This package includes all the exam materials required for the API Tank Entry Supervisor (TES) Certification Exam being given on March 23, 2011. The package includes the following: API Publications:

• API 2015 – Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks, Planning and Managing Tank Entry From Decommissioning Through Recommissioning
• API 2016 – Guidelines and Procedures for Entering and Cleaning Petroleum Storage Tanks
• API 2026 – Safe Access/Egress Involving Floating Roofs of Storage Tanks in Petroleum Service
• API Pub. 2207 – Preparing Tank Bottoms for Hot Work
• API Pub. 2219 – Safe Operation of Vacuum Trucks in Petroleum Service

ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) Publication Threshold Limit Values [TLVs® ] for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents In the Work Environment and Biological Exposure Indices [BEIs® ], 2008 Edition 29 Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR) Parts 1910 & 1926:

• CFR 1910.38 Employee Emergency Plans and Fire Prevention Plans
• CFR 1910.132-138 Subpart I – Personal Protective Equipment
• CFR 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces
• CFR 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
• CFR 1910.1000 (and following) Subpart Z “Toxic and Hazardous Substances”
• CFR 1910.1200 Hazard Communication
• CFR 1926.400-.449 Subpart K – Electrical
• OSHA 3088 How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations – 2001 (Revised)
• OSHA 3151-12R Personal Protective Equipment – Revised 2003
• OSHA 3138-01R Permit-Required Confined Spaces – Revised 2004
• OSHA 3120 Control of Hazardous Energy [Lockout/Tagout] – 2002 (Revised)
• OSHA 3111 Hazard Communication Guidelines for Compliance – 2000 (Reprinted)
• OSHA 3084 Chemical Hazard Communication – 1998 (Revised)
• OSHA 3075 Controlling Electrical Hazards – 2002 (Revised)
• OSHA 2254 Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines – 1998 (Revised)
• OSHA 3007 Ground-Fault Protection on Construction Sites – 1998 (Revised)

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Also known as CERT API 510, this package includes all the API and ASME exam materials required for the API 510 Certification Exam on June 1, 2011. The package includes the following:

• API Standard 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Ninth Edition, June 2006
• API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, 1st Edition, December 2003 (NOTE: Only mechanisms in RP 571 required for exam to be included)
• API Recommended Practice 572, Inspection of Pressure Vessels, Third Edition, November 2009.
• API Recommended Practice 576, Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices, Third Edition, November 2009.
• API Recommended Practice 577, Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, First edition, October 2004.
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 2007 edition with 2008 and 2009 Addenda.
  i. ASME Section V, Nondestructive Examination, Articles 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, and 23 (section SE-797 only)
  ii. ASME Section VIII-Division 1, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, Introduction, UG, UW, UCS, UHT, Appendices 1-4, 6, 8 and 12.
  iii. ASME Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications, welding only.

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Practices for Mitigating Surface Impacts Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing, First Edition

This document was published in January 2011 by American Petroleum Institute. It has 34 pages.

The purpose of this guidance document is to identify and describe practices currently used in the oil and natural gas industry to minimize surface environmental impacts-potential impacts on surface water, soils, wildlife, other surface ecosystems and nearby communities-associated with hydraulic fracturing operations. While this document focuses primarily on issues associated with operations in deep shale gas developments, it also describes the important distinctions related to hydraulic fracturing in other applications.

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Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services, Fifth Edition

This standards was published by API (American Petroleum Institute) in January 2011. This 5th edition has 180 pages and it replaces previous 4th edition, that was published in year 1998.

This standard covers the minimum requirements for open, simple, and regenerative-cycle combustion gas turbine units for services of mechanical drive, generator drive, or process gas generation. All auxiliary equipment required for operating, starting, controlling, and protecting gas turbine units are either discussed directly in this standard or referred to in this standard through references to other publications. Specifically, gas turbine units that are capable of firing gas or liquid or both are covered by this standard. This standard covers both industrial and aeroderivative gas turbines.

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Risk-Based Inspection, Second Edition (Recommended Practice)

API Recommended Practice 580 provides users with the basic elements for developing, implementing and maintaining a risk-based inspection (RBI) program. It provides guidance to owners, operators, and designers of pressure-containing equipment for developing and implementing an inspection program. These guidelines include means for assessing an inspection program and its plan. The approach emphasizes safe and reliable operation through risk-prioritized inspection. A spectrum of complementary risk analysis approaches (qualitative through fully-quantitative) can be considered as part of the inspection planning process. RBI guideline issues covered include an introduction to the concepts and principles of risk-based inspection for risk management; and individual sections that describe the steps in applying these principles within the framework of the RBI process include:

• understanding the design premise;
• planning the RBI assessment;
• data and information collection;
• identifying damage mechanisms and failure modes;
• assessing probability of failure;
• assessing consequence of failure;
• risk determination, assessment and management;
• risk management with inspection activities and process control;
• other risk mitigation activities;
• reassessment and updating;
• roles, responsibilities, training and qualifications;
• documentation and record-keeping.

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Inspection of Pressure-relieving Devices, Third Edition (Recommended Practice)

API Recommended Practice 576 describes the inspection and repair practices for automatic pressure-relieving devices commonly used in the oil and petrochemical industries. As a guide to the inspection and repair of these devices in the user’s plant, it is intended to ensure their proper performance. This publication covers such automatic devices as pressure-relief valves, pilot-operated pressure-relief valves, rupture disks, and weight-loaded pressure-vacuum vents.

The scope of this RP includes the inspection and repair of automatic pressure-relieving devices commonly used in the oil and petrochemical industry. This publication does not cover weak seams or sections in tanks, explosion doors, fusible plugs, control valves, and other devices that either depend on an external source of power for operation or are manually operated. Inspections and tests made at manufacturers’ plants, which are usually covered by codes or purchase specifications, are not covered by this publication.

This publication does not cover training requirements for mechanics involved in the inspection and repair of pressure-relieving devices. Those seeking these requirements should see API 510, which gives the requirements for a quality control system and specifies that the repair organization maintain and document a training program ensuring that personnel are qualified.

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Inspection Practices for Piping System Components, Third Edition (Recommended Practice)

This recommended practice (RP) supplements API 570 by providing piping inspectors with information that can improve skill and increase basic knowledge and practices. This RP describes inspection practices for piping, tubing, valves (other than control valves), and fittings used in petroleum refineries and chemical plants. Common piping components, valve types, pipe joining methods, inspection planning processes, inspection intervals and techniques, and types of records are described to aid the inspector in fulfilling their role implementing API 570. This publication does not cover inspection of specialty items, including instrumentation and control valves.

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Inspection Practices for Pressure Vessels, Third Edition (Recommended Practise)

API Recommended Practice 572 covers the inspection of pressure vessels. It includes a description of the various types of pressure vessels (including pressure vessels with a design pressure below 15 psig) and the standards for their construction and maintenance.

RP 572 also includes reasons for inspection, causes of deterioration, frequency and methods of inspection, methods of repair, and preparation of records and reports.

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Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks, Sixth Edition (Identical Adoption of ISO 28300:2008)

Sixth edition of API Std 2000 was published in November 2009 by API. It adopts international standard ISO 28300 into API.

This International Standard covers the normal and emergency vapour venting requirements for aboveground liquid petroleum or petroleum products storage tanks and aboveground and underground refrigerated storage tanks, designed for operation at pressures from full vacuum through 103,4 kPa (ga) [15 psig]. Discussed in this International Standard are the causes of overpressure and vacuum; determination of venting requirements; means of venting; selection, and installation of venting devices; and testing and marking of relief devices.

This International Standard is intended for tanks containing petroleum and petroleum products but it can also be applied to tanks containing other liquids; however, it is necessary to use sound engineering analysis and judgment whenever this International Standard is applied to other liquids.

This International Standard does not apply to external floating-roof tanks.

This edition of API Std 2000 is the identical national adoption of ISO 28300:2008, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries-Venting of atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks.

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Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Third Edition

In November 2009 American Petroleum Institute (API) published third edition of API 570.

API 570 covers the inspection, rating, repair, and alteration procedures for metallic and FRP piping systems and their associated pressure relieving devices that have been in-service.

The intent of this code is to specify the in-service inspection and condition-monitoring program that is needed to determine the integrity of piping. That program should provide reasonably accurate and timely assessments to determine if any changes in the condition of piping could possibly compromise continued safe operation.

API 570 was developed for the petroleum refining and chemical process industries but may be used, where practical, for any piping system. It is intended for use by organizations that maintain or have access to an authorized inspection agency, a repair organization, and technically qualified piping engineers, inspectors, and examiners.

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