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Bottom Plates - Minimum Width

Thread starter TerryThompson
Start date Mar 27, 2003

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Mar 27, 2003

TerryThompson

Petroleum

Clause 3.4.1 in API 650 states that sketch plates shall have a minimum nominal width of 72 inches. Usually on a floor plate layout there are 4 pieces that are "pie" shaped. Does this mean that one or both sides of this "pie" must be at least 6 feet from the lap to the shell?
Thanks
Terry