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Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

API STANDARD 650 ELEVENTH EDITION, JUNE 2007 ADDENDUM 1: NOVEMBER 2008 ADDENDUM 2: NOVEMBER 2009 EFFECTIVE DATE: MAY 1, 2010

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Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

Downstream Segment API STANDARD 650 ELEVENTH EDITION, JUNE 2007 ADDENDUM 1: NOVEMBER 2008 ADDENDUM 2: NOVEMBER 2009 EFFECTIVE DATE: MAY 1, 2010

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