API SPEC 12F Specification for Shop Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids
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API SPEC 12F Document Information:
Title
Specification for Shop Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids
American Petroleum Institute
Publication Date:
Oct 1, 2008
Scope:
General
This specification covers material, design, fabrication, and
testing requirements for shop-fabricated vertical, cylindrical,
aboveground, closed top, welded steel storage tanks in various
standard sizes and capacities for internal pressures approximately
atmospheric, not to exceed those listed in Table 1, Column 2.
This specification is designed to provide the oil production
industry with tanks of adequate safety and reasonable economy for
use in the storage of crude petroleum and other liquids commonly
handled and stored by the production segment of the industry. This
specification is for the convenience of purchasers and
manufacturers in ordering and fabricating tanks.
Compliance
The manufacturer is responsible for complying with all of the
provisions of this specification. The purchaser may make any
investigation necessary to be satisfied of this compliance by the
manufacturer and may reject any material that does not comply with
this specification. It is urged that the purchaser avail
him/herself of this right and furnish his/her own inspection
independently of any supervisory inspection furnished by the
manufacturer, and that the purchaser's inspector follow closely all
the details of shop fabrication and/or field construction and
testing herein specified which affect the integrity and safety of
the completed structure.
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