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Latest Study Materials for API 653 Exam


API 653 Exam Administration -- Publications Effectivity Sheet For: March 27, 2013 and September 25, 2013
Listed below are the effective editions of the publications required for this exam for the date(s) shown above.

1. API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, Second Edition, April 2011
ATTENTION: Only the following sections / mechanisms from RP 571 are included on the exam:
Section 3 – Terms (Definitions)
Mechanisms:
Par. 4.2.7 - Brittle Fracture
4.2.16 - Mechanical Fatigue
4.3.2 - Atmospheric Corrosion
4.3.3 - Corrosion under insulation (CUI)
4.3.8 - Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC)
4.3.9 - Soil Corrosion
4.3.10 - Caustic Corrosion
4.5.1 - Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (Cl-SCC)
4.5.3 - Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking (Caustic Embrittlement)
5.1.1.11 - Sulfuric Acid Corrosion
2. API Recommended Practice 575, Inspection of Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks, Second Edition, May 2005.
3. API Recommended Practice 577 – Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, First Edition, October 2004.
4. API Standard 650, Welded Tanks for Oil Storage, Eleventh Edition, June 2007 with Addendum 1 (Nov 2008) and Addendum 2 (Nov 2009) and Addendum 3 (August 2011) w/Errata (Oct 2011)
5. API Recommended Practice 651, Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks, Third Edition, January 2007.
6. API Recommended Practice 652, Lining of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tank Bottoms, Third Edition, October 2005.
7. API Standard 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction, Fourth Edition, April 2009 with Addendum 1 (Aug 2010) and Addendum 2 (Jan 2012)
8. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 2010 Edition (Aug 2010) w/2011 Addendum (July 2011).
i. ASME Section V, Nondestructive Examination, Articles 1, 2, 6, 7 and 23 (section SE-797 only)
ii. Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications (Welding Only)

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Latest Study Materials for API 653 Exam
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