Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-2-5-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 400-2-5-.05 - Oil Measurements

(1) Quantities of oil shall be computed from tank tables correctly compiled in accordance with American Petroleum Institute (API) standard 2501, "Crude oil tank measurement and calibration," second edition, July 1961 or subsequent revisions thereof.

(2) The American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity of crude oil shall be determined in accordance with API standard 2500, "Measuring, sampling, and testing crude oil," second edition, March 1961 and subsequent revisions thereof. API standard 2500 restates the standards of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), viz., ASTM designation D287-39; "Standard method of test for gravity of petroleum and petroleum products by means of the hydrometer," Observed gravity at the observed temperature be corrected to (API) gravity and volume at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60° F) by the use of tables of the American Society for Testing Materials and the Institute of Petroleum, "ASTM-IP petroleum measurement tables" (ASTM designation No. 1250; IP designation 200).

(3) Correction for Basic Sediment and Water (BS & W) shall be made in accordance with the methods specified in the joint ASTM-API method, "Standard method of test for water and sediment in crude oils," ASTM designation: D96-63, API standard: 2542.

(4) The standards cited above shall be superseded by future revisions of such standards. However, the Board shall, if a characteristic of crude oil makes it necessary, after notice and hearing, issue field rules, special rules or regulations and orders prescribing a specific method of measuring, sampling, and testing crude oil.

Author: State Oil and Gas Board

Ala. Admin. Code r. 400-2-5-.05

New Rule: Filed April 11, 2000; effective May 16, 2000.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-17-1, etseq.