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API standards which guide and govern the design, installation, operation and maintenance of storage tanks in petroleum industry.
An API well number or API number is a "unique, permanent, numeric identifier" assigned to each well drilled for oil and gas in the United States. [1] The API number is one of many industry standards established by the American Petroleum Institute .
API 650 is the governing code for Welded tanks for Oil storage normally operating in the atmospheric pressure range. The code API 650 provides guidelines for the design, fabrication, material, erection, and inspection of welded vertical and cylindrical storage tanks .
C65305. This standard covers steel storage tanks built to API 650 and its predecessor API 12C. It provides minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of such tanks after they have been placed in service and addresses inspection, repair, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction.
12 gru 2022 · API 653 is the industry standard inspection code for storage tank inspection and maintenance, covering the inspection, repair, alteration, and reconstruction of steel aboveground storage tanks...
The standard API 650 covers the design and calculation of the different elements of the tank. In view of the materials of construction, requirements and recommendations are set forth, i.e.: erection sequences, welding procedures, tests and inspections as well as guidelines for operation.
16 sie 2023 · The most used API Standards in the oil and gas industry are API 5L (for line pipe), API 650 (for welded tanks), API 570 (for piping inspection), API 510 (for pressure vessel inspection), API 653 (for tank inspection), and API RP 2A (for offshore structures design).
