Listed below are the effective editions of the publications required for API 653 - Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector Certification Examinations in the above year. API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, Second Edition, April 2011 Attention: Only the following mechanisms to be included on the exam.
Listed below are the effective editions of the publications required for API 653 - Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector Certification Examinations in the above year. API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, Second Edition, April 2011 Attention: Only the following mechanisms to be included on the exam.
API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector Certification Exam
For Examination in 2014
Listed below are the effective editions of the publications required for API 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector Certification Examinations in the above year.
API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, Second Edition, April 2011
Attention: Only the following mechanisms to be included on the exam: Section 3 Terms (Definitions) Mechanisms: Par. 4.2.7 Brittle Fracture 4.2.16 Mechanical Fatigue 4.3.2 Atmospheric Corrosion 4.3.3 Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) 4.3.8 Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC) 4.3.9 Soil Corrosion 4.3.10 Caustic Corrosion 4.5.1 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (Cl-SCC) 4.5.3 Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking (Caustic Embrittlement) 5.1.1.10 Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic) 5.1.1.11 Sulfuric Acid Corrosion
API Recommended Practice 575, Inspection of Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks, Second Edition, May 2005
API Recommended Practice 577, Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, First Edition, October 2004
API Standard 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage, Twelfth Edition, March 2013
API Recommended Practice 651, Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks, Third Edition, January 2007
API Recommended Practice 652, Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms, Third Edition, October 2005
API Standard 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction, Fourth Edition, April 2009, Addendum 1 and 2, August and January 2012
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 2010 Edition with 2011 Addenda i. ASME Section V, Nondestructive Examination, Articles 1, 2, 6, 7, and 23 (Section SE-797 only) ii. ASME Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications (Section QW only)
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