Click here to purchase This standard includes the performance properties for certain drill stem elements and gives general cautions regarding the use of the performance properties. The properties of drill pipe and tool joints, drill collars, heavy weight drill pipe, kellys, rock bits, and lift subs are given. Also provided are the properties of rotary shoulder connections and associated special...

Click here to purchase This recommended practice (RP) provides users with the basic elements for developing, implementing, and maintaining a Corrosion Control Document (CCD) for refining, and at the owner’s discretion, may be applied at petrochemical and chemical process facilities. A CCD is a document or other repository or system that contains all the necessary information to understand...

Click here to purchase The purpose of this recommended practice is to provide guidelines for classifying locations Class I, Division 1 and Class I, Division 2 at petroleum facilities for the selection and installation of electrical equipment. Basic definitions given in the 2023 edition of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code (NEC), have been followed in developing this recommended practice. ...

Click here to purchase This recommended practice (RP) covers the minimum recommendations for the inspection and repair of API 610 pumps types OH1 through OH5 and BB1 through BB5. This document covers the entire process of field inspection, modifications, inspection, upgrades, repair and/or new component manufacturer, reassembly of the pump casing and rotor in the shop, and the reinstallation...

Click here to purchase This standard is applicable to the design, fabrication, testing, installation, and operation of subsea production and processing control systems (SPCS).This standard covers surface control system equipment, subsea-installed control system equipment, and control fluids. This equipment is used for control of subsea production and process of oil and gas and for subsea water...

Click here to purchase This standard is a purchase specification for flanged steel pressure-relief valves. Basic requirements are given for direct spring-loaded pressure-relief valves and pilot-operated pressure-relief valves as follows:— orifice designation and area;— valve size and pressure rating, inlet and outlet;— materials;— pressure-temperature limits;— center-to-face dimensions,...

Click here to purchase This recommended practice provides standard procedures for determining the following characteristics of nonaqueous drilling fluids (NADFs):• drilling fluid density (mud weight);• viscosity and gel strength;• filtration;• nonaqueous fluid (NAF), water, and solids concentrations;• alkalinity, chloride concentration, and calcium concentration;• electrical stability...

Click here to purchase This Recommended Practice (RP) provides the functional recommendations for salt cavern facilities used for natural gas storage service and covers facility geomechanical assessments, cavern well design and drilling, risk management, solution mining techniques and operations, including monitoring and maintenance practices, site security and safety, procedures, training, and...

Click here to purchase This Recommended Practice (RP) applies to natural gas storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs and aquifer reservoirs, and focuses on storage well, reservoir, and fluid management for functional integrity in design, construction, operation, monitoring, maintenance, anddocumentation practices.Storage design, construction, operation, and maintenance include activities in...

Click here to purchase This publication supersedes the third edition of the Institute of Petroleum's Model Code of Safe Practice Part 7 Airports Safety Code, published in 1998, and the second edition of the American Petroleum Institute's Publication 1500 Storage and Handling of Aviation Fuels at Airports, which was withdrawn in 1998.It has been prepared jointly by the API Aviation Technical...