Api 650

Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage

API STANDARD 650 TENTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 1998 ADDENDUM 1, JANUARY 2000 ADDENDUM 2, NOVEMBER 2001

Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage

Downstream Segment API STANDARD 650 TENTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 1998 ADDENDUM 1, JANUARY 2000 ADDENDUM 2, NOVEMBER 2001

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FOREWORD
This standard is based on the accumulated knowledge and experience of purchasers and manufacturers of welded steel oil storage tanks of various sizes and capacities for internal pressures not more than 21/2 pounds per square inch...