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An API well number can have up to 14 digits divided by dashes as follows: Example: 42-501-20130-03-00 [7] The "42" means that this well is located in "State Code" 42 which is Texas. The "501" means that this well is located in "County Code" 501 which is Yoakum County. The "20130" is a "Unique Well Identifier" within the county.
API number, a unique identifier applied to each petroleum exploration or production well drilled in the United States. API unit, a standard measure of natural gamma radiation measured in a borehole. [16] "Non-API", an item (e.g., tubular connector) not conforming to API standards "Non-API", (informal) slang term for anything out of the norm.
American oil companies were the first to develop standards for the oil and gas industry. [1] American trade associations such as the American Petroleum Institute (founded in 1919), [2] the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASTM International, NACE International and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) developed Standards, Codes and Recommended Practices that were ...
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) oldest and most successful programs is in the development of API standards which started with its first standard in 1924. API maintains over 500 standards covering the oil and gas field. [2] The following is a partial list specific to welding:
A typical gravimetric API separator. An API oil–water separator is a device designed to separate gross amounts of oil and suspended solids from industrial wastewater produced at oil refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, natural gas processing plants and other industrial oily water sources.
LIST OF SECTIONS [9] The following is the structure of the 2021 Edition of the BPV Code: [10] ASME BPVC Section I - Rules for Construction of Power Boilers; ASME BPVC Section II - Materials; Part A - Ferrous Material Specifications; Part B - Nonferrous Material Specifications; Part C - Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals
Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) enables the petroleum operators to increase the oil and gas recovery rate from subsea oil wells. The operation is performed through smaller dynamic positioned monohull vessels instead of larger mobile installations like traditional semisubmersible drilling rigs or drillships .