Equipment
Fire Boilers
& Heaters
Pressure
Vessels
Piping
Storage
Tanks
Design & Construction
ASME BPVC-I - BPVC Section I - Power Boilers
ASME BPVC-V - Nondestructive Examination
ASME BPVC-IX - BPVC Section IX - Welding and Brazing Qualifications
API 560 - Fired Heaters for General Refinery Service
API RP 538 - Industrial Fired Boilers for General Refinery and Petrochemical Service
API RP 556 - Recommended Practice for Fired Heaters and Steam Generators
PD 5500 - Unfired Pressure Vessels
EN 13445 – Unfired Pressure Vessels
API 660 - Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
API 661 - Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries Air-Cooled Heat
Exchangers
API Std 662, Part 1&2 Standard for Plate Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services
ASME BPVC-VIII - Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
ASME BPVC-X - Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
Inspection & Fitness for Service
API RP 573 - Inspection of Fired Boilers and Heaters
Safed SBG 1 & 2 - Guidelines for the examination of boiler shell-to
endplate and furnace-to-endplate welded joints and longitudinal
seams of shell boilers.
API 510 – Pressure Vessel Inspection
API 571 - Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the
Refining Industry
API RP 572 - Inspection of Pressure Vessels
API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 - Fitness-For-Service (FFS)
ASME PCC-2 – Repair of Pressure Equipment and Piping
API RP 583 - Corrosion Under Insulation and Fireproofing
API RP 584 - Integrity Operating Windows
API RP 585 - Pressure Equipment Integrity Incident Investigation
EN 13480 – Metallic Industrial Piping
API 570 – Piping Inspection
API 571 - Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the
ASME B31.1 – Power Piping
Refining Industry
ASME B31.3 – Process piping
API RP 574 - Inspection Practices for Piping System Components
ASME B31.5 - Refrigeration Piping and Heat Transfer Components
API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 - Fitness-For-Service (FFS)
ASME B31.9 - Building Services Piping
API RP 583 - Corrosion Under Insulation and Fireproofing
ASME B31.12 - Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines.
API RP 584 - Integrity Operating Windows
API RP 585 - Pressure Equipment Integrity Incident Investigation
ASME B16 - .1 to .50 Flanges and Fittings
ASME PCC-2 – Repair of Pressure Equipment and Piping
ASME B1 - Screws
ASME B31G - Manual for Determining the Remaining Strength of
Corroded Pipelines
EN 14015 - Vertical, cylindrical, flat-bottomed, above ground, welded, steel tanks for
EEMUA 159 –
the storage of liquids at ambient temperature and above
API RP 651 - Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage
Tanks
API 650 - Welded Tanks for Oil Storage
API RP 652 - Recommended Practice for Lining of Aboveground
API RP 651 - Recommended Practice for Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Storage
Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms
Tanks
API 653 - Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction
API RP 652 - Recommended Practice for Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank API RP 575 - Inspection Practices for Atmospheric and Low Pressure
Bottoms
Storage Tanks
API Std 2510 - Standard for Design and Construction of LPG Installations
API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 - Fitness-For-Service (FFS)
Rotating
Plant
API SPEC 12B - Specification for Bolted Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids
API Std 2000 - Standard for Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks:
Nonrefrigerated and Refrigerated
API RP 2210 - Recommended Practice for Flame Arresters for Vents of Tanks Storing
Petroleum Products
API RP 2350 - Recommended Practice for Overfill Protection for Storage Tanks in
Petroleum Facilities
BS2654 -vertical steel welded non-refrigerated storage tanks with butt-welded shells
for the petroleum industry (replaced by EN 14015)
API Std 610 - Standard for Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural
Gas Industries
API Std 611 - Standard for General Purpose Steam Turbines for Petroleum, Chemical,
and Gas Industry Services
API Std 612 - Standard for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries-Steam
Turbines - Special purpose Applications Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas
industries - Steam turbines - Special purpose applications
API Std 613 - Standard for Special Purpose Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas
Industry Services
API Std 614 - Standard for Lubrication, Shaft-sealing, and Control-oil Systems and
Auxiliaries for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
API Std 616 - Standard for Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry
Services
API Std 617 - Standard for Axial and Centrifugal Compressors and Expandercompressors for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
API Std 618 - Standard for Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and
Gas Industry Services
API Std 619 - Standard for Rotary-type Positive Displacement Compressors for
Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries
API Std 670 - Standard for Machinery Protection Systems
API Std 671 - Standard for Special Purpose Couplings for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas
Industry Services
API Std 672 - Standard for Packaged, Integrally Geared Centrifugal Air Compressors for
Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
API Std 673 - Standard for Centrifugal Fans for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry
Services
API Std 674 - Standard for Positive Displacement Pumps-Reciprocating
API Std 675 - Standard for Positive Displacement Pumps-Controlled Volume
API Std 676 - Standard for Positive Displacement Pumps-Rotary
API RP 687 - Recommended Practice for Rotor Repair
API Std 677 - Standard for General-purpose Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical and
Gas Industry Services
API Std 681 - Standard for Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps and Compressors
API Std 682 - Standard for Pumps-Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary
Pumps
API Publ 684 - Publication for Tutorial on the API Standard Paragraphs Covering Rotor
Dynamics and Balance (An Introduction to Lateral Critical and Train Torsional Analysis
and Rotor Balancing)
API Std 685 - Standard for Sealless Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Heavy Duty
Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
API RP 686 - Recommended Practice for Machinery Installation and Installation Design
Valves
ASME B73.1 - Specification for Horizontal End Suction Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical
Process
ASME B73.2 - Specifications for Vertical In-Line Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical Process
ASME B73.3- Specification for Sealless Horizontal End Suction Metallic Centrifugal
Pumps for Chemical Process
ASME B73.5M - Thermoplastic/Thermoset Polymer Material Horizontal End Suction
Centrifugal Pumps Chemical Process
ASME PTC 8.2 - Centrifugal Pumps
ASME PTC 9 - Displacement Compressors, Vacuum Pumps And Blowers
ASME PTC 18 - Hydraulic Turbines and Pump-Turbines
API 594 - Check Valves: Flanged, Lug, Wafer, and Butt-Welding
API Spec 6D - Specification for Pipeline Valves, Petroleum and natural gas industries
API Std 599 - Standard for Metal Plug Valves-Flanged, Threaded and Welding Ends
API Std 600 - Standard for Steel Gate Valves, Flanged and Butt-welding Ends, Bolted
Bonnets
API Std 601 - Standard for Metallic Gaskets for Raised-face Pipe Flanges & Flanged
Connections (Double-jacketed corrugated and Spiral-wound)
API Std 602 - Standard for Steel Gate, Globe and Check Valves for Sizes DN 100 and
Smaller for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries
API Std 603 - Standard for Corrosion-resistant, Bolted Bonnet Gate Valves-Flanged and
Butt-welding Ends
API Std 607 - Standard for Testing of Valves-Fire Type-testing Requirements
API Std 608 - Standard for Metal Ball Valves-Flanged, Threaded and Butt-Welding Ends
API Std 609 - Standard for Butterfly Valves: Double Flanged, Lug- and Water-Type
API RP 520 - Recommended Practice for Sizing, Selection and Installation of Pressurerelieving Devices in Refineries, Part I-Sizing and Selection
API RP 576 - Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices
API Std 598 - Standard for Valve Inspection and Testing
API RP 6DR - Recommended Practice for Repair and Remanufacture of
Pipeline Valves
API RP 621 - Recommended Practice for Reconditioning of Metallic
Gate, Globe, and Check Valves
API RP 520 - Recommended Practice for Sizing, Selection, and Installation of Pressurerelieving Devices in Refineries, Part II-Installation
API Std 521 - Standard for Guide for Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems
Petroleum and natural gas industries-Pressure-relieving and depressuring systems
API Std 526 - Standard for Flanged Steel Pressure Relief Valves
API Std 527 - Standard for Seat Tightness of Pressure Relief Valves
Pipelines
Other
ASME B16.10 - Face-to-Face and End-to-End Dimensions of Valves
ASME B16.33 - Manually Operated Metallic Gas Valves for Use in Gas Piping Systems
up to 125 psi (Sizes NPS 1/2 – NPS 2)
ASME B16.34 - Valves - Flanged, Threaded and Welding End
ASME B16.38 - Large Metallic Valves for Gas Distribution: Manual Operated, NPS 2 1/2
(DN 65) to NPS 12 (DN 300), 125 psig (8.6 bar) Maximum
ASME B16.40 - Manually Operated Thermoplastic Gas Shutoffs and Valves in Gas
Distribution Systems
ASME B16.44 - Manually Operated Metallic Gas Valves for Use in Aboveground Piping
Systems up to 5 psi
ASME PCT 25 - Pressure Relief Devices
ASME B31.4 - Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries
ASME B31.8 - Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems
API RP 1160 - Managing System Integrity for Hazardous Liquid
Pipelines
API RP 1176 - Assessment and Management of Cracking in Pipelines
ASME B31.8S - Managing System Integrity of Gas Pipelines.
ASME B31G - Manual for Determining the Remaining Strength of
Corroded Pipelines
API RP 577 - Welding Processes, Inspection, and Metallurgy
API RP 578 - Material Verification for New and Existing Alloy Piping
API RP 580 - Risk Based Inspection (RBI)
API RP 581 - Risk Based Inspection Technology
API RP 754 - Process Safety Performance Indicators for the Refining
and Petrochemical Industries
API RP 934 - Materials and Fabrication of Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels
for High-Pressure Hydrogen Ser
API RP 939-C - Guidelines for Avoiding Sulfidation (Sulfidic) Corrosion
Failures in Oil Refineries
API RP 941 - Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures
and Pressures
API RP 970 - Corrosion Control Documents
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