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API Standard 653: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

This standard provides minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of steel storage tanks after they have been placed in service. It addresses inspection, repair, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction of tanks built to API 650. The scope is limited to the tank foundation, bottom, shell, structure, roof, attached appurtenances, and nozzles to the first flange or weld. It recognizes fitness-for-service assessment concepts for evaluating in-service degradation and can be used along with API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 for specific assessment procedures. The standard is intended for organizations that maintain tanks and have trained engineering and inspection personnel.

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API Standard 653: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

This standard provides minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of steel storage tanks after they have been placed in service. It addresses inspection, repair, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction of tanks built to API 650. The scope is limited to the tank foundation, bottom, shell, structure, roof, attached appurtenances, and nozzles to the first flange or weld. It recognizes fitness-for-service assessment concepts for evaluating in-service degradation and can be used along with API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 for specific assessment procedures. The standard is intended for organizations that maintain tanks and have trained engineering and inspection personnel.

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API Standard 653

Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

FIFTH EDITION | NOVEMBER 2014 | 162 PAGES | $235.00 | PRODUCT NO. C65305

This standard covers steel storage tanks built to API 650 This standard recognizes fitness-for-service assessment
and its predecessor API 12C. It provides minimum concepts for evaluating in-service degradation of pressure
requirements for maintaining the integrity of such tanks containing components. API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, Fitness-For-
after they have been placed in service and addresses Service, provides detailed assessment procedures or
inspection, repair, alteration, relocation, and acceptance criteria for specific types of degradation
reconstruction. referenced in this standard. When this standard does not
provide specific evaluation procedures or acceptance criteria
The scope is limited to the tank foundation, bottom, shell,
for a specific type of degradation or when this standard
structure, roof, attached appurtenances, and nozzles to
explicitly allows the use of fitness-for-service criteria, API
the face of the first flange, first threaded joint, or first
579-1/ASME FFS-1 may be used to evaluate the various
welding-end connection. Many of the design, welding,
types of degradation or test requirements addressed in this
examination, and material requirements of API 650 can
standard.
be applied in the maintenance inspection, rating, repair,
and alteration of in-service tanks. In the case of apparent
conflicts between the requirements of this standard and
API 650 or its predecessor API 12C, this standard shall For ordering information:
govern for tanks that have been placed in service.
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This standard employs the principles of API 650; however,
storage tank owner/operators, based on consideration of
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specific construction and operating details, may apply this
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standard to any steel tank constructed in accordance with
a tank specification.
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This standard is intended for use by organizations that (Local and International)
maintain or have access to engineering and inspection
personnel technically trained and experienced in tank Fax: (+1) 303-397-2740
design, fabrication, repair, construction, and inspection.
API members receive a 30% discount where applicable.
This standard does not contain rules or guidelines to cover
all the varied conditions which may occur in an existing tank.
When design and construction details are not given, and are
not available in the as-built standard, details that will provide
a level of integrity equal to the level provided by the current
edition of API 650 must be used.

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