Api 5l

Specification for Line Pipe

ANSI/API SPECIFICATION 5L FORTY-FOURTH EDITION, OCTOBER 1, 2007 EFFECTIVE DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2008

CONTAINS API MONOGRAM ANNEX AS PART OF US NATIONAL ADOPTION ISO 3183:2007 (Modified), Petroleum and natural gas industries—Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems

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API Specification 5L/ISO 3183

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This standard shall become effective on the date printed on the cover butmay be used voluntarily from the date of distribution. Standards referenced herein may be replaced by other international or national standards that can be shown to meet or exceed the requirements of the referenced standard. This American National Standard is under the jurisdiction of the API Subcommittee 5 on Tubular Goods. ISO 3183 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 67, Materials,equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries, SC2, Pipeline transportation systems. In this American National Standard, certain technical modifications have been made. These technical modifications from the ISO Standard have not been incorporated directly into this API (US) national adoption. The normative modifications have been noted with an arrow (ß²²»¨ Ò ) adjacent to the clause, table, figure, etc. that has been modified. A complete list of modifications can be found in the normative Annex N. Nothing contained in any API publication is to be construed as granting any right, by implication or otherwise, for the manufacture, sale, or use of any method, apparatus, or product covered by letters patent. Neither should anything contained in the...