API SPEC 10 F SPECIFICATION ON FLOAT EQUIPMENT

API SPEC 10 F SPECIFICATION ON FLOAT EQUIPMENT Washington DC June 2016

RESULTS OF FINAL LETTER BALLOT • 22 Ballots issued • 14 affirmative • 0 negative • 0 abstention • 8 did not vote • Number Voting = 14 = 64% • Approval Rate (must be > 50%) = 14/14 = 100% (must be > 66. 7%)

COMMENTS • 18 Comments Received • 9 Editorial • 1 General • 5 Technical • All comments addressed • Responses sent to work group members • One comment required additional action

COMMENT RESOLUTION • Editorial Comments (9) • 4 Not Accepted • USC units not presented for flow through volume (50 or 750 m. L) • USC units not presented for 0. 5 gm calibration requirement • 4 Accepted • Spelling, Punctuation, Add a section on abbreviations, • 1 referred to API (formatting)

COMMENT RESOLUTION • General Comments (4) • 2 Not Accepted • Remove API Monogram from document • 1 Required additional action from work group • Add section on scaling • 1 editorial – no USC units after 50 m. L

COMMENT RESOLUTION • Technical Comments (5) • 2 Not Accepted • Remove API Monogram from document • 1 “Partially Accept” • Changed wording of suggestion on verification timing • 2 accepted • Fix error in figures 1 – 3 • Remove “shall” statement in scope (not allowed by API)

VERIFICATION TIMING Current wording: Float equipment shall be either tested or recertified a minimum of once every 5 years. Revision A Design and Development Review, Verification and Validation according to API Specification Q 1 shall be conducted at least once every 5 years.

VERIFICATION TIMING A Design and Development Review, Verification and Validation according to API Specification Q 1 shall be conducted at least once every 5 years. Validation requires physical testing according to Q 1 a) Prototype tests, b) functional and/or operational tests of production products c) tests specified by industry standards and/or regulatory requirements; d) field performance tests and reviews. May move to Design and Development along with Verification but not Validation

SCALING OF RESULTS (ADD A SECTION) Little or no guidance found in other API documents Search was not exhaustive, but exhausting Working to resolve issue by developing a scaling section Requested input from pipe manufacturer

FORWARD PLAN • Once all comments are resolved and final document will be sent to SC 10 Chair for any action needed by Publications Task Group • Recommended implementation date to be determined by work group and sent to Chair • Send to API for final review, addition of table of contents, etc. and publication