Inspection codes (NBBI and API)

The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) publish codes that industry and Technical Safety BC use for inspection, repair, and alteration activities. The oil & gas industry also develop and use the API codes for inspecting their pressure equipment.

We would like to update the PEBPVRSR to align with using the following codes:

• ANSI/NB-23 (2023) National Board inspection code, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4
• API 510 (2022) Pressure vessel inspection code: in-service inspection, rating, repair, and alteration
• API 570 (2016) Piping inspection code: inspection, repair, alteration and rerating of in-service piping systems

Note: API STD 530 Revision/Edition 7 Calculation of heater-tube thickness in petroleum refineries is already up to date with the 2015 edition in the PEBPVRSR.

These codes also refer to the ASME construction codes.

Read more about the 2023 edition of the ANSI/NB-23 on NBBI’s website

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