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API MPM CH15 : 2001 : R2007

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MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 15: GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) IN THE PETROLEUM AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

10-20-2018

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2015

15.0 INTRODUCTION
15.1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
15.2 REFERENCES
15.3 THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
     15.3.1 General
     15.3.2 SI Base Units
     15.3.3 SI Supplementary Units
     15.3.4 Derived Units
     15.3.5 Other Allowable Units
     15.3.6 Decimal Multiples and Submultiples of SI Unit
     15.3.7 Use of Letter Symbols
15.4 USE OF CONVERSION TABLES IN SECTION 15.5
     15.4.1 Categories
     15.4.2 Corrections
     15.4.3 Preferred Units
     15.4.4 Equivalent Units
     15.4.5 Notation
     15.4.6 Significant Digits
     15.4.7 Horsepower, Calorie & BTU
     15.4.8 Reference Conditions
     15.4.9 Amount of Substance
     15.4.10 Density
     15.4.11 Attachments to Units
     15.4.12 Exceptions
     15.4.13 Nomenclature
15.5 TABLES OF RECOMMENDED SI UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
15.6 EXAMPLES
15.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX A - METRIC CONVERSION OF LIQUIDS
APPENDIX B - METRIC CONVERSION OF NATURAL GAS
APPENDIX C - BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX D - ORGANIZATION NAMES, ABBREVIATIONS,
             AND FUNCTIONS

Encourages and facilitate uniformity of metric practice within the petroleum industry.

DevelopmentNote
Supersedes API 2564. (02/2002)
DocumentType
Revision
Pages
56
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2007
PublisherName
American Petroleum Institute
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

ASTM E 380 : 1993 Standard Practice for Use of the Internation System of Units (SI) (the Modernized Metric System) (Withdrawn 1997)
IEEE 260-1978 IEEE Standard Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Customary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units)
CSA Z234.1 : 0 METRIC PRACTICE GUIDE
ISO 2955:1983 Information processing — Representation of SI and other units in systems with limited character sets
IEEE/ASTM SI_10-2010 American National Standard for Metric Practice
ANSI Z210.1 : LATEST METRIC PRACTICE GUIDE
IEEE 268-1992 American National Standard for Metric Practice

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