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Understanding API ICP653 Reading 7-Worksheet-04 Part1

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9.14.2 Hot Tap Procedure Requirements<br />

a. Use customer/owner developed-documented procedure.<br />

b. If no documentation is available, <strong>API</strong> Pub. 2201 applies.<br />

9.14.3 Preparatory Work<br />

9.14.3.1 Minimum spacing in any direction (toe-to-toe of welds) between the<br />

hot tap and adjacent nozzles shall be equivalent to the square root of RT<br />

(where "R" is tank shell radius, in inches, and "T" is the shell plate "t", in<br />

inches. √(RT)<br />

9.14.3.2 Shell plate "t" shall be taken in a minimum of four (4) places along<br />

the circumference of the proposed nozzle<br />

location.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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