Name the most useful SAES, ASME Standards in the Piping or Pipeline Engineering fields?

ASME B16.3, ASME B16.9, ASME B16.11 Standards for Pipe Fittings. ASME B31.3 for Process Piping.

For pipeline and piping standards, Aramco established SAES:

SAES- L-136 Pipe election and Restrictions

SAES-L-310 Design of Plant Piping

SAES-L-410 Design of Pipelines

SAES-W-012 Welding requirements for Pipeline

ASME B31.1 Power Piping

ASME B31.3 Process Piping

ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation System for Liquid Hydrocarbons and other Liquids.

ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping System.

SAES series for design, construction and inspection of piping systems are owned or operated by Saudi Aramco. This standard sets the rules and basis for selecting the applicable Saudi Aramco engineering standards or materials. For the most part, supplements “somehow “ASME B31 and namely:

·         SAES-L-100 – applicable codes and standards for pressure piping system. This standard define the applicable ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4 and ASME B31.8

·         SAES-L-450– applicable codes and standards supplements ASME B31.4 and B31.8 transportation piping code

·         SAES-A-004 – this standard define mandatory general requirements for pressure testing of a new and existing pipelines which supplements ASME B31’s and other applicable codes.

ASME - B31 series

·         ASME B31.1 Power piping (steam piping etc.)

·         ASME B31.3 Process piping

·         ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids

·         ASME B31.5 Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components

·         ASME B31.8 Gas transmission and distribution piping systems

·         ASME B31.9 Building services piping

·         ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems (Withdrawn, Superseded by B31.4)

·         ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines

EN 13480 - European metallic industrial piping code

·         EN 13480-1 Metallic industrial piping - Part 1: General

·         EN 13480-2 Metallic industrial piping - Part 2: Materials

·         EN 13480-3 Metallic industrial piping - Part 3: Design and calculation

·         EN 13480-4 Metallic industrial piping - Part 4: Fabrication and installation

·         EN 13480-5 Metallic industrial piping - Part 5: Inspection and testing

·         EN 13480-6 Metallic industrial piping - Part 6: Additional requirements for buried piping

·         PD TR 13480-7 Metallic industrial piping - Part 7: Guidance on the use of conformity assessment procedures

EN 13480-8 Metallic industrial piping - Part 8: Additional requirements for aluminium and aluminium alloy piping

ASME - B31 series

·         ASME B31.3 Process piping

·         ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids

SAES-L-100, SAES-L-105,SAES-L-350, SAES-L-410 and SAES-W-011, SAES-W-012 and ASME B3.3 and API5L

ASME B31.3 Process Piping

ASME B31.1 Power Piping

ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transformation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and other liquids

ASME B31.5 Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components

ASME B31.1,  B31.3, B31.4, B31.8

SAES L 350

Piping codes and standards from standardization organizations as ANSI, ASME, ISO, DIN and others, are the most common used in pipes and piping systems ... Piping codes define the requirements of engineering, design, fabrication, use of materials, tests and inspection of pipes and piping systems.

ASME B.3 and B.1

SAES- L-136 Pipe election and Restrictions

SAES-L-310 Design of Plant Piping

SAES-L-410 Design of Pipelines

SAES-W-012 Welding requirements for Pipeline

ASME B31.1 Power Piping

ASME B31.3 Process Piping

ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation System for Liquid Hydrocarbons and other Liquids.

ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping System.

Yes pipe line and piping in refinery plant.

ASME B 31 Series for design and fabrication of piping.

I don't agree with the term of most useful, standards should be applied as a package depending on the project or application you're using. if we only apply what we see as most useful, we will be violating the word "standards" it self.