American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM). Approved February 8, 2012. 50 p. This Standard is designed as a tool to allow an organization to determine accurate and comparable costs to staff a position using standard data and formulas to calculate the recruiting costs to be incorporated into cost-per-hire. This Standard is designed...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM). Approved November 30, 2012. 50 p. The scope of this Standard is limited to three elements of a performance management system: goal setting, performance review and individual performance improvement plans. Although a performance management system encompasses many other elements and interfaces,...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening(SLAS). 10.12.2011. 8 p. This standard defines the dimensional requirements of the footprint of a microplate as specified in American National Standards covering these microplates. It is the purpose of this standard to describe the minimal dimensions required of a microplate that is...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 29.06.2016. — 9 p. This standard provides procedures used in the field to test the pullout resistance of all types of roofing fasteners. The data developed from these tests provide the roof system manufacturer, design professional, and other practitioners with pullout resistance values...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 07.10.2010. — 27 p. This standard provides designers, contractors, and building code officials information for proper structural design of Gutters used with low-slope roofing. This standard specifies structural design for external Gutters used with low-slope, (2 in 12 or less) roofing on...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 26.05.2016. — 10 p. This standard provides methodology for the testing of Gutters. This standard is applicable to all material types and installation methods of low slope roofs.This standard specifies a laboratory method for static testing external Gutters. Testing of gutters with a...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 29.11.2015. — 11 p. This standard specifies a field-testing procedure to determine the uplift resistance of a specific roof insulation/adhesive combination. This testing procedure encompasses various types of insulation adhesives, substrates and insulations.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 04.12.2014. — 11 p. This standard is a reference for those that design, specify or install retrofit roof drains which are designed for installation in existing drain plumbing on existing roofs. This standard does not include consideration of all roof storm water drainage code requirements...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry(SPRI). Approved 6.3.2010. 36 p. This standard provides a method of designing wind uplift resistance of vegetative roofing systems. It is intended to provide a minimum design and installation reference for those individuals who design, specify, and install vegetative roofing systems. It shall be used in...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 09.09.2016. — 50 p. This standard provides a method of designing wind uplift resistance of vegetative roofing systems. It is intended to provide a minimum design and installation reference for those individuals who design, specify, and install vegetative roofing systems. It shall be used...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 05.08.2013. — 40 p. This standard provides a method of designing wind uplift resistance of ballasted single-ply roofing systems. It is intended as a design and installation reference for those individuals who design, specify, and install ballasted single-ply roofing systems. It shall be...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 11.05.2017. — 10 p. This design standard provides a method for designing external fire spread resistance for Vegetative Roofing Systems. It is intended to provide a minimum design and installation reference for those individuals who design, specify, and install Vegetative Roofing Systems....
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 17.11.2014. — 20 p. This Wind Design Standard Practice provides general building design considerations as well as a methodology for selecting an appropriate roofing system assembly to meet the rooftop design wind uplift pressures that are calculated in accordance with the current version...
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI). Approved 24.01.2017. — 21 p. This Standard provides the basic requirements only for resistance testing for roof edge systems under simulated wind load conditions. This Standard is intended for use by those that design, specify, manufacturer, and test roofing materials and roof edge systems used in...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Approved: April 12, 2005. 148 p. This Standard specifies the minimum requirements for telecommunications infrastructure of data centers and computer rooms including single tenant enterprise data centers and multi-tenant Internet hosting data centers. The topology proposed in this document...
American National Standards Institute(ANSI). VMEbus International Trade Association(VITA). Approved November 2, 1998. 54 p. This standard describes the high-performance, inter-computer, Myrinet packet network that is fully compatible with existing VMEbus standards and their extensions. This standard addresses communication between VME boards using interconnect either on the front...
American Petroleum Institute (API) Second Edition, November 2002. 36p. This publication focuses on the design, implementation, testing and operation of CPM systems that use an algorithmic approach to detect hydraulic anomalies in pipeline operating parameters.
American Petroleum Institute (API). Fifteenth Edition, April 2002. 84p. This publication describes the API Engine Oil Licensing and CertiÞcation System (EOLCS), a voluntary licensing and certiÞcation program designed to deÞne, certify, and monitor engine oil performance deemed necessary for satisfactory equipment life and performance by vehicle and engine manufacturers. Engine oil...
American Petroleum Institute (API). May 2007. 68 p. This interim document presents hurricane-driven metocean conditions (wind, wave, current and surge) for use with and reference by other API standards. These conditions are intended to replace the conditions documented in Sections
2.3.4.c and
17.6.2.a of API RP 2A-WSD, 21st Edition and Appendix C4 of ISO 19901-1.
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition. November 2007. 24 p. This publication is designed to aid companies in initiating the development of a safety and environmental management system (SEMS). The intent is to identify a series of tools to assist in the development and implementation, or improvement, of the system. The design of each company’s system will be unique and...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Guidance Document. First Edition, October 2009. 44p. The purpose of this guidance document is to provide guidance and highlight industry recommended practices for well
construction and integrity for wells that will be hydraulically fractured. The guidance provided here will help to ensure that shallow groundwater aquifers and the environment...
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition June 2010, 40 p. The purpose of this guidance document is to identify and describe many of the current industry best practices used to minimize environmental and societal impacts associated with the acquisition, use, management, treatment, and disposal of water and other fluids associated with the process of hydraulic fracturing....
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition. December 2014. 18 p. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on operating and maintenance practices for the storage and handling of petroleum coke (petcoke). In particular, guidance is provided on the management of airborne particulate matter emissions and water runoff from petcoke storage facilities. A variety of...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Second Edition, Ballot Draft July 2012. 6 p. This standard identifies equations of state (EOS) suitable for use in custody transfer measurement of pure ethylene (>99 %) in the gaseous, liquid, and super critical phases. Given flowing temperature and pressure, each equation of state identified in this document is capable of calculating density,...
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition. September 1981. Reaffirmed October 2002, Reaffirmed March 2002. 42 p. This pubrication defines the various terms (be they words or symbols) employed in the caicuiation of metered petroleum quantities. Where two or more terms are customarily employed in the oil industry for die same thing. this publication selects what should...
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition. December 1994. 28 p. This standard describes the following: (a) the procedures for manually gauging the liquid level of petroleum and petroleum products inn on-pressure fixed-roof, floating-roof tanks and marine tank vessels, (b) procedures for manually gauging the level of free water which may befo und with the petroleum or...
American Petroleum Institute (API). American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Third Edition, October 1995. 30 p. This standard presents procedures for manually obtaining samples of petroleum and petroleum products of a liquid, semi-liquid, or solid state whose vapor pressure at ambient conditions is below 101.32 kilopascals (14.7 pounds per square inch absolute)....
American Petroleum Institute (API). Fourt Edition. ANSI Approved September 2011. Revised September 2012. 28 p. The procedures established in this document govern the development of standards published by the American Petroleum Institute (API). All API standards development activities shall be conducted in accordance with these Procedures. API committees responsible for...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Third Edition, March 2000. 18p. A pipeline supervisory control center is a center for monitoring and controlling a pipeline system. This publication presents six lists of general considerations appropriate for developing or revamping a pipeline supervisory control center. The lists are not all-inclusive but should help stimulate further,...
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition, August 2000. 106p. This API Guidance Document for the Qualification of Pipeline Personnel was developed by the API’s subcommittee on Training to help pipeline operators comply with the Research and Special Program Administration’s (RSPA) Final Rule on Pipeline Safety: Qualification for Pipeline Personnel.
An American National Standard. American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition , August 2004. 26p. This standard provides calculations for determining centralizer spacing, based on centralizer
performance and desired standoff, in deviated and dogleg holes in wells for the petroleum and natural gas industries. It also provides a procedure for testing stop collars and reporting...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Third Edition, July 2003. 24p. This recommended practice addresses the permanent marking of liquid petroleum pipeline transportation facilities. It covers the design, message, installation, placement, inspection, and maintenance of markers and signs on pipeline facilities located onshore and at inland waterway crossings. Markers and signs...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Second Edition. 2010. 71p. The scope of this RP covers the development, implementation, evaluation, and documentation of public awareness programs associated with the normal operation of existing pipeline systems and facilities, including the following:
— transmission pipelines,
— local distribution systems,
— gathering lines.
American Petroleum Institute (API). 2010. 42p. This publication was created by an API subcommittee. The members of this subcommittee were predominantly operators of liquids pipelines, but included participation from operators of gas systems, as well as members from the alarm management and control systems communities, academia, and US DOT/PHMSA representatives. This document is...
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition, 2012. 61p. This recommended practice covers the basic requirements and their associated references needed to effectively and safely perform inspection activities during construction of new onshore pipelines. Use of this document will provide the basis for what construction inspectors need to know and where to find detailed...
American Petroleum Institute (API) Second Edition, October 1997. 12p. This recommended practice provides guidelines and procedures covering electric submersible pump performance testing intended to establish product consistency
American Petroleum Institute (API). Third Edition, July 2002. 44p. Each component of the ESP system (pump, motor, intake, seal or protector, cable, switchboard, etc.) is discussed in some detail as far as what must be considered for the best selection at a desired rate and well conditions. Examples are given to illustrate the basic design procedure and illustrate how PVT...
American Petroleum Institute (API). First Edition. June 2008. 182 p. This API document presents guidelines and recommended practices for the design and operation of intermittent, chamber, and plunger gas-lift systems. This document also contains three annexes. Annex A contains mathematical derivations and models of some of the most pertinent intermittent gas-lift calculations....
American Petroleum Institute (API). Second Edition, March 2001. 60p. Test site recommendations (Section 3): This section outlines the equipment needed for testing valves to determine the following: a. Valve flow coefficients (Cv). b. Pressure drop ratio factor (Xt). c. Gas-lift valve performance curves.
American Petroleum Instltute (API). Third Edition, Draft. June 12, 2008. 138 p. This document discusses the system components and presents a summary of recommended practices for recognizing and dealing with many of the problems that may cause upsets and/or inefficient operations in continuous gas-lift. The checklist below may be used as a quick reference guide for spotting and...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Draft #6, October 3, 2008. Version: April 30, 2016. 134 p. The purpose of this document is to provide recommended practices for the design, operation, optimization, and troubleshooting of dual gas-lift wells. Compared to single completions, dual completions have a higher initial cost, have more operating problems, are more difficult and...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Sixth Edition January 2014, 58 p. When specified by the owner / operator this recommended practice should shall be considered as a guide on new tank installations and maintenance of existing tanks, used in production service for the petroleum industry. It contains recommendations for good practices in (a) the collection of well or lease...
American Petroleum Institute (API) Third Edition, December 2003. 112p. This standard is under the jurisdiction of API Subcommittee 13, Drilling and Completion Fluids. This API standard is a modified aboption of the English version of ISO 10414-1:2001.
American Petroleum Institute (API). Fifth Edition. 156 p. This recommended practice provides standard procedures for determining the following characteristics of oilbased drilling fluids:
a) drilling fluid density (mud weight);
b) viscosity and gel strength;
c) filtration;
d) oil, water and solids concentrations;
e) alkalinity, chloride concentration and calcium...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Date: 2009-10-05. 84p. This API document is a Draft Standard. The objective of this Recommended Practice (RP) is to provide a basic understanding of and guidance about drilling fluid rheology and hydraulics, and their application to drilling operations. The purpose for updating the existing Recommended Practice, last published in May 2003, is to...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Fifth Edition. 86 p. API Recommended Practice 13J covers the physical properties, potential contaminants and test procedures for heavy brine fluids manufactured for use in oil and gas well drilling, completion, fracturing and workover fluids. API RP-13J provides methods for assessing the performance and physical characteristics of heavy...
An American National Standard. American Petroleum Institute (API). Fifth Edition. October 2005. 40p. This Standard establishes requirements and provides guidelines for configuration, installation, test, operation and documentation of subsurface safety valve (SSSV) systems. In addition, this International Standard establishes requirements and provides guidelines for selection,...
American Petroleum Institute (API). Seventh Edition, March 2001. 104p. This document presents recommendations for designing, installing, and testing a basic surface safety system on an offshore production platform. The basic concepts of a platform safety system are discussed and protection methods and requirements of the system are outlined.
American Petroleum Instltute (API) Fifth Edition, October. 1991. Reaffirmed June 2000. 62p. This document recommends minimum requirements and guidelines for the design and installation of new piping systems on production platforms located offshore
An American National Standard. American Petroleum Institute (API). Fifth Edition. July 2008. 162p. This document recommends minimum requirements and guidelines for the design, installation, and maintenance of electrical systems on fixed and floating petroleum facilities located offshore. For facilities classified as Zone 0, Zone 1 or Zone 2, reference API 14FZ, Recommended...