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Piping Codes and Standards used in Process Plants

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Anup Kumar DeyOwner of https://whatispiping.com/

Oil & Gas Downstream

Energy & Utilities

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Participants should join this course on Piping Codes and Standards for these key reasons:

Career Advancement.
Clear understanding of the differences between codes, standards, and specifications.
To become aware of common piping codes and standards.

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Anup Kumar Dey

Senior Piping Engineer

Owner of https://whatispiping.com/

20+ yrs experience·Oman

Is this course for you?

You should take this if

You work in Oil & Gas Downstream or Energy & Utilities
You're a Piping & Layout Engineering / Chemical & Process professional
You want to build skills in Engineering & Design
You prefer self-paced learning you can revisit

You should skip if

You need a different specialisation outside Piping & Layout Engineering
You need live interaction with an instructor

Course details

This course on Piping Codes and Standards equips engineers, designers, and piping professionals with a preliminary understanding of key piping codes and standards. Participants will understand the importance and meaning of codes, standards, specifications and their differences. This course will also list the common piping codes and standards that are usually followed in a process plant design.

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Key topics covered

Meaning of Codes
Meaning of Standards
Meaning of Specifications
Differences between Codes, Standards, and Specifications
Different Piping Codes and Standards, ASME Codes and Standards, Common British and Indian Standards
Example Brief about ASME B31.3 Code
Various free bonus lectures of more than 1.5 hours duration to make your learning stronger.

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

2 modules16 lectures1 hr 18 min

Importance of Piping Codes and Standards
14 min
Meaning of Piping Codes, Standards, and Specifications
15 min
Piping Codes
10 min
Various ASME and API Standards
11 min
Various ASTM Standards
3 min
British and Indian Standards
7 min
Scope of a typical Piping Code ASME B31.3
8 min
References and Further Studies
2 min

Piping Codes and Standards
1 min
Piping Codes and Standards ( Process Piping)
1 min
Piping and Piping Engineering Codes and Standards
1 min
Codes & Standards, Recommended Practices used in Oil & Gas Piping I Pressure & Process Piping Codes
1 min
Codes & Standards Used In Piping Industry
1 min
Codes & Standrds for Piping
1 min
Webinar | ASME B31 I Piping systems for industrial plants
1 min
Little More about Piping Specifications
1 min

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Engineering & Design

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Questions and Answers

Q: You're checking a line class during a turnaround and search "ASME B31.3 allowable stress temperature derating for carbon steel piping". The subcontractor applied a single allowable stress for SA-106 Gr B from ambient to 400°C. What's the real code-driven risk with that approach?

A: The break point is the allowable stress table versus temperature. B31.3 sustained stress uses Sh at operating metal temperature; for SA-106 Gr B that value declines materially above ~200°C. Holding Sh constant masks overstress until a hot condition shows up in fitness-for-service.

Q: You google "process plant piping flange rating selection 150 vs 300" while reviewing a pump discharge. The line is 12 in, 40 barg design pressure, 120°C, carbon steel. What selection logic actually holds under ASME B16.5?

A: The pressure-temperature curve is the limiter. At 120°C, B16.5 Class 150 carbon steel ratings fall well below 40 barg, independent of pipe schedule or gasket type.

Q: During tie-in review you search "ASME B31.3 minimum pipe wall thickness calculation example". A 6 in NPS carbon steel line, design pressure 50 barg, design temperature 200°C, allowable stress 120 MPa, E=1.0, corrosion allowance 3 mm. What minimum required wall thickness do you get?

A: The pressure term 2SE in B31.3 drives a thin-wall result around 5.6 mm, then you add 3 mm CA. Dropping CA or misplacing it into stress is the common miss.

Q: You're staring at a 20-year-old P&ID and search "piping P&ID symbol filled triangle valve". The subcontractor marked a filled triangle on a 2 in drain line near a vessel boot. What does that symbol usually indicate in legacy plant drawings?

A: The cue is the filled triangle against the line. Older P&IDs often used that for blinds rather than modern figure-eight symbols, and missing it leads to bad isolation planning during the turnaround.