API RP 1165 – Recommended Practice for Pipeline SCADA Displays – now published

In 2005, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that operators of hazardous liquid pipelines be required to follow the American Petroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice 1165 for the use of graphics on the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA) screens (see our December, 2005 newsletter). At the time of NTSB’s recommendation, RP 1165 had not been published (one of your basic cart before the horse kind of situations…). RP 1165 has now been officially published by API. This RP focuses on the design and implementation of displays used for the display, monitoring, and control of information on pipeline SCADA. The primary purpose is to document industry practices that provide guidance to a pipeline company or operator who want to select a new SCADA system, or update or expand an existing SCADA system. The RP is available for sale on API’s website. Copies may be purchased for $135.00 each. API members receive a 30% discount on orders.