Asme Pipeline Standards Compendium Patched Review

| If you need to… | Start with… | Then refer to… | |----------------|--------------|----------------| | Design a liquid pipeline | | B16.9 (fittings), B36.10M (pipe) | | Design a gas pipeline | B31.8 | B31.8S (integrity), B31G (corrosion) | | Design a hydrogen pipeline | B31.12 | B31.8 (backing for low-pressure) | | Qualify a welder | BPVC Sec. IX | B31.4 or B31.8 (owner requirements) | | Repair an in-service dent/corrosion | PCC-2 | B31.8S (integrity check) | | Run an ILI tool on gas line | B31.8V | B31.8S (threat assessment) | | Pressure test without shutting down | B31.8T | Owner’s O&M manual |

| Standard | Title | Purpose | |----------|-------|---------| | | In-Service Pressure Testing of Gas Pipelines | Safe pressure testing without service interruption | | ASME B31.8V | Managing In-Line Inspection Data for Gas Pipelines | ILI tool data validation, interpretation, and integration | | ASME B31Q | Pipeline Personnel Qualification | Qualification of personnel performing covered tasks (OQ-like) | asme pipeline standards compendium

Tracks where state laws are even stricter than federal standards. | If you need to… | Start with…

: Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline. When Mira joined the Standards Office she expected

When Mira joined the Standards Office she expected rules and footnotes. What she found, however, was a living map: pages and clauses that traced how steel should bend and how pressure should be trusted — not blindly, but with care.

The compendium identifies and summarizes the technical requirements of several critical ASME B31 series ASME B31.4