Welcome to the home page for the CRE Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment (SOME). The SOME develops and maintains a diverse set of mechanical equipment standards based on the fundamental tenets of safety, performance, and reliability. These standards address the purchaser's total life-cycle costs by specifying minimum design requirements and, where applicable, default criteria, while being flexible enough to meet the needs of a specific application.

This site houses the ​SOME working documents, meeting agendas and presentations, and other relevant material.

Please Note: Minutes and other member working documents are located on a SCCM secure page entitled "SOME Committee Docs" and require the user to log in from this home page. For those members who do not have access, please contact the API staff person listed below and learn how you can become involved the work of the subcommittee. 

The SOME standard program of documents includes:  

Std. 610 - Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries
Std. 611 - General Purpose Steam Turbines for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
Std. 612 - Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries—Steam turbines—Special-purpose applications
Std. 613 - Special Purpose Gear Units for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 614 - Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing, and Control-Oil Systems and Auxiliaries for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 616 - Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 617 - Axial and Centrifugal Compressors and Expander-compressors for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 618 - Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 619 - Rotary-Type Positive Displacement Compressors for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries
Std. 670 - Machinery Protection Systems
Std. 671 - Special Purpose Couplings for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 672 - Packaged, Integrally Geared Centrifugal Air Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
Std. 673- Centrifugal Fans for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Std. 674 - Positive Displacement Pumps-Reciprocating
Std. 675 - Positive Displacement Pumps—Controlled Volume for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
Std. 676 - Positive Displacement Pumps - Rotary
Std. 677 - General Purpose Gears, Slow Speed (Extruder) gears, and Epicyclic gear units for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
Std. 681 - Liquid Ring Compressors and Vacuum Pumps in Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
Std. 682 - Pumps—Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps
TR 684-1 - Tutorial on the API Standard Paragraphs Covering Rotor Dynamics and Balance (An Introduction to Lateral Critical and Train Torsional Analysis and Rotor Balancing)
Std. 685 - Sealless Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Gas Industry Services
RP 686 - Machinery Installation and Installation Design
RP 687 - Rotor Repair
RP 688 - Pulsation and Vibration Control in Positive Displacement Machinery Systems for Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industry Services
RP 691 - Risk-based Machinery Management
Std. 692 - Compressor Dry Gas Seals
RP 697- Pump Repair


Chair: Ed Wilcox​, Chevron​ 

Vice-Chair: Gabriel Lancaster​, ExxonMobil​

Thank you for attending the API 2022 Fall Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting. 

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 Ballots

 Ballot IDStatusResultsOpensClosesDescription
Committee ID : 137800SOME: Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment
4368ClosedResolution Required02/12/201803/23/2018API Standard 618, Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry, 6th ed
4695ClosedIn Progress12/20/201802/01/2019API RP 688, Pulsation and Vibration Control for Positive Displacement Machinery Systems, 2nd ed-drft
4785ClosedResolution Required03/29/201904/19/2019API Standard 671, Special-purpose Couplings, 5th Edition (3rd Ballot)
4836ClosedResolution Required06/11/201907/23/2019API Standard 611, General-purpose Steam Turbines for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
4865ClosedResolution Required07/29/201908/23/2019API 685, Sealless Centrifugal Pumps, 3rd Edition (2nd Ballot/Partial Ballot)
5026ClosedResolution Required02/13/202003/26/2020API Standard 617, Axial and Centrifugal Compressors and Expander-compressors, 9th ed. draft
5077ClosedIn Progress03/03/202003/31/2020API Standard 677 - General-Purpose Extruder, and Epicyclic Gear Units, 4th Edition Draft (3rd Ballot
5078ClosedIn Progress03/03/202004/01/2020API Standard 616, Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services, 6t
5144ClosedResolution Required05/08/202006/12/2020API Standard 681, Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps and Compressors, 2nd Edition Revision Ballot
5143ClosedResolution Required05/08/202006/16/2020API Std 614, Lubrication, Shaft-sealing and Oil-control Systems and Auxiliaries, 6th Edition (B#2)
5236ClosedIn Progress07/31/202008/20/2020API RP 687, Special Purpose Rotating Equipment Repair, 2nd Edition Draft
5237ClosedIn Progress07/31/202008/20/2020API RP 697, Pump Repairs, 1st edition - 5th Ballot
5217ClosedIn Progress07/23/202008/20/2020API Standard 676, Positive Displacement Pumps—Rotary, 4th Edition Draft (2nd Ballot)
5252ClosedResolution Required08/27/202010/07/2020API Standard 611, General-purpose Steam Turbines for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services
5287ClosedResolution Required09/10/202010/07/2020API Standard 616, Gas Turbines for the Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services, 6t
5306ClosedIn Progress09/25/202010/30/2020API Standard 617, Axial and Centrifugal Compressors and Expander-compressors, 9th ed. draft
5356ClosedIn Progress12/14/202001/22/2021API 619, Rotarytype positive-displacement compressors, 5th Edition Reaffirmation
5371ClosedIn Progress01/15/202102/18/2021API 614 (ISO 10348), Lubrication, Shaft-sealing and Oil-control Systems and Auxiliaries, 5th Edition Reaffirmation
5427ClosedIn Progress03/08/202105/06/2021API Std 611, General-purpose Steam Turbines, 6th edition revision draft - 3rd Ballot
5482ClosedIn Progress05/20/202106/29/2021API Standard 675, Positive Displacement Pumps—Controlled Volume for Petroleum, Chemical, and Gas Industry Services, 3rd edition
5505ClosedIn Progress06/17/202107/16/2021API Standard 614, Lubrication, Shaft-sealing and Oil-control Systems and Auxiliaries, 6th Edition (3rd Ballot/Partial Ballot)
5565ClosedResolution Required08/20/202109/24/2021API 673 4th Ed, Centrifigul Fans - COMMENT ONLY
5577ClosedResolution Required09/03/202109/27/2021API 676 4th Ed - Positive Displacement Pumps - Rotary - REDLINE ONLY
5681ClosedIn Progress01/31/202203/04/2022Reaffirmation for Std 670 Machinery Protection Systems 5th Ed
5682ClosedIn Progress01/31/202203/04/2022Reaffirmation for Std 682 Pumps—Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps 4th Ed
5481ClosedIn Progress05/20/202106/27/2022API RP 688, Pulsation and Vibration Control in Positive Displacement Machinery Systems for Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industry Services, 1st edition
5878ClosedIn Progress09/13/202210/25/2022Reaffirmation Ballot for API 619 Rotary-Type Positive Displacement Compressors for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries
5951ClosedIn Progress11/10/202212/22/2022API 686 2nd Ed Addendum Ballot
5950ClosedIn Progress11/04/202212/30/2022API-673 - Centrifugal Fans
5994ClosedResolution Required02/10/202303/24/2023API 670, Machinery Protection Systems, 6th Ed - COMMENT ONLY
6016ClosedResolution Required02/23/202304/10/2023API 686 3rd Ed
6025ClosedPass03/10/202304/21/2023REAFFIRMATION of API Standard 682 4th Ed
6101ClosedPass06/26/202307/17/2023REAFFIRMATION of API RP 691 1st Ed, Risk-Based Machinery Management
6133OpenIn Progress08/23/202310/04/2023API Std 673 Centrifugal Fans 4th Ed
6143OpenIn Progress08/28/202310/09/2023COMMENT ONLY - API Std 619 Rotary-Type Displacement Compressors Committee Draft
 
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