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This recommended practice provides a guide for planning, designing, and constructing heliports for fixed offshore platforms. It includes operational consideration guidelines, design load criteria, heliport size, marking recommendations, and other heliport design recommendations.

Coverage

This specification covers one grade of intermediate strength steel plates, though 2½ in.thick, for use in welded construction of offshore structures. These steels are intended for fabrication primarily by cold forming and welding as per API Spec 2B. The welding procedure is of fundamental importance, and it is presumed that procedures will be suitable for the steels and their intended service. Conversely, the steel should be amendable to fabrication an

This specification covers rolled shapes (wide flange shapes, angles, etc.), having a specified minimum yield strength of 50 ksi (345 Mpa), intended for use in offshore structures. Commonly available Class A, Class B, and Class C beams refer to degrees of fracture criticality as described in section 8.1.3 of API RP 2A, with Class C being for the least critical applications. For special critical applications, Class AAZ shapes may be specified, by agreement, using supplement S101.

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This document provides useful information and recommended practices for the maintenance and inspection of atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks. While some of these guidelines may apply to other types of tanks, these practices are intended primarily for existing tanks that were constructed to API Spec 12A or API Spec 12C, and API Std 620 or API Std 650. This recommended practice includes:

1. Descriptions of the various types of storage tanks.
2. Construction standards.

This recommended practice covers the minimum requirements for the inspection and repair of special purpose rotating equipment rotors, bearings and couplings used in petroleum, chemical, and gas industry services.

This recommended practice is separated into 7 specific chapters. Chapters 2 through 7 are to be used separately from each other and in conjunction with Chapter 1. Refer to Chapter 1, Section 2 for the process used to overhaul and refurbish a rotor.

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1 Scope

1.1 This specification covers steel casing, tubing, and liners in the designations and wall thicknesses applicable to the following four groups and shown in Tables A-1, A-2, and A-3 of Appendix A. This specification also covers pup joints, connectors, couplings, and thread protection. Supplementary requirements are specified in Appendix B.

a. Group 1--All casing and tubing in Grades H, J, K, M, and N listed in Tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.

b. Group 2--All

1 Scope

This standard provides environmentally sound practices for domestic onshore oil and gas production operations. It is intended to be applicable to contractors as well as operators. Facilities within the scope of this document include all production facilities, including produced water handling facilities. Offshore and arctic areas are beyond the scope of this document. Operational coverage begins with the design and construction of access roads and well loca

Coverage

This specification covers two grades of high strength steel plates for use in welded construction of offshore structures, in selected critical portions which must resist impact, plastic fatigue loading, and lamellar tearing. Grade 50 is covered in thicknesses up to 6 in. (150 mm) inclusive, and Grade 60 is covered in thicknesses up to 4 in. (100 mm) inclusive.

It is intended that steel produced to Grades 50 of the basic API Spec 2W

This recommended practice (RP) for nondestructive examination (NDE) of offshore structural fabrication and guidelines for qualification of personnel contains guidance on NDE methods which have evolved from fabrication experience with offshore structures. These methods are commonly used and have found acceptance due to their reliable detection of discontinuities. The five NDE methods routinely used in offshore structural fabrication are visual (VT), penetrant (PT), magnetic particle (MT), radi

These recommendations apply to production operations as deÞned herein. For information on drilling, well servicing and workover operations, see API RP 54.

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to recommend practices and procedures for promotion and maintenance of safe working conditions for personnel engaged in onshore oil and gas production, including special services.