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From – API Petroleum Facts At A Glance January 2013 release

• U.S. deliveries from primary storage of motor gasoline in January 2013: 8,384,000 b/d (January 2012: 8,187,000 b/d). [API] • U.S. deliveries from primary storage of distillate fuel oil (home heating and diesel) in January 2013: 3,595,000 b/d (January 2012: 3,823,000 b/d). [API]

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From – API Petroleum Facts At A Glance January 2013 release

•Total petroleum products delivered to the domestic market in January 2013: 17,962,000 b/d (January 2012: 18,280,000 b/d). [API]

Note: Previous month’s data is published by API on the third Thursday of each month.

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API History

1919: API founded as non-profit national trade association, New York City

1980s: API relocates to Washington, DC

1995: API Dallas Standards Office relocates to Washington, DC

2007: Opened first of 3 planned international offices in Beijing, China

2011: Singapore and Dubai, UAE offices opened

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Background on API Standards Program

The API Standardization Department was formed in 1923, with the first API standard published the following year on drilling threads.

All industry segments now active in standardization:

• Exploration and Production• Pipeline Transportation• Refining• Marketing

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API Standards

• API now publishes more than 600 technical standards covering all aspects of the oil and natural gas industry

• Foundation of Self Supporting Programs

• Basis for Worldwide Operations• Core of Institute’s Technical

Authority

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Standards Development Process

• The API Standards program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) – the program was reaccredited by ANSI in Oct. 2011 following a 2010 audit. - Openness, Balance, Consensus, Due Process - Regular program audits (conducted by ANSI)

• Transparent process (anyone can comment on any document in process)

- All comments must be considered

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• Developed by consensus (does not mean unanimity)

• Committee balance between users/owner operators, manufacturers and contractors/consultants

• Standards developed using ANSI approved API Standards Development Procedures (available on-line at www.api.org)

• API corporate membership is not a requirement for participation on API standardization committees.

• Support from your management to participate is.

Standards Development Process

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Use of API Standards• “De facto” international standards

• Adoption by reference common by State and Federal agencies – BSEE, USCG, DOT, OSHA and EPA• API does not promote adoption - prefer

voluntary use

• Written for flexibility as performance based documents

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API Standards Committee Structure

Committee on Standardization of Oilfield Equipment

& Materials

Committee on Petroleum

Measurement

Committee on Refinery

Equipment

•Marketing/Aviation• Pipeline Transportation• Safety & Fire Protection

To support the Standards there are Certification programs: API Monogram Program, Individual Certification Programs

and others,

www.api.org - Certification Programs

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AST StandardsAPI publishes over 70 standards, recommended practices, and

bulletins covering various aspects of tank operations

– Design & Construction

– Inspection

– Measurement and emissions

– Safety & Fire Protection - Safe Entry, Overfill Protection

– Environmental - Leak detection, Release Prevention, Emissions

For committee access:

mycommittees.api.org/standards/cre/scast/default.aspx

Next Standards meeting: April 22 – 25, 2013

www.api.org/events-and-training/calendar-of-events.aspx

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AST Standards - History[From 653 - Annex A: Background on Past

Editions of API Welded Storage Tank Standards]

• API published a specification for welded steel storage tanks in July 1936 entitled API Standard 12C, All-Welded Oil Storage Tanks. Fifteen editions and seven supplements to API 12C were published between 1936 and 1958.

• API 12C was replaced by API Standard 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage in December 1961; 11 editions and 22 supplements, revisions or addenda to API 650 have been issued since.

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Design & ConstructionAPI 620, Design and Construction of Large,

Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks

• Designed for metal temperatures not greater than 250°F and with pressures in their gas or vapor spaces not more than 15 lbf/in. sq. gauge

• Appendix Q covers liquefied gases at temperatures not lower than –325°F

• Appendix R covers refrigerated products at temperatures from +40°F to –60°F

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Current Edition of API 620

•Addendum 3 to the 11th Edition was published March 2012

•The 12th Edition is currently being worked

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Approved Changes to API 620Fall 2012 - 1

620-RQREF (625-038 as Balloted): API 620 Q & R Reference

to API 625Purpose:Clarify that API 620 Q or R requires the

rules of API 625 for the associated tank system.

620-310: Clarify Product Temp. Material requirements for Pipe in App. R

Purpose:Clarify the status of pipe and other A333 seamless.

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Approved Changes to API 620 Fall 2012 - 2

620-311: Consider the use of ASTM A844 Plate

Purpose: Inclusion of ASTM A844 as an alternative to A553 for 9%

nickel steel.

620-329: Edit R.5.5 to include magnetic-particle testing for carbon steel.

Purpose: To allow the use of magnetic-particle testing when carbon steels are used in Appendix R tanks in accordance with R.5.5.

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API Standard 625 - Tank Systems for Refrigerated, Liquified Gas Storage

• API 625 is a new standard for refrigerated tank systems  

• Integrates the three related standards - API 625, API 620 and ACI 376

• Brings American standards up to date with coverage of the single, double and full containment concepts

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API Standard 625 - Tank Systems for Refrigerated, Liquified Gas Storage

• API 625 and the revisions to API 620 were worked by the Refrigerated Tank Task Group (RTTG) for several years.

• API 625, Tank Systems for Refrigerated Liquefied Gas Storage 1st Edition was published August 2010

• Addendum 1 to the 1st Edition is currently being worked.

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Approved Changes to API 625Fall 2012 - 1

625-039: Full Containment Tanks With Nozzles

Purpose: Move special case of Full or Double Containment tanks with nozzles below the liquid level to the standard section defining tank types.

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Tank Design & Construction

API 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

– Primary construction code for refinery and storage terminal AST’s

– Covers material, design, fabrication, erection and testing requirements– For tanks whose entire bottom is uniformly

supported

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Current Edition of API 650

API 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

• 12th Edition was published March 5, 2013!!

 

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Approved Changes to API 650

Fall 2012 - 1650-706: Internal Floating Roof Leg Vent Setting

Purpose: Eliminate an arbitrary level range over which internal floating roof leg or cable activated vents must remain open.

650-746: Definition of “f” and “fc” in V.3.1Purpose: Review values in relationship to

stainless steel. Remove the reference to the tables in the definition of f. Revise the definition of fc.

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Approved Changes to API 650

Fall 2012 - 2650-756: Clarify usage of stainless structural members within S.3.4.3 and S.3.4.4

Purpose: Provide provisions for using stainless steel structural members manufactured by hot formed or built up processes.

650-764: Piping Flexibility E.7.3Purpose: Clarify that the uplift displacements

estimates in E.7.3.1 do not need to be added to the values in Table E-8 nor multiplied by Cd

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Approved Changes to API 650

Fall 2012 - 3650-765: Revise the requirements of Sections

W.4.9 & W.4.10 Purpose: To reduce the requirements of

manufacturers for preparing detailed design calculations for bid submittals.

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API 650 now part of API Monogram Program

• New APPENDIX Y: API MONOGRAM (informative)Y.1 Introduction Y.2 API Monogram Marking Requirements

• Licenses for: - Shop Built Tanks (Appendix J) and- Fabricated Steel Plates

are available

www.api.org - Certification Programs

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API 650 API Monogram Program

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API 650 API Monogram ProgramActive 650 Monogram Licenses:

Imeteco S.A. - 650-0001Guayas, Ecuador

Ferrofab F.Z.E. - 650-0002Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Carlos Caballero SRL - 650-0005Santa Cruz, Bolivia  

Palmer Mfg & Tank, Inc. - 650-0006Garden City, Kansas

Haug S.A. - 650-0007 Callao, Peru (Applicant)

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Tank Inspection

API 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

– Referenced or adopted in state and federal regulations

– Minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of tanks after they are placed in service

– Applicable to welded, riveted, non refrigerated, and atmospheric pressure AST’s

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Current Edition of API 653

API 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction –

Addendum 2 to the 4th Edition was published January 2012

Page Proofs for Addendum 3 are currently being worked.

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Approved Changes to API 653

Fall 2012 - 2653-260: Weld Repair and NDEPurpose: Clarify acceptance criterion for each of

the weld defects described in Section 9.6.

653-267: Insulated Tank Roofs in App C Inspection Checklists

Purpose: Clarify Appendix C inspection checklists regarding insulated roofs

especially regarding water ingress.

 

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Additional Standards being revised by SCAST - 1

12 Series Documents The 12 Series Task Group has begun work on to

update the 12 Series Production Tank Standards and Specifications.

Meetings are planned for the 2013 Spring Refining Meeting for those with production tank experience.

 

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Additional Standards being revised by SCAST - 2

Tank Safe Entry Documents

• Revisions to API Standard 2015, Requirements for Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks, Sixth Edition, 2006 - are currently being worked

• Revisions to API Recommended Practice 2016, Guidelines and Procedures for Entering and Cleaning Petroleum Storage Tanks, First Edition, 2006 - are currently being worked.

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Additional Standards being revised by SCAST - 3

Tank Cathodic Protection and Lining Documents  Revisions to RP 651, Cathodic Protection of Aboveground

Petroleum Storage Tanks, Third Edition, 2007 - are currently being worked

 Revisions to RP 652, Linings of Aboveground Petroleum

Storage Tank Bottoms, Third Edition, 2005 - are currently being worked.

 

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Inspection Codes

API 570 - Piping Inspection Code

– First published in 1993– Minimum requirements for inspection,

repair, alteration, and rerating of in-service process piping systems

– Complements API Standards 510 and 653

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Additional API Inspection Codes

RP 574 - Inspection of Piping, Tubing, Valves, and Fittings

RP 575 - Inspection of Aboveground Storage Tanks

RP 576 - Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices

RP 578 - Material Verification Program for New and Existing

Alloy Piping Systems

RP 579 - Fitness-for-Service

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Release Prevention & Leak Detection

Pub. 306 - An Engineering Assessment of Volumetric Methods of Leak Detection in Aboveground Storage Tanks

Pub. 307 - An Engineering Assessment of Acoustic Methods of Leak Detection in Aboveground Storage Tanks

Pub. 315 - Assessment of Tankfield Dike Lining Materials and Methods

Pub. 322/323 - An Engineering Assessment of Volumetric/Acoustic Methods of Leak Detection in Aboveground Storage Tanks

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Marketing OperationsRecent Activity:

Work currently to develop a new:

Light Product Quality Recommended Practice – RP 1640

similar to RP 1595 for Jet Fuel – though with less requirements.

Also:

API Recommended Practice 1626, Storing and Handling Ethanol and Gasoline-ethanol Blends at Distribution Terminals and Filling Stations

Second Edition, Addendum 1 was published in August 2012

API Recommended Practice 1615, Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Systems

Sixth Edition was published in March 2011

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MeasurementMPMS Chap 2 - Tank Calibration

MPMS Chap 3 - Tank Gauging

MPMS Chap 4 - Proving Systems

MPMS Chap 16 - Measurement of Hydrocarbon Fluids by Weight or Mass

MPMS Chap 19 – Emission Calculations (Developed with EPA review and commentary.)

Note: MPMS = Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards which is maintained by the COPM, Committee on Petroleum Measurement

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EmissionsMPMS Chap 193 Part D - Fugitive Emissions Test Method

of Deck-Seam Loss Factors for Floating Roof Tanks

MPMS Chap 194 - Recommended Practice for Speciation of Evaporative Losses

Pub. 2557 - Vapor Collection and Control Operations for Storage and Transfer Operations in the Petroleum Industry

Pub. 4588 - Development of Fugitive Emission Factors and Emission Profiles for Petroleum Marketing Terminals, Volume 1

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Other Related Publications

Std 2000 - Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks: Non refrigerated and Refrigerated

RP 651 - Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Storage Tanks

STD 2510 - Design and Construction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Installations (LPG) – Committee to revise and update is currently being formed

SAVE THE DATE!

• 2013 API Storage Tank Conference and Safe Tank Entry Workshop

Co-Sponsored by the Steel Tank Institute and NFPA

October 21-24, 2013San Francisco, CA

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Stephen CrimaudoManager, Downstream Standards

1220 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-4070

Phone: 202-682-8151

crimaudos@api.org

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