SAES-T-883 (6/30/2008)

The document is due for revision. Revised the "Next Planned Update" reaffirmed the contents of the document and reissued with minor changes.

SAES-Y-100 (6/29/2008)

Two reasons for revising this document: (1) The document has been revised to be consistent with the SAP Transaction ZQ0025, Manufacturing Plants Approval Status. (2) Correction of typo errors.

SAES-J-002 (6/23/2008)

12-SAMSS-018 (6/11/2008)

Value engineering session conducted on this document. This is to facilitate the procurement of structural steel by the inclusion of new materials, modification of requirements to bring in line with international standards and clarification of requirements.

SAES-Q-006 (6/11/2008)

To allow the use of elemental sulfur in road construction as partial substitute of bitumen.

SABP-P-014 (6/10/2008)

The new Best Practice will established excitation system guidelines in designing, commissioning, upgrading and operation of an excitation system for Electrical Synchronous Machines.

SABP-G-014 (6/8/2008)

This best practice sets in-house procedures for checking the analyzers' calibration validity along with sensors and associated cables.

01-SAMSS-332 (6/3/2008)

In line with our continuous efforts to streamline the company standards, 01-SAMSS-332 is merged into 01-SAMSS-333.

SAEP-311 (6/3/2008)

Major revision. Review the safety requirements for the hot tap and stopple operation.

SAER-6166 (6/3/2008)

This document has been prepared to study and recommend an appropriate Scan Time specification for Programmable Controller Based ESD Systems in Saudi Aramco. The study is based on evaluating a number of common processes in reference to their Process Safety Time (PST) as well as reviewing the current capabilities of safety instrumented systems. Many international safety standards do not specify clear requirements for PST and typically engineering design and specification do not consider timing for safety functions, in part because of the difficulty in obtaining useful values and the complexity of process heat and mass flows. However, determining the time for safety functions to bring process plant and equipment to a safe state is essential to avoid accidents that may otherwise occur if the facility is not shutdown in a timely manner.

SAES-P-103 (6/2/2008)

Editorial revision to paragraph 5.2.4 to change the approval authority from Chairman, UPS, DC Systems and Power Electronics Standards Committee to Manager, Consulting Services Department.

SAEP-303 (6/1/2008)

To incorporate requirement for the submission of data by SAPMT pertains to piping, pipelines and equipment carrying H2S. This is to prevent chance of ordering substandard HIC-resistant steel. This is part of a strategic task to prevent procurement of non HIC-resistant materials for sour service applications.

SAEP-744 (6/1/2008)

This new engineering procedure is a result of T-744 update that took place last year to remove the safety zone (parargraph 6.4).

SABP-D-001 (5/26/2008)

This Best Practice gives general guidelines for conducting technical assessment of engineering and manufacturing capabilities of new pressure vessels and storage tanks manufacturers for potential addition to Saudi Aramco vendor list. Also, this Practice can be used for re-assessing the engineering and manufacturing capabilities of existing manufacturers for auditing and/ or upgrading approval purposes.

SAES-L-136 (5/26/2008)

Editorial revision to delete references to 01-SAMSS-332. 01-SAMSS-332 has now been merged with 01-SAMSS-333 maintaining two levels of requirement for class B and class C applications.

01-SAMSS-333 (5/24/2008)

Value engineering study and major revision of API 5L/ISO 3183.

SABP-X-002 (5/24/2008)

The document has been developed to facilitate a consistent and reliable Factory Acceptance Test procedure for cathodic protection rectifiers. With the guidance provided by this Best Practice, a junior engineer will be able to complete a Factory Acceptance Test with comparable competency to a much more experienced engineer.

SAES-J-200 (5/18/2008)

This revision was prepared to meet the required review/update of SAES-J-200 scheduled for June 1, 2008. The modifications made to SAES-J-200 bring the requirements for pressure measurement into alignment with the latest Process Industry Practices (PIP) documents which is part of this standard. The proposed modifications to the standard constitute a minor revision.

SAES-L-110 (5/18/2008)

To address the limitation on flange joints.

SABP-M-001 (5/14/2008)

This best practice provides the inspection guidelines to ensure that all facilities are adequately inspected on a regular basis while in operation, including a general inspection of the jacket platform after installation and prior to commissioning of the platform.

04-SAMSS-053 (5/12/2008)

There is no specification for these frequently used hydrocarbon service isolation valves. This has resulted in the purchase of many different non-standard and unacceptable valves in the past. The creation of this specification will standardize this product in Saudi Aramco facilities and result in cost-efficiencies.

32-SAMSS-008 (5/12/2008)

To incorporate lessons learned from recent projects and field experience, and to clarify certain issues for enhancement of requirements.

SABP-P-016 (5/12/2008)

The primary purpose of transformer maintenance is to ensure that the internal and external parts of the transformer and accessories are kept in good condition and are able to operate safely at all times. In addition to maintain vital historical record related to the transformer condition.

34-SAMSS-711 (5/4/2008)

Revised to bring the document into alignment with referenced international standards and adopt value engineering recommendations.

SAES-P-126 (4/29/2008)

Animating the disconnects position will eliminate potential human error during switching because dispatcher does not have to rely on radio and telephone communications alone in determining the correct switch position.

SABP-A-018 (4/28/2008)

The primary objective of this Best Practice is to become a resource for: - The corrosion management strategy for individual facilities. - Training and reference material in GOSP corrosion for Operators, Engineers, Inspectors and others. - RBI studies and inspection planning. - A reference for designers of future GOSPs to incorporate appropriate corrosion management features in their designs.

SAES-A-301 (4/26/2008)

NACE MR-0175 was the recognized standard for Sulfide Stress Corrosion Cracking for upstream facilities. .However, this document became obsolete in 2004 and was replaced by ISO-15156 Parts 1, 2 & 3. This latter document was not adopted right away by Saudi Aramco because some material requirements could not be met by a variety of manufacturers/vendors in Saudi Aramco's RVL. Adoption of this document at that time would have greatly penalized our company; accordingly, CSD developed SAES-A-301 'Materials Resistant to Sulfide Stress Corrosion Cracking' based on MR-0175-2002. However, several revisions were recently made to ISO-15156 and consequently, manufacturers and vendors have become able to meet the requirements there-in. Internal discussions at CSD together with consultations with other oil & gas majors and experts resulted in a general consensus that this document, i.e. ISO-15156 can now be safely adopted for Saudi Aramco. The adoption of this industry-wide document would result in a major improvement in the procurement of equipment for sour service and significant cost savings. SAES-A-301 has been cancelled due to adoption of ISO 15156.

SAEP-1350 (4/20/2008)

Editorial revision to change the Primary Contact of the document.

SAEP-99 (4/20/2008)

Improve the document reading regarding: individual user accounts, physical and logical network separation.

SAES-P-107 (4/7/2008)

Revised the "Next Planned Update". Reaffirmed the contents of the document and reissued with editorial revisions.

SAEP-309 (4/6/2008)

Scheduled revision and basically added verbiage to include the Inspection Services contract that allows a contractor to provide inspection services instead of the autonomous inspection units to user departments for inspections of their facilities.

SAES-Y-501 (4/5/2008)

Organization and effectiveness of company engineering requirements will be enhanced. This standard will replace the sampling requirements currently contained in SAES Y-103, 'Custody Metering of Hydrocarbon Liquids'. This new standard now provides requirements for sampling systems and equipment in royalty and custody transfer applications where the hydrocarbon volumes are determined from tanks in addition to meters.

SABP-A-019 (4/1/2008)

This Best Practice covers primarily transmission pipelines in gas, crude oil, condensate, NGL, sales gas, and refined product service. Its main intent is to serve as a resource for field personnel to provide the optimum corrosion management approach for transmission pipelines. It covers applicable damage mechanisms and lists viable mitigation and validation options based on established industry guidelines and field experience.