American Petroleum Institute inspection of piping

American Petroleum Institute, Inspection of Piping, Tubing, Valves and Fittings, Recommended Practice 574, 1st ed., Washington D.C., June 1990. 

American Petroleum Institute, Inspection of Piping, Tubing, Valves, and Fittings— Recommended Practice 574, 1st ed. Washington, D.C., 1990. Useful, needed, ready-to-use information can be found in this 26-page booklet based on the accumulated knowledge and experience from the petroleum industry. 

American Petroleum Institute. Inspection of piping, tubing, valves, and fittings API 574. 1st ed. Washington, DC American Petroleum Institute 1990. 

The inspection of piping is very well covered in the practical American Petroleum Institutes (API) Recommended Practice 574, Inspection of Piping, Tubing, Valves, and Fittings. [20] The recommended practice addresses the description of piping components, causes of deterioration, frequency of inspection, inspection tools, inspection procedures, and record keeping. 

ASTM], American Petroleum Institute [API], NFPA, Factory Mutual [FM], American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME], American National Standards Institute [ANSI], Cl, EC), including non-equipment items such as criteria for inspection of foundations and supports, anchor bolts, pipe hangers, guy wires, grounding connections, nozzles and sprinklers, insulation, protective coatings, external surfaces of vessels, insulation, etc. 

When a seasoned engineer thinks of design standards for tanks, piping, safety relief valves, and a host of other equipment he thinks abont the American Petroleum Institute (API). Similarly API tank inspection and repair practices are considered the holy-grail. The API roots took hold in the beginning of World War I, when the domestic oil and natural gas industry worked together to assist the war effort. 

API 570 Piping Inspection Code Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Rerating of In Service Piping Systems, American Petroleum Institute. 

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