Thanks for your responses, even if they were about 6 months late (lol). The reality I came to (and based on GulfCoastInspector's post, still am in agreement with) is that API/NBIC simply does not define what is considered the opposite of "In-Service". I would think that if you are publishing...
All right well several hours of searching the internet and code books led me to this one entry, from the NBIC code RB-3238 (1998 Interpretations):
INTERPRETATION 98-03
Subject: RB-3238 Interrupted Service
1998 Edition with the 1995 Addendum
Question
1:
Does paragraph RB-3238(f) of the NBIC...
All right well several hours of searching the internet and code books led me to this one entry, from the NBIC code RB-3238 (1998 Interpretations):
INTERPRETATION 98-03
Subject: RB-3238 Interrupted Service
1998 Edition with the 1995 Addendum
Question
1:
Does paragraph RB-3238(f) of the NBIC...
Is there a code reference which clarifies the definition of "Out of Service", in the context of rendering a pressurized component exempt from API 510/570/etc. Inspection requirements? Also, various refineries I've worked in performed "Out of Service" or "Abandoned in Place" equipment structural...
To clarify, there is no specific vessel I'm needing to inspect. It is a matter of any facility, in general, installing blinds or closing/locking block valves and identifying the equipment/piping as "Out of Service" (as well as on the P&ID), and saying "We don't want to waste money on inspection...
I have worked in refineries where it was an Owner/User procedural requirement to physically disconnect a vessel or piping system, and create an air-gap, prior to being considered "Out of Service" and rendering the component exempt from inspection requirements. My question is: Is anyone aware of...
