2017 Spring Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting

May 8-11, 2017 | Caesars Palace | Las Vegas, Nevada | www.api.org/meetings

Current as of May 1, 2017 | Subject to change | SOME Pre- & Post-Week Meetings: May 5-7 and May 11-12

Friday, May 5, 2017

Mechanical Equipment
API Task Force 692, Compressor Dry Gas Seals
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, May 6, 2017

Mechanical Equipment
API Task Force 616, Gas Turbines for the Petroleum,
Chemical and Gas Industry Services
8:00 am – 3:30 pm
API Task Force 682, Pump - Shaft Sealing Systems Cancelled
for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
API Task Force 692, Compressor Dry Gas Seals
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, May 7, 2017

General
Registration
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sponsor and Exhibitor Displays
(Vendor Setup)
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Aboveground Storage Tanks,
Inspection and Mechanical
Integrity, and Corrosion and
Materials
SCAST/SCIMI/SCCM Coordination Committee
(Leadership Teams & API Reps)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Sunday, May 7, 2017
(Continued)

Heat Transfer Equipment

SCHTE Academic Liaison Working Group

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Mechanical Equipment

API Task Force 681, Liquid Ring Vaccum Pumps and

Compressors
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
API Task Force 613, Special Purpose Gear Units for
Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
API Task Force 682, Pump - Shaft Sealing Systems Cancelled
for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
API Task Force 692, Compressor Dry Gas Seals
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

API Task Force 616, Gas Turbines for the Petroleum,

Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
API Task Force 611, General-Purpose Steam
Turbines
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Piping and Valves

Task Force on Std. 608, Bolted Bonnet Gate Valves

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Task Force on Std. 623, Globe Valves

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Refinery Equipment

CRE Chairs’ Workshop

(Members & Invited Guests Only)
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

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Monday, May 8, 2017

General
Breakfast and General Session – “Standards as
Data & Collaborative Authoring Tools”
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sponsor and Exhibitor Displays
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Spouses’ Breakfast
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Morning Coffee Service
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Orientation for New Committee Members and New
Attendees
(Open to new attendees and anyone wishing to expand
their knowledge of procedures for standards development
and committee structure)
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Mid-Morning Coffee Service
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Afternoon Coffee Service
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Special Afternoon Networking Break
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Welcome Reception
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Aboveground Storage Tanks
Tank Safety Task Group
(2015, 2026, 2027, and 2207)
8:30 am – 11:00 am
Refrigerated Tank Task Group
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Standard 2510 (LPG Installations)
Revision Task Group
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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Monday, May 8, 2017
(Continued)
Aboveground Storage Tanks
(Continued)
Standard 2610 (Terminal Tank Facilities) Revision
Task Group
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
12 Series (Production Tanks) Work Group
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SCAST Owners and Operators
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
SCAST Manufacturers and Contractors
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Corrosion and Materials
Task Group on Corrosion and Materials Research
8:30 am - 10:30 am
RP 932-B Hydroprocessing REACs
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
High Temperature Hydrogen Attack JIP
(Sponsors Only)
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
RP 941, High Temperature Hydrogen Attack
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
API 934 - H&I, CrMo Reactor Inspection &
Maintenance
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Electrical Equipment
RP 545, Recommended Practice for Lightning
Protection for of Aboveground Storage Tanks for
Flammable or Combustible Liquids
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
RP 546, Brushless Synchronous Machines - 500 kVA
and Larger, 4th Edition Draft
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
RP 500 and RP 505 Classification of Locations for
Electrical Installations
8:30 pm – 5:00 pm

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Monday, May 8, 2017
(Continued)

Heat Transfer Equipment

Task Group on Std. 560, Fired Heaters
(General Session)
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Task Group on Std. 669, Heat Recovery Systems
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 560, Fired Heaters
(Burners)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 560, Fired Heaters
(Coatings)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 560 Fired Heaters
(General Session)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
SCHTE Fired Consensus Group
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
SCHTE Steering Committee
(Committee Members Only)
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
SCHTE Task Group Secretaries, Subgroup Leaders, Cancelled
and Liaisons
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Inspection and Mechanical
Integrity
Inspection Codes Task Group
8:30 am – 10:30 am
RP 575 Task Group
10:30 am – 11:00 am
API RP 573 Task Group
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Monday, May 8, 2017
(Continued)

Inspection and Mechanical

Integrity
(Continued)
API RP 583 Task Group
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
API RP 584 Task Group
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
API RP 571 Task Group
(Inspection Section Only)
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
API RP 585 Task Group
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Instruments and Control
Systems
Subcommittee on Instruments and Control Systems
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Mechanical Equipment
SOME Joint Review on Std. 613, Special Purpose Cancelled
Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry
Services
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
SOME Joint Review on API 686, Recommended
Practice for Machinery Installation and Installation
Design
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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 Monday, May 8, 2017
(Continued)

Piping and Valves

Piping Executive Session
(Users Only)
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Piping Manufacturers and Contractors
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Piping Subgroup on Gate, Globe, and Check Valves
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Piping Subgroup on Quarter Turn Valves and Valve
Quality
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Task Force on Std. 608, Ball Valves Cancelled
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pressure Relieving Systems
PERF II – Inlet Stability
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Refractory Materials
Management of API Sponsored Refractory Projects
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Technical Data Committee
Technical Data Book Cancelled
8:30 am – 5:00 pm

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

General
Early Morning Coffee Service
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration
7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Operating Practices Symposium Early
Registration
7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sponsor and Exhibitor Displays
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Spouses’ Breakfast
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Mid-Morning Coffee Service
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Afternoon Coffee Service
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Special Afternoon Networking Break
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Aboveground Storage Tanks
SCAST Subgroup Fabrication
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
SCAST Subgroup Design
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Corrosion and Materials
SCCM Officers
(Officers Only)
7:00 am – 8:00 am
API 934 A-B-C-E CrMo Reactor Fabrication
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
RP 934-F, Reactor MPT
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
(Continued)
Corrosion and Materials
(Continued)
RP 945, Amine SCC
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
RP 934-J, Coke Drum Repairs
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
RP 571, Damage Mechanisms
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Electrical Equipment
RP 546, Brushless Synchronous Machines - 500 kVA
and Larger, 4TH Edition Draft
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
RP 500 and RP 505 Classification of Locations for
Electrical Installations
8:30am – 5:00 pm
Heat Transfer Equipment
Task Group on Std. 560, Fired Heaters (Refractory)
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
SCHTE /SCRM API 565, Refractory Details for Sulfur
Reaction Furnaces
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 534, Heat Recovery Steam
Generators - Next Edition, Day 1
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Std. 535, Burners for Fired Heaters: Development of
Next Edition
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Std. 810, Welded Plate - Block Heat Exchangers:
Development of 1st Edition
8:00 am – 6:00 pm

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
(Continued)
Heat Transfer Equipment
(Continued)
Task Group on Std. 560, Fired Heaters (Fans)
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
SCHTE/SCRM API 561–Refractory Details for
Reforming Furnaces
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Inspection and Mechanical
Integrity
SCIMI NDE Task Group
7:30 am – 9:30 am
API RP 581 Task Group
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
RP 586 Development
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
API RP 587 Development Meeting
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
API RP 577 Task Group
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
API 581 Task Group - Breakout Session
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
SCIMI Contractors Task Group
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Instrument and Control
Systems
Task Group on RP 554, Parts 1-3, Control Systems
Functions
8:00 am – 11:00 am
Task Group on RP 553, Refinery Valves and
Accessories for Control and Safety Instrumented
Systems
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Task Group on RP 552, Transmission Systems
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
(Continued)

Mechanical Equipment

SOME Joint Review on Std. 682, Pumps-Shaft

Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps
8:00 am – 10:00 am
SOME Joint Review on API Std. 673/560, Centrifugal
Fans
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
SOME Joint Review on API Std. 681, Liquid Ring
Vacuum Pumps and Compressors
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Piping and Valves
Piping - Joint Meeting
8:30 am – 11:30 am
SCOPV Executive Roundtable
(User Members Only)
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Task Force on RP 621, Valve Reconditioning
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Task Force on Std. 608, Ball Valves

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pressure Relieving Systems
Task Force on 521, Pressure Relieving and
De-Pressurized Systems
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Refinery Equipment
CRE Project Coordinating Committee
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
(Continued)
Refining Subcommittee
Refining Subcommittee
(Committee Members and Invited Guests Only)
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Refractory Materials
SCHTE/SCRM API 565, Refractory Details for Sulfur
Reaction Furnaces
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
SCRM/SCHTE API 561, Refractory Details for
Reforming Furnaces
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Technical Data Committee
Technical Data Book Cancelled
8:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

General
Early Morning Coffee Service
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Operating Practices Symposium Registration
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration
7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mid-Morning Coffee Service
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Afternoon Coffee Service
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Aboveground Storage Tanks
SCAST Joint Session
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Corrosion and Materials
TR 938-C, Duplex Stainless Steels
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Duplex Stainless Steel JIP
10:00 am – 10:30 am
RP 582, Welding Guidelines
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
RP 939-C Sulfidation
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
RP 970, Corrosion Control Documents
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
SCCM Joint and Business Meeting
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Wednesday, May 10 2017
(Continued)
Electrical Equipment
SOEE Joint Meeting
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Heat Transfer Equipment
Std. 561, Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas –
General Session
8:00 am – 9:00 am
API 537/521, Joint Meeting: Moving Material from
One Standard to the Other
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Std. 667, Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers - Develop
1st Ed. (Revised API 662, Part 2)
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Std. 561, Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas -
Breakout 1 (Process, Combustion & Mechanical
Design)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Std. 561, Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas -
Breakout 2 (Radiant Coil, Convection and
Supports, etc.)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Std. 561, Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas -
Breakout 3 (Instrumentation & Protective
Functions)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Std. 561, Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas -
Breakout 4 (Inspection and Testing)
9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 537, Flare Details, New Items
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Std. 561, Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas –
General Session
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
(Continued)
Inspection and Mechanical
Integrity
API RP 578 Task Group Meeting
7:30 am – 10:00 am
Inspector Certification Task Group
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
SCIMI Joint Meeting
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Mechanical Equipment
SOME Joint Review on 10-Year Plan
8:00 am – 8:30 am
SOME Joint Review on Std. 617, Axial and
Centrifugal Compressors
8:30 am – 12 :00 pm
SOME Joint Review on Std. 611 General-purpose
Steam Turbines
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Operating Practices
OPS Breakfast
(Symposium Participants Only)
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Operating Practices Symposium (OPS)
(Refining and Petrochemical Operating Companies
Only)
8:30 – 5:00 pm
OPS Networking Lunch
(Operating Practices Symposium Participants Only)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
(Continued)
Pressure Relieving Systems
Task Force on Std. 526/527, Pressure Relief Valves
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Task Group on Std. 2000
10:00 am – 12:00 am
SCPRS Joint Session
1:30 – 5:00 pm

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

General
Registration
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Early Morning Coffee Service
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Mid-Morning Coffee Service
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Afternoon Coffee Service
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Corrosion and Materials
WRC/MPC Heavy Wall CrMo Vessel "PREVENT"
Program
(Open to Project Sponsors and Invited Guests Only)
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Heat Transfer Equipment
SCHTE Unfired Consensus Group
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Task Group on Std. 565, Reactor Furnaces in Sulfur
Recovery Units Burner Subgroup
8:00 am – 11:00 am
Task Group on Std. 534, Heat Recovery Steam
Generators - Next Edition, Day 2
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
SCHTE/SOICS RP 556, Instrumentation Control and
Protective Systems for Fired Heaters
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 660, Shell-and-Tube Heat
Exchangers, Addendum to 9th Edition
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Std. 565, Joint Meeting w/SOICS
11:00 am – 3:00 pm

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Thursday, May 11, 2017
(Continued)
Heat Transfer Equipment
(Continued)
Task Group on Std. 668, Brazed Aluminum Plate-Fin
Heat Exchangers
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Task Group on Std. 565, Reactor Furnaces in Sulfur
Recovery Units Ancillary Subgroup
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Inspection
Inspector Certification Exam Construction –
Breakout 1
(Invited Guests Only)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Inspector Certification Exam Construction –
Breakout 2
(Invited Guests Only)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
ICP Exam Construction: 936 (Room 1)
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
ICP Exam Construction: 936 (Room 2) Cancelled
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Subcommittee on Inspection – Joint Meeting Now on Wednesday,
8:00 am – 12:00 pm 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Instrument and Control
Systems
Std. 565, Joint Meeting w/SCHTE
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Mechanical Equipment
Task Force on Source Inspection
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
API Task Force 617, Axial Centrifugal Compressors
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Task Force on Std. 614, Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing,
and Oil-Control Systems and Auxiliaries
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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Thursday, May 11, 2017
(Continued)
Pressure Relieving Systems
Task Force on Std. 520, Pressure Relieving Devices –
Parts I and II
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Refinery Equipment
Committee on Refinery Equipment
(Members and Invited Guests Only)
8:00 am – 6:00 pm

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Friday, May 12, 2017

General
Early Morning Coffee Service
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Mid-Morning Coffee Service
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Afternoon Coffee Service
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Inspection and Mechanical
Integrity
Inspector Certification Exam Construction –
Breakout 1
(Invited Guests Only)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Inspector Certification Exam Construction –
Breakout 2
(Invited Guests Only)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
ICP Exam Construction: 936 (Room 1)
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
ICP Exam Construction: 936 (Room 2) Cancelled
I7:00 am – 1:00 pm
Mechanical Equipment
API Task Force 617, Axial and Centrifugal
Compressors
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Task Force on Source Inspection
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Task Force on Std. 614, Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing,
and Oil-Control Systems and Auxiliaries
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Inspection and Mechanical

Integrity
Inspector Certification Exam Construction – ALL SATURDAY
Breakout 1 MEETINGS
(Invited Guests Only) CANCELLED
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Inspector Certification Exam Construction –
Breakout 2
(Invited Guests Only)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm
ICP Exam Construction: 936
(Room 1)
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
ICP Exam Construction: 936
(Room 2)
7:00 am – 5:00 pm

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