Piping Systems Components
RP 576, 3rd Edition, Inspection of Pressure Relieving Devices
Publ 581, 2nd Edition, Base Resource Document – Risk Based Inspection

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact David Soffrin (soffrind@api.org).
Pressure Relieving Systems

Std 521, Addendum 1 to 5th Edition, Guide for Pressure-relieving and Depressuring
Systems
RP 520, Part 1, 8th Edition, Sizing, Selection and Installation of Pressure-Relieving
Devices in Refineries, Part 1 – Sizing and Selection
If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Steve Crimaudo
(crimaudos@api.org).

Mechanical Equipment

Std 614, 5th Edition, Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing, and Control-oil Systems and Auxiliaries
for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services

Std 619, 5th Edition, Rotary-Type Positive-Displacement Compressors for Petroleum,

Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries,

If you would like more information on these standards, please contact Gordon Robertson
(robertsong@api.org).

Safety and Fire Protection

RP 2350, 4th Edition, Overfill Protection for Storage Tanks in Petroleum Service
Publ 2218, 3rd Edition, Fireproofing Practices in Petroleum and Petrochemical Processing
Plants
Publ 2210, 4th Edition, Flame Arrestors for Vents of Tanks Storing Petroleum Products
Publ 2510A, 3rd Edition, Fire Protection Consideration for the Design and Operation of
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Storage Facilities
If you would like more information on these standards, please contact David Soffrin (soffrind@api.org).

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