MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 15: GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) IN THE PETROLEUM AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
American Petroleum Institute
15.0 INTRODUCTION
15.1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
15.2 REFERENCES
15.3 THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
15.3.1 General
15.3.2 SI Base Units
15.3.3 SI Supplementary Units
15.3.4 Derived Units
15.3.5 Other Allowable Units
15.3.6 Decimal Multiples and Submultiples of SI Unit
15.3.7 Use of Letter Symbols
15.4 USE OF CONVERSION TABLES IN SECTION 15.5
15.4.1 Categories
15.4.2 Corrections
15.4.3 Preferred Units
15.4.4 Equivalent Units
15.4.5 Notation
15.4.6 Significant Digits
15.4.7 Horsepower, Calorie & BTU
15.4.8 Reference Conditions
15.4.9 Amount of Substance
15.4.10 Density
15.4.11 Attachments to Units
15.4.12 Exceptions
15.4.13 Nomenclature
15.5 TABLES OF RECOMMENDED SI UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
15.6 EXAMPLES
15.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX A - METRIC CONVERSION OF LIQUIDS
APPENDIX B - METRIC CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS
APPENDIX C - BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX D - ORGANIZATION NAMES, ABBREVIATIONS,
AND FUNCTIONS
Encourages and facilitate uniformity of metric practice within the petroleum industry.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
| ProductNote | Reconfirmed 2001 |
