
API MPMS CH3.1A : 2013(R2018)
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Standard Practice for the Manual Gaugingof Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Hardcopy , PDF
09-04-2024
English
12-19-2018
This standard describes the following: a)the procedures for manually gauging the liquid level of petroleum and petroleum products in nonpressure fixed-roof, floating-roof tanks and marine tank vessels; b)procedures for manually gauging the level of free water that may be found with the petroleum or petroleum products; c)methods used to verify the length of gauge tapes under field conditions and the influence of bob weights and temperature on the gauge tape length; and d)influences that may affect the position of gauging reference point (either the datum plate or the reference gauge point).
DocumentType |
Standard Practice
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Pages |
41
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ProductNote |
This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
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PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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Status |
Superseded
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Supersedes |
API 55 :1995 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUCING AND GAS PROCESSING PLANT OPERATIONS INVOLVING HYDROGEN SULFIDE |
API RP 2556 : 1993 | CORRECTION GAUGE TABLES FOR INCRUSTATION |
API MPM CH8.4 : 1995(R2000) | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 8.4: STANDARD PRACTICE FOR SAMPLING AND HANDLING OF FUELS FOR VOLATILITY MEASUREMENT |
API MPMS CH9.4 : 2018 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 9.4 - CONTINUOUS DENSITY MEASUREMENT UNDER DYNAMIC (FLOWING) CONDITIONS |
API MPM CH7.5 : 2014 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 7.5: TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION - AUTOMATIC TANK TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT ONBOARD MARINE VESSELS CARRYING REFRIGERATED HYDROCARBON AND CHEMICAL GAS FLUIDS |
API RP 2026 : 2017 | SAFE ACCESS/EGRESS INVOLVING FLOATING ROOFS OF STORAGE TANKS IN PETROLEUM SERVICE |
API MPM CH10.9 : 2013 | MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 10.9: STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR WATER IN CRUDE OILS BY COULOMETRIC KARL FISCHER TITRATION |
API 49 : 2001 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR DRILLING AND WELL SERVICING OPERATIONS INVOLVING HYDROGEN SULFIDE |
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