New API 616 5th Edition covers Gas Turbines for the Petroleum Industry

There’s a new API 616 5th Edition available from Document Center Inc., titled “Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services.”  The document is 180 pages in length and was issued in 2011.

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.  Additionally, gas turbine units that are capable of firing gas or liquid or both are included.

API 616 covers both industrial and aeroderivative gas turbines.  For gas turbine applications in the oil and gas sector, API 616 is the foundation for almost all purchase specifications.

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