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n: The leading standardizing organization on oilfield drilling and production equipment.

n: oil trade organisation (founded in 1920) that is the leading standardising organisation for oilfield drilling and producing equipment. It maintains departments of transportation, refining, marketing, and production in Washington, DC. It offers publications regarding standards, recommended practices, and bulletins. Address: 1220 L Street NW;Washington, DC 20005;(202) 682-8000.

n: the adjustment or standardising of a measuring instrument or of a standard capacity measure, a tank prover, or a pipe prover. Log calibration is based on the use of a permanent calibration facility of the American Petroleum Institute at the University of Houston to establish standard units for nuclear logs.

comparison to a standard and adjustment to fit.

n: a nonprofit organisation sup- ported jointly by the American Petroleum Institute and the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. It administers work of the CFR and other committees that correlate test work and other studies on fuels, lubricants, engines, and engine equipment. Address: 219 Perimeter Centre Parkway, Suite 400;Atlanta, GA 30346;(770) 396-3400.

n: a unit of measurement of the American Petroleum Institute that indicates the weight, or density, of oil. See API gravity.

n: most present-day seamless drill pipe falls into one of four American Petroleum Institute (API) grades. (1) E-75, with a minimum yield strength of 75,000 psi (517,125 kilopascals-kPa),a maximum yield strength of 105,000 psi (723,975 kPa),and a minimum tensile strength of 100,000 psi (689,500 kPa);(2) X- 95, with a minimum yield strength of 95,000 psi (655,025 kPa),a maximum yield strength of 125,000 psi (861,875 kPa),and a minimum tensile strength of 105,000 psi (723,975 kPa);(3) G-105, with a minimum yield strength of 105,000 psi (723,975 kPa),a maximum yield strength of 135,000 psi (930,825 kPa),and a minimum tensile strength of 115,000 psi (792,925 kPa);and S-135, with a minimum yield strength of 135,000 psi (930,825 kPa),a maximum yield strength of 165,000 psi (1,137,675 kPa),and a minimum tensile strength of 145,000 psi (999,775 kPa). V-150 is a non- API, but higher strength, grade. It has a minimum yield strength and a tensile strength of 150,000 psi (1,034,250 kPa).