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An approved assembly of insulated conductors with fittings and conductor terminations in a totally enclosed protective metal housing, see NEC Article 370.
Source: API Recommended Practice 14FZ, Recommended Practice for Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical Systems for Fixed and Floating Offshore Petroleum Facilities for Unclassified and Class I, Zone 0, Zone 1, and Zone 2 Locations, Second Edition, May 2013. Global StandardsBasic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training. Entrenamiento básico para emergencias e inducción a la seguridad en operaciones costa afuera.
Source: Resolución Número 40687 de 18 Jul 2017 Por la cual se establecen los criterios técnicos para proyectos de perforación exploratoria de hidrocarburos costa afuera en Colombia. Columbia Ministerio de Minas y Energia, RegulationsComponente o práctica que contribuye a la confiabilidad total del sistema evitando el flujo no deseado de fluidos.
Source: Resolución Número 40687 de 18 Jul 2017 Por la cual se establecen los criterios técnicos para proyectos de perforación exploratoria de hidrocarburos costa afuera en Colombia. Columbia Ministerio de Minas y Energia, RegulationsSource: API RP 781 Security Plan Methodology for the Oil and Natural Gas Industries.1st Ed. September 2016. Global Standards
Edge or boundary of a physical or logical security zone.
Source: ANSI/ISA–99.00.01–2007, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Part 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Models, 29 October 2007. National StandardAn organization that, through the use of manufacturing equipment and processes appropriate for the bolting product form, transforms raw material into finished bolting.
Source: API Specification 20E, Alloy and Carbon Steel Bolting for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Second Edition, February 2017. Global StandardsA conductive cable that provides a direct electrical connection between the tank shell and the tank floating roof.
Source: API RP 545 Recommended Practice for Lightning Protection of Aboveground Storage Tanks for Flammable or Combustible Liquids, First Edition, October 2009. Global StandardsAn area on the side of the CCU for the attachment of end-user certification or information and is defined as a black box. This should be 305 mm × 305 mm (12 in. × 12 in.) or of sufficient size if space constricted
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsAssembly composed of the bit, stabilizers, reamers, drill collars, various types of subs, etc., that is connected to the bottom of a string of drill pipe.
Source: API Specification 16Q, Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems, Second Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsThe depth of an open cavity forms above the spudcan after penetration.
Source: ABS Guidance Notes on Geotechnical Performance of Spudcan Foundations, January 2017. Global StandardsThe maximum uplift force during spudcan extraction.
Source: ABS Guidance Notes on Geotechnical Performance of Spudcan Foundations, January 2017. Global StandardsSource: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standards
Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standards
Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global Standards
Speed at which a flame front travels into an unburned combustible mixture.
Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global StandardsIncrease in pressure at the outlet of a pressure-relief device that develops as a result of flow after the pressure-relief device opens.
Source:API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global StandardsAmount of expected risk reduction based on the overall effectiveness of countermeasures.
Source:API STANDARD 780, Security Risk Assessment Methodology for the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, May 2013. Global Standards