Table of Contents

Foreword
Committee Roster
Introduction
Summary of Changes
General Provisions and Definitions
Chapter I - Materials and Equipment
Chapter II - Welding
Chapter III - Piping System Components and Fabrication
              Details
Chapter IV - Design, Installation, and Testing
Chapter V - Operating and Maintenance Procedures
Chapter VI - Corrosion Control
Chapter VII - Intentionally Left Blank
Chapter VIII - Offshore Gas Transmission
Chapter IX - Sour Gas Service
Appendices
Mandatory Appendix A - References
Mandatory Appendix B - Numbers and Subjects of
                       Standards and Specifications
                       That Appear in Mandatory Appendix A
Nonmandatory Appendix C - Publications That Do
                          Not Appear in the Code or
                          Mandatory Appendix A
Mandatory Appendix D - Specified Minimum Yield
                       Strength for Steel Pipe
                       Commonly Used in Piping Systems
Mandatory Appendix E - Flexibility and Stress
                       Intensification Factors
Mandatory Appendix F - Extruded Headers and Welded
                       Branch Connections
Mandatory Appendix G - Testing of Welders Limited to
                       Work on Lines Operating
                       at Hoop Stresses of Less Than
                       20% of the Specified
                       Minimum Yield Strength
Mandatory Appendix H - Flattening Test for Pipe
Mandatory Appendix I - End Preparations for Buttwelding
Nonmandatory Appendix J - Commonly Used
                         Conversion Factors
Mandatory Appendix K - Criteria for Cathodic Protection
Nonmandatory Appendix L - Determination of Remaining
                          Strength of Corroded
                          Pipe
Nonmandatory Appendix M - Gas Leakage Control Criteria
Nonmandatory Appendix N - Recommended Practice for
                          Hydrostatic Testing of
                          Pipelines in Place
Nonmandatory Appendix O - Preparation of Technical Inquiries
Nonmandatory Appendix P - Nomenclature for Figures
Mandatory Appendix Q - Scope Diagrams
Nonmandatory Appendix R - Estimating Strain in Dents
Index

Abstract

Describes the design, fabrication, installation, inspection, and testing of pipeline facilities used for the transportation of gas. It also covers safety aspects of the operation and maintenance of those facilities.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	ASME B31.8 : 2014