API RP 1192

Abstract

This document provides guidance for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, integrity management, and emergency response for both dense-phase (including liquid and supercritical state) and gas-phase carbon dioxide (CO2) related to pipelines and related appurtenances and facilities. The provisions are applicable to onshore gathering and transmission pipelines and related facilities used to convey CO2 in gas- and dense-phase conditions. Offshore pipelines and sequestration facilities were considered in the development of this document, and it provides some guidance to support these applications. The guidance provided herein is based on the physical, regulatory, and social environment of the United States but could be applied in other countries with due consideration for their regulatory requirements and unique circumstances. The intent of this document is to provide operators, contractors, regulators, consultants, and the public with guidance. The document focuses on issues of unique concern to CO2 pipelines. Where issues of concern do not differ from those for hazardous liquid or gas pipelines, a lower level of detail is provided. Carbon capture and sequestration involves collection, transportation, and storage of CO2; however, this document does not specifically address processes and procedures associated with capture, injection, utilization, or storage.