Api 14E

Recommended Practice for Design and Installation of Offshore Production Platform Piping Systems

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 14E (RP 14E) FIFTH EDITION, OCTOBER 1, 1991
Reaffirmed June 2000

American Petroleum Instltute 1220 L Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20005

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Amencan Petroleum InstituteAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF OFFSHORE PRODUCTION PLATFORM PIPING SYSTEMS

Page POLICY ________________-__-_____________________________________--------------------6 FOREWORD 7 DEFI"IONS 7 SYMBOLS 8
SECTION 1 GENERAL 9 Scope 9 Code for Pressure . . 9 Policy __ 9 Industry Codes, Guides and 9 9 American .Iron and Steel Institute American National Standards Institute 9American Petroleum Institute 10 American Society for Testing and Materials 10 American Society of Mechanical Engineers 10 National Association of Corros!on Engineers 10 10 National Fire Protection Association . . Gas Processors Suppliers Association-----------------------------------------. 10 Hydraulics Institute 10 Governmental Rules and Regulations 10 Demarcation Between Systems with DifferentPressure Ratings-_ 11 Corrosion 13 General 13 Weight Loss Corrosion 13 Sulfide Stress ._ 13 Chloride Stress 13 Application of NACE MR-01-75 13
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SECTION 2 PIPING DESIGN I-_.. 14 Pipe 14 Non-Corrosive Hydrocarbon. Service 14 Corrosive Hydrocarbon 14 Sulfide Stress Cracking 14 .. .Utilities Service 14 Tubing 1 14 Sizing Criteria General______.-___-_---~--_-----------------------------_----.. . . . . . 14 Slung Critena for Liquid 15 General 15 .. 15 Pump Piping 21 Sizing Criteria for Single-phase Gas Lines 21 General Pressure Drop Equation .. Empirical Pressure Drop 21 Gas Velocity Equation __________________________________ 22 .. Compressor Piping.______________________l____l___________---------------------23 General Notes 23 Sizing Criteria for Gasniquid Two-Phase Lines 23 Erosional Velocity __-___-________________________ 23 .. Minimum Velocity 23 Pressure Drop 23 Pipe Wall Thicknesses 25 Joint Connections . .. 25 Expansion and. Flexibility . 25 Start-up Provisions 25 References 26

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