API 570 Points To Recall

A S S E T I N T E G R I T Y C O N S U L A T A N T C O M P A N Y

API 570
1. “Repair” on piping system means work necessary to restore a
piping system to the design conditions.

2. “Alteration” means any change in piping components that

affects the design conditions.

3. API 570 shall not be used for new construction. It shall not
violate jurisdiction requirements.

4. Authorized inspection agency means any of the following:

a. Inspection organization of jurisdiction

b. Inspection organization authorized by
jurisdiction
c. Inspection organization of owner user
d. Inspection organization or contracted by
owner user
e. Inspection organization of insurance
company that undertakes insurance of
piping system

5. Repair Organization means any of the following:

a. Owner user who repairs or alters his own piping

b. A contractor authorized by owner user and
who carries out work as per API 570
c. Organization authorized/accepted or not prohibited by
jurisdiction and who carries out work in accordance with
API 570

6. Ultimate responsibility for executing the work as per API 570

rests with owner/user.

7. Soil-to-Air interface is subjected to combined action from

atmosphere as well as soil, and is taken up to 6” above and
12” below the soil.
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8. Deadlegs means piping components where there is no

significant flow (almost stagnant fluid).

9. Piping Circuit is part of piping system which is subjected to

similar corrosivity.

10. Piping system is the piping subjected to same design

conditions.

11. Examiner is NDT person who assists the API 570 inspector but
does not decide acceptance / rejection of NDT results.

12. Risk Based Inspection (RBI) means: Assessment of likelihood

of failure and consequences of failure and evolving inspection
scheme keeping in view both.

13. Injection points may cause accelerated or localized corrosion.

During scheduled inspections, extensive inspection should be
applied beginning 12 inches upstream.

14. Deadlegs: Stagnant liquids in deadlegs can cause more

corrosion than the active piping in the process.

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15. CUI is more likely on insulated pipings exposed to water/mist/moisture

and in the range of 25º to 250ºF.

16. Erosion is caused due to impacts of solid particles in liquids/gases or liquid

particles in gases. It is more serious if corrosion is also present.

17. Fatigue failure is caused due to cyclic stress or stress reversals (vibrations,
thermal changes).

18. Creep failure is dependent on time, temperature and stress.

19. The two important inspections carried out periodically on piping are:

a. Thickness measurement inspection, and

b. External visual inspection

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20. Thickness measurements are usually carried out by:

a. Ultrasonic thickness measurements for pipes larger than NPS 1

b. Profile radiography for pipes NPS 1 and smaller

21. External visual shall include checklist form Appendix D which involves
checking for leaks, misalignments, vibrations pipe support conditions,
external corrosion, condition of insulation/coating/painting.

22. TMLS shall be selected representing suspect areas and shall include elbows,
tees, injection points and S/A interface.

23. In API 570, pipes are classified as follows:

Class 1: Services with highest potential of resulting in

emergency if the leak occurs.
i.e The flammable fluids which readily vaporise
on leakage.

Class 2: Those pipes which are not included in Classes 1

and 3

Class 3: Services that do not significantly vaporize and

not located in high activity area.

10. Inspection Intervals:

a. Thickness measurements: Lower of half the remaining life

or
i. 5 years for Class 1
ii. 10 years for Classes 2 and 3
iii. 3 years for injection points

b. External visual:
i. 5 years for Classes 1 and 2
ii. 10 years for Class 3
iii. Injection points and S/A interface — by class

11. CUI inspection shall be done by NDE or insulation removal on the

following areas:

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Class Areas with Damaged Suspect Areas Within Susceptible

Insulation Temperature
1 75 % 50 %
2 50 % 33 %
3 25 % 10 %

12. Pipes systems having remaining life more than 10 years and are
adequately protected, need not be included for inspection of suspect
area as above.

13. Inspection of SBP:

a. SBP in Process Piping

— As per other process piping

b. SBP in Secondary Piping

1. For Class 1: Same as other Class 1

2. For Classes 2 and 3: Inspection is optional,
.however deadlegs shall be inspected

1. a.Remaining life = t actual – t required

corrosion rate

b. L. T. Corrosion rate = t initial – t actual_____________

years between t initial & t actual

c.S. T. Corrosion rate = t previous – t actual______________

years between t previous and t actual

2. If corrosion rate is not available for new service, it shall be determined within 3
months of service and shall be confirmed by subsequent measurements.

3. MAWP of piping system is worked out on basis of:

2 SEt
MAWP = . t = t actual – 2 x corrosion loss up to next insp.
D
For unknown material, assume lowest grade and lowest joint efficiency permitted
by the Construction Code.

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4. Authorization for repair may be given by Inspector, however authorization for

alteration shall be given only after consultation with and approval by piping
engineer. After completion, all repairs and alteration work shall be checked and
approved by Inspector.

5. A temporary repair may be made by fillet welding a plate patch if SMYS of pipe
does not exceed 40,000 psi.

6. Insert patches may be used for repairs if:

a. Full penetration groove welds are provided

b. For class 1 and 2 piping the welds are 100% radiographed or UT checked and
c. Patches have rounded corners 1” min. radius

7. Any welding done on-stream shall be done in accordance with hot tapping checklist
as per API 2201.

8. Pre-heating (and maintaining) to minimum 300°F can be substituted as alternative

to PWHT for P-1 and some P-3 steels (except Mn-Mo steels). The weld shall be
covered with insulation to slow cooling rate.

9. For other steels, PWHT has to be performed as per construction code.

10. Pressure tests are normally required after alterations and major repairs. However,
NDE maybe utilized if Pressure Test is not practical, if accepted by piping
Engineer.

11. The above grade survey of buried piping shall be conducted at an interval of
approximately 6 months.

12. For piping buried in lengths greater that 100 feet and not cathodically protected
(CP), the soil resistivity shall be checked at 5 year interval.

13. For poorly coated pipes or pipes with improper cathodic protection, close-interval
potential survey shall be made every 5 years.

14. Thickness measurement of buried pipes without CP shall be done at interval of 5,

10, and 15 years if soil resistivity is less than 2000, 2000 to 10,000 and more than
10,000 ohm-cm respectively. Thickness measurement is performed by “intelligent
pigging” or by excavation and UT check.

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14. Leak testing at minimum pressure = 1.1 x M.O.P. shall be done at half the above
intervals for non-C.P. pipes and same intervals for C.P. pipes. Pressure shall not
drop more than 5% in 4 hours period (Pressure-Decay Test).

15. Repairs using clamps for buried pipes, the location and date of clamp shall be
shown on the marker (flag) and also on the inspection report. Clamp shall be
replaced by permanent repair at first available opportunity.

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