API MPM CH6.5 : 1991(R2012)

6.5.1 Introduction
6.5.2 Scope and Field of Application
6.5.3 Referenced Publications
6.5.4 Meter Facility Design
6.5.5 Equipment Selection
      6.5.5.1 Type of Meter
      6.5.5.2 Meter Sizing
      6.5.5.3 Meter Prover
      6.5.5.4 Strainers
      6.5.5.5 Air/Gas Eliminators
      6.5.5.6 Flow Control and Back-Pressure
      6.5.5.7 Valves
      6.5.5.8 Instrumentation
      6.5.5.9 Sampler
6.5.6 Transfer of Liquid Hydrocarbons to and from
      Marine Bulk Carriers
      6.5.6.1 General Operating Conditions
      6.5.6.2 Loading
      6.5.6.3 Unloading
6.5.7 Preventive Maintenance
      6.5.7.1 Meters
      6.5.7.2 Meter Accessories
      6.5.6.3 Prover
      6.5.6.4 Valves
      6.5.7.5 Readout/Printout Equipment
      6.5.7.6 Meter Records
      6.5.7.7 Personnel Qualifications
      6.5.7.8 Lubrication
      6.5.7.9 Strainer Screens and Filters

Covers the operation and special arrangements of meters, provers, manifolding, instrumentation, and accessory equipment used to measure the loading and unloading of marine bulk carriers.