API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Chapter 12.1.1 EI Hydrocarbon Management HM 1 Part 1 Calculation of Static Petroleum Quantities—Upright Cylindrical Tanks and Marine Vessels
American Petroleum Institute
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Definitions
4 Interrelationship between Chapter 12 and Chapter 11.1
5 Hierarchy of Accuracies
6 Rounding and Discrimination
7 Observed Data (Input, Direct, or Primary)
8 Calculated Data (Indirect or Secondary)
9 Calculation of Gross Observed Volume (GOV)
10 Calculation of Gross Standard Volume (GSV) and
Total Calculated Volume (TCV) -
Shore Tanks and Marine Vessel's Tanks
11 Calculation of Net Standard Volume (NSV)
12 Calculation of Mass (Weight in Vacuum) and
Weight (Weight in Air)
13 Direct Mass Measurement
14 Calculation Sequence
15 Calculation of Transferred Volumes for Custody Transfer
16 Miscellaneous
Annex A (normative) - Examples of Shore Tank and Marine
Vessel Tank Calculations
Annex B (normative) - Example of Shell Temperature
Correction Factors for Expansion and Contraction of
Upright Cylindrical Steel Tanks Due To Temperature
Annex C (normative) - Examples of Both Floating Roof Adjustments
and Corrections
Annex D (informative) - Linear Thermal Expansion Coefficients of
Steel
Annex E (informative) - Excerpt from HM 43 - Temperature
Corrections In Tank Calibration and Gauging, Petroleum
Measurement Paper No 11 - September 1999,
Annex C - Effect of Temperature On Tank Capacity
Bibliography
Helps the user through the steps necessary to calculate static liquid quantities, at atmospheric conditions, in upright, cylindrical tanks and marine tank vessels.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
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