Table of Contents

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

Abstract

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

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Petroleum Institute
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 2001
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