Practices by Discipline

This Practice provides the arrangement of PIP valve tag number designations for manually operated valves in hygienic service and requirements for each field within a designation. Designation requirements are provided for both PIP-developed and purchaser-developed valve tag numbers.

This Practice provides minimum requirements for design, fabrication, inspection, testing, shipment, and documentation, for metal-enclosed power factor correction capacitors, from 2.4 kV to 35 kV, containing lightning/surge arrestor, transient inrush or tuning reactors, vacuum circuit breaker, capacitor, capacitor protection, insulated buses, and control for indoor/outdoor installation in unclassified areas. This Practice covers fixed, manual, and automatic switched capacitor banks.

This Practice provides requirements for suppliers providing carbon steel check valves included in PIP Pipeline Systems Material Specifications (PMSs).

This Practice provides requirements for suppliers providing carbon steel plug valves included in PIP Pipeline Systems Material Specifications (PMSs).

This Practice provides the detailed purchase descriptions for stainless steel globe valve tag numbers included in PIP Piping Material Specifications (PMSs) and used along with PIP PNSM0110 for the procurement of valves. This Practice also provides a cross reference for stainless steel globe valve tag numbers to applicable PIP PMSs.

This Practice provides requirements for suppliers providing hygienic bronze check valves included in PIP Piping Line Class Material Specifications.

The purpose of this guideline is to describe when and why potholing is utilized for construction and design activities, potholing methods, advantages and disadvantages of the methods included, and one-call resources. Potholing may be utilized, as required and described herein, to prevent excavation damage to underground utilities and to avoid unknown foreign utilities.

The purpose of this Practice is to provide guidance on the proper use of matting and cribbing materials. Matting and cribbing are used to provide support for heavy equipment by distributing the weight of the equipment over a large area to avoid exceeding the bearing capacity of the ground upon which it is placed. This Practice covers general guidance for matting and cribbing and should be used in conjunction with equipment manufacturer’s recommendations, geotechnical consultants, general safety guidelines, and good engineering judgment. If there are conflicts between this specification, owner’s requirements, industry standards, and regulatory requirements, the most stringent requirements shall apply.

This Practice provides minimum requirements for performing pressure tests using a liquid medium on non-reinforced High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic pipe intended for all service types (e.g., hydrocarbon, produced water). This Practice describes the procedures, practices, and precautions to be used in pressure testing plastic pipelines in accordance with DOT CFR 49 Part 192 Subpart J and DOT CFR 49 Part 195 Subpart E.

This document provides guidance for the design and installation of cathodic protection systems to control and minimize external and internal corrosion of metallic pipelines buried or immersed in an electrolyte (e.g., an aqueous or soil environment). Appendix A contains well construction information. Appendix B contains typical installation details. ​

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This Practice describes guidelines for specifying requirements for examination and leak testing of metallic pipeline systems designed in accordance with ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems. This Practice provides guidelines for specifying requirements for examination of piping materials, components, fabrication, assembly, installation, and associated documentation. This Practice provides guidelines for the extent of examination, criteria for acceptance, and correction of defective work. This Practice describes the types of leak tests, basis for selecting the appropriate tests, and arrangements for testing piping.

This Practice provides the detailed purchase descriptions for carbon steel gate valve tag numbers included in PIP Piping Material Specifications (PMSs) and used along with PIP PNSM0110 for the procurement of valves. This Practice also provides a cross reference for carbon steel gate valve tag numbers to applicable PIP Piping Material Specifications.

This Practice provides the detailed purchase descriptions for carbon steel globe valve tag numbers included in PIP Piping Material Specifications (PMSs) and used along with PIP PNSM0110 for the procurement of valves. This Practice also provides a cross reference for carbon steel globe valve tag numbers to applicable PIP PMSs.

This Practice describes the requirements for the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and shipping of free-standing outdoor enclosures. This equipment is used for housing low and medium voltage motor controllers and switchgear. The requirements of this Practice shall apply to walk-in and non-walk-in enclosures located in a non-classified area. This Practice is not intended for enclosures that will be located in classified areas. These enclosures are not intended for climate-controlled or pressurized applications. When pressurized or insulated climate-controlled enclosures are required, see PIP ELSSG11.

This Practice provides the detailed purchase descriptions for stainless steel gate valve tag numbers included in PIP Piping Material Specifications (PMSs) and used along with PIP PNSM0110 for the procurement of valves. This Practice also provides a cross reference for stainless steel gate valve tag numbers to applicable PIP PMSs.

This Practice provides engineering guidance for the selection, design, and application of flow measurement systems. This Practice provides guidelines, performance considerations, and preliminary recommendations for the selection of flow meters and their general application. This guideline applies to devices used to measure the flow of single phase, homogeneous liquids, vapors, and gases. This Practice presents commonly accepted meter types but does not limit application choices. Unique or special requirements may require consideration of other meter types. Specific custody transfer guidelines are not provided and are only mentioned with reference to other industry practices.