Document Responsibility: Paints and Coatings Standards Committee SAES-H-001

Issue Date: 10 April 2011 Coating Selection and Application

Next Planned Update: 10 April 2016 Requirements for Industrial Plants and Equipment

intended service. Only approved products are allowed for use on Saudi Aramco jobs.
These requirements apply to all coatings referred to in all the SAES-H-series standards.

Corrosive Industrial Atmosphere: high humid areas, downwind from sea shore or
surrounded by Sea Islands, causeway, process area near water spray and fumes and
polluted gases, equivalent to C5-I (80-200 micron metal loss/year) as per ISO-12944-2.

Maintenance Coating/Painting: Application of coating to preserve the useful state of

an existing coating. Repairing is the most common method to maintain a coating.
Replacing completely an existing coating is not maintenance coating.

Mild Atmosphere: Areas not affected by either marine or industrial environments, but
receive enough moisture in the air to cause corrosion if the carbon steel is not coated,
equivalent to C3 (25-50 micron metal loss/year) as per ISO-12944-2.

New Construction Coating: Application of coating on a completely new and uncoated

facility, equipment or machinery. New coating also applies to the coating application
on completely bare substrate that was previously coated.

Offshore: is above the water level and includes the shoreline for a distance inland of 1 km
(0.62 mile) measured from the high tide mark and/or equivalent to C5-M (80-200 microns
metal loss) as per ISO-12944-2.

Responsible Unit Supervisor (RUS): The supervisor of Nonmetallic & Protective

Coatings Unit who is designated by the Manager, Consulting Services Department in
accordance with Material Supply Organization's instruction MI-350.020.

Thick Film Coating: Coatings with an average dry film thickness greater than 20 mils
(500 microns)

Thin Film Coating: Coatings with an average dry film thickness of 20 mils
(500 microns) or less.

Thixotropic Coating: A type of coating that thickens or gels in a relatively short time
when at rest, but readily becomes more fluid when agitated or stirred.

Vessels: Where referred to in this standard, the term vessels includes, but is not
necessarily limited to, columns, traps, drums, heat exchangers, and boilers.

Wet-on-Wet Coating Application: Technique of coating application where additional

coating passes are employed over a coating that is still wet, making the composite film
dries as a whole. A wet coat applied over another wet coat is considered one coat of
application.

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