New ASME B31.8 Code for Gas Transmission

ASME B31.8 covers gas transmission and distribution piping systems, including gas pipelines, gas compressor stations, gas metering and regulation stations, gas mains, and service lines.  Now there’s a new 2014 Edition available from Document Center for this Code, as well as a 2014 update for the companion supplement, ASME 31.8S.

ASME B31.8 is updated on a regular basis.  The last edition was in 2012 (FYI: that revision is now  obsolete and withdrawn).  The Code covers the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, and testing of pipeline facilities used for the transportation of gas. It also covers safety aspects of the operation and maintenance of those facilities.

Titled “Code on Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems,” ASME B31.8 is  applicable up to the outlet of the customer’s meter set assembly. You’ll use it for gas transmission and gathering pipelines, including those that are installed offshore for the purpose of transporting gas from production facilities to onshore locations.  It also covers gas storage equipment of the closed pipe type that is fabricated or forged from pipe or fabricated from pipe and fittings as well as gas storage lines.

The supplement, ASME B31.8S, was written to provide you with the information necessary to develop and implement an effective integrity management program.  Such a program can decrease repair and replacement costs, prevent malfunctions, and minimize system downtime.  Considering the downside to failures of such a system, it makes good sense from personnel and community viewpoints as well as from a business perspective.

Now you need copies of the new updates.  Turn to Document Center for your purchase.  You can order them at our web store at www.document-center.com.  Or contact our staff by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com).  We’ve been providing standards to industry from our Silicon Valley location since 1982.  Make us your Standards Experts!

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