PDHonline Course M159 (2 PDH)

Standards Pertaining to Valves Used in

the Oil & Gas Industry

Instructor: Peter Smith, HNC (Mech)

2012

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 Appendix C
STANDARDS
PERTAINING TO VALVES

This chapter lists common USA and British standards pertaining to

valves, as published in the standard indexes of the various standard organ-
izations for 2003. Because new standards are continually issued and old
standards revised or withdrawn, the validity of these standards should be
verified prior to application.

STANDARD ORGANIZATIONS
ANSI American National Standards Institute
1819 L Street, N.W.
New York, New York 10018
Telephone: +1-202-293-8020, Fax: +1-202-293-9287
email: info@asme.org, website: www.asme.org
API American Petroleum Institute
1220 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-4070
Telephone: +1-202-682-8000, Fax: +1-202-682-8408
email: info@api.org, website: www.api.org
ASME The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Three Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016-5990
Telephone: +1-973-882-1167
email: infocentral@asme.org, website: www.asme.org

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ASTM ASTM International

100 Barr Harbour Drive
West Conhohcken, PA 19428-2959
Telephone: +1-610-832-9585, Fax: +1-610-832-9555
email: info@astm.org, website: www.astm.org
AWWA American Water Works Association
6666 West Quincy Avenue
Denver, CO 80235
Telephone: +1-303-794-7711, Fax: +1-303-347-0804
email: info@awwa.org, website: www.awwa.org
MSS Manufacturers Standardization Society
127 Park Street N.E.
Vienna, VA 22180-4602
Telephone: +1-703-281-6613, Fax: +1+703-281-6671
email: info@mss-hq.com, website: www.mss.hq.com
AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation
11, avenue Francis de Pressense
FR-93571 Saint Denis la Plaine Cedex
France
Telephone: +33-1-41-62-80-00, Fax: +33-1-49-17-90-00
email: uari@afnor.fr, website: www.afnor.fr
BSI British Standards Institute
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44-(0)208-996-9000, Fax: +44-(0)208-996-7001
email: info@bsi-global.com, website: www.bsi-co.uk
DIN Deutsches Institut fur Normung eV
Burggrafenstrasse 6
10787 Berlin
Germany
Telephone: +49-30-2601-0, Fax: +49-30-2601-1260
email: postmaster@din.de, website: www.din.de

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO VALVE ENDS

AND GENERAL VALVE STANDARDS
MSS SP-6 Standard finishes for contact faces of pipe flanges
and connecting-end flanges of valves and fittings.
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MSS SP-9 Spot facing for bronze, iron, and steel flanges.
MSS SP-44 Steel pipeline flanges.
MSS SP-51 Class 150 LW corrosion-resistant cast flanges and
flanged fittings.
MSS SP-65 High-pressure chemical industry flanges and threaded
stubs for use with lens gaskets.
MSS SP-91 Guidelines for manual operation of valves.
MSS SP-92 MSS valve user guide.
MSS SP-96 Guidelines on terminology for valves and fittings.
MSS SP-98 Protective coatings for the interior of valves, hydrants,
and fittings.
MSS SP-99 Instrument valves.
MSS SP 120 Flexible graphite packing systems for rising stem steel
valves.
API Spec 6A Wellhead and Christmas tree equipment.
API Std 605 Large diameter carbon steel flanges.
ASME B1.20.1 Pipe threads, general purpose (inch).
ASME B1.20.3 Dryseal pipe threads (inch).
ASME B16.1 Cast iron pipe flanges and flanged fittings.
ASME B16.5 Pipe flanges and flanged fittings.
ASME B16.20 Metallic gaskets for pipe flanges.
ASME B16.21 Non-metallic flat gaskets for pipe flanges.
ASME B16.24 Cast copper pipe flanges and flanged fittings.
ASME B16.25 Butt-welding ends.
ASME/AWWA Flanges for water-works service, 4 in. through 144 in.
C207-78 steel.
ASME/AWWA Joints, grooved and shouldered type.
C606-78
BS 21 Pipe threads for tubes and fittings where pressure-tight
joints are made on the threads (metric dimensions).
BS 1560 Steel pipe flanges and flanged fittings (nominal sizes
1
2 in. to 24 in.) for the petroleum industry.
Part 2 (1970), metric dimensions.
BS 3293 Carbon steel flanges (over 24 in. nominal size) for the
petroleum industry.
BS 4504 Flanges and bolting for pipes, valves, and fittings,
metric series.
Part 1 (1969), ferrous.
Part 2 (1974), copper alloy and composite flanges.
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STANDARDS PERTAINING TO GLOBE VALVES

MSS SP-42 Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and
check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends.
MSS SP-61 Pressure testing of steel valves.
MSS SP-80 Bronze gate, globe, angle, and check valves.
MSS SP-85 Gray iron globe and angle valves, flanged and threaded
ends.
MSS SP-117 Bellows seals for globe and gate valves.
MSS SP-118 Compact steel globe and check valves—flanged,
flangeless, threaded and welding ends.
API RP 6FA Fire test for valves.
ASME B16.10 Face-to face and end-to-end dimension of ferrous
valves.
ASME B16.34 Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end.
BS 1873 Steel globe valves and stop and check valves
(flanged and butt-welding ends), for the petroleum,
petrochemical, and allied industries.
BS 5352 Cast and forged steel wedge gate, globe, check, and
plug valves, screwed and socket welding, sizes 50 mm
and smaller, for the petroleum, petrochemical,
and allied industries.
BS 5152 Cast iron globe and globe stop and check valves, for
general purposes.
BS 5154 Copper alloy globe, globe stop and check, check, and
gate valves (including parallel slide type), for general
purposes.
BS 5160 Specification for flanged steel globe valves, globe
stop and check valves, and lift-type check valves for
general purposes.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO PARALLEL

AND WEDGE GATE VALVES
MSS SP-42 Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and
check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends.
MSS SP-45 Bypass and drain connection standard.
MSS SP-61 Pressure testing of valves.
MSS SP-70 Cast iron gate valves, flanged and threaded ends.
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MSS SP-80 Bronze gate, globe, angle, and check valves.

MSS SP-81 Stainless steel, bonnetless, flanged, wafer, knife gate
valves.
MSS SP-117 Bellows seals for globe and gate valves.
API Spec 6D Specification for pipeline valves, end closures,
connectors and swivels.
API RP 6FA Fire test for valves.
API Std 595 Cast iron gate valves, flanged ends.
API Std 597 Steel venturi gate valves, flanged or butt-welding
ends.
API Std 598 Valve inspection and test.
API Std 600 Bolted bonnet steel gate valves for petroleum and
natural gas industries.
API Std 602 Compact carbon steel gate valves.
API Std 603 Corrosion-resistant, bolted bonnet gate valves—
flanged and butt-welding ends.
ASME B16.10 Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous
valves.
ASME B16.34 Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end.
BS 1414 Steel wedge gate valves (flanged and butt-welding
ends) for the petroleum, petrochemical and allied
industries.
BS 5150 Cast iron wedge and double-disc gate valves, for
general purposes.
BS 5154 Copper alloy globe, globe stop and check, check,
and gate valves (including parallel slide type), for
general purposes.
BS 5163 Double-flanged cast iron wedge gate valves for water
works purposes.
BS 5352 Cast and forged steel wedge gate, globe, check, and
plug valves, screwed and socket welding, sizes
50 mm and smaller, for the petroleum,
petrochemical, and allied industries.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO PLUG VALVES

MSS SP-61 Pressure testing of steel valves.
MSS SP-78 Cast iron plug valves, flanged and threaded ends.
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MSS SP-108 Resilient-seated cast iron-eccentric plug valves.

API Spec 6A Wellhead and Christmas tree equipment.
API Spec 6D Pipeline valves (gate, plug, ball, and check valves).
API RP 6FA Fire test for valves.
API Std 599 Metal plug valve—flanged and welding ends.
ASME B16.10 Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous
valves.
ASME B16.34 Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end.
BS 5158 Cast iron and cast steel plug valves for general
purposes.
BS 5353 Specification for plug valves.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO BALL VALVES

MSS SP-61 Pressure testing of steel valves.
MSS SP-68 High pressure butterfly valves with offset design.
MSS SP-72 Ball valves with flanged or butt-welding ends for
general service.
MSS SP-110 Ball valves threaded, socket-welding, solder joint,
grooved and flared ends.
MSS SP-122 Plastic industrial ball valves.
API Spec 6D Pipeline valves (gate, plug, ball, and check valves).
API Std 598 Valve inspection and test.
API Std 607 Fire test for soft-seated quarter-turn valves.
ASME B16.10 Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous
valves.
ASME B16.34 Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end.
BS 5159 Cast iron carbon steel ball valves for general purposes.
BS 5351 Steel ball valves for the petroleum, petrochemical,
and allied industries.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO
BUTTERFLY VALVES
MSS SP-67 Butterfly valves.
API Std 598 Valve inspection and test.
API Std 609 Butterfly valves, “double flanged” lug-type and
wafer-type.
ANSI/AWWA Rubber-seated butterfly valves.
C504-80
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STANDARDS PERTAINING TO DIAPHRAGM

VALVES
MSS SP-88 Diaphragm-type valves.
BS 5156 Screwdown diaphragm valves for general purposes.
BS 5418 Marking of general purpose industrial valves.
ISO 5209 Marking of general purpose industrial valves.
DIN 3359 Membran-Absperrarmaturen aus metallischen
Werkstoffen.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO STAINLESS

STEEL VALVES
MSS SP-42 Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and
check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends.
API Std 603 Corrosion-resistant, bolted bonnet gate valves.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO CHECK VALVES

MSS SP-42 Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and
check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends.
MSS SP-61 Pressure testing of steel valves.
MSS SP-71 Gray iron swing check valves, flanged and threaded
ends.
MSS SP-80 Bronze gate, globe, angle, and check valves.
MSS SP-118 Compact steel globe and check valves—flanged,
flangless, threaded and welding ends.
MSS SP-126 Steel in-line spring assisted center guided check
valves.
API Spec 6D Pipeline valves (gate, plug, ball and check valves).
API RP 6FA Fire test for valves.
API Std 594 Check valves: wafer, wafer-lug and double flanged
type.
ASME B16.10 Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous
valves.
ASME B16.34 Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end.
BS 1868 Steel check valves (flanged and butt-welding ends) for
the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries.
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BS 1873 Steel globe and glove stop and check valves (flanged
and butt-welding ends) for the petroleum,
petrochemical, and allied industries.
BS 5152 Cast iron globe and globe stop and check valves for
general purposes.
BS 5154 Copper alloy globe, globe stop and check, check, and
gate valves.
BS 5160 Specification for flanged steel globe valves, globe
stop and check valves, and lift-type check valves for
general purposes.
BS 5352 Cast and forged steel wedge gate, globe, check, and
plug valves, screwed and socket-welding, sizes
50 mm and smaller, for the petroleum,
petrochemical, and allied industries.

STANDARDS PERTAINING TO PRESSURE

VALVES
API RP 520 Recommended practice for the design and
installation of pressure relieving systems in
refineries.
Part I (1976)—Design
Part-II (1973)—Installation.
API RP 521 Guide for pressure relief and depressurizing systems.
ASME/API 526 Flanged-steel safety relief valves.
ASME/API 527 Commercial seat tightness of safety relief valves
with metal-to-metal seats.
BS 6759 Safety valves.
Part 1 Safety valves for steam and hot water.
Part 2 Safety valves for compressed air or inert gases.
Part 3 Safety valves for process fluids.
ISO 4126 Safety valves.

STANDARDS FOR THE INSPECTION AND

TESTING OF VALVES
MSS SP-25 Standard marking system for valves, fittings, flanges,
and unions.
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MSS SP-53 Quality standard for steel castings and forgings for
valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping
components—magnetic particle examination
method.
MSS SP-54 Quality standard for steel castings for valves, flanges
and fittings, and other piping
components—radiographic examination method.
MSS SP-55 Quality standard for steel castings for valves, flanges
and fittings, and other piping components—visual
method for evaluation of surface irregularities.
MSS SP-61 Pressure testing of steel valves.
MSS SP-82 Valve-pressure testing methods.
MSS SP-93 Quality standard for steel castings for valves, flanges
and fittings, and other piping components—liquid
penetrant examination method.
MSS SP-94 Quality standard for steel castings and forgings for
valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping
components—ultrasonic examination method.
MSS SP-111 Quality standard for evaluation of cast steel surface
finishes—visual and tactile method.
MSS SP-121 Qualification testing methods for stem packing for
rising stem valves.
API Spec. 6FA Fire test for valves.
API Spec. 6FC Fire test for valves with automatic backseats.
API Std. 607 Fire test for soft-seated quarter turn valves.
ASME/API 527 Commercial seat tightness of safety relief valves
with metal-to-metal seats.
API Std 598 Valve inspection and test.
BS 6755-1 Testing of valves; Part 1: Specification for
production pressure testing requirements.
BS 6755-2 Testing of valves; Part 2: Specification for fire type
testing requirements.

MISCELLANEOUS STANDARDS PERTAINING

TO VALVES
BS 4371 Fibrous gland packings.
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STANDARDS PERTAINING TO RUPTURE

DISCS
ASME Code, Section VIII, Division, 1, UG 125 through 136
BS 2915 Bursting discs and bursting-disc devices.
ISO 6718 Bursting discs and bursting-disc devices.
ANSI/NFPA 68 Explosion venting.
VDI 3673 Pressure release of dust explosions.