PHMSA has confirmed that the 2nd editions of API RP 1170 and 1171 will be incorporated by reference into Part 192, effective January 1, 2026.
- API RP 1170 Design and Operation of Solution-mined Salt Caverns Used for Natural Gas Storage
- API RP 1171 Functional Integrity of Natural Gas Storage in Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Aquifer Reservoirs
RCP’s underground gas storage team includes several industry veterans, including Steve Nowaczewski, Rick Gentges, and Phil Baker and a dedicated storage integrity TaskOp Team. RCP serves over 60% of the underground gas storage working gas capacity in the United States, and growing. There are several significant changes from editions 1 to 2 in both RP’s as depicted below. RCP’s underground gas storage clients utilize our team to further enhance their reservoir/cavern and well integrity programs. TaskOp has proven to be an industry accepted, off the shelf, user friendly, customizable platform for hosting storage operator’s critical data. Some important features include:
- Risk analysis, compliant with RP 1170/1171 edition 2
- Electronic well files
- Event tracking
- Well site visit inspection e-forms, including offline mobile capability
- Primary data repository
- Data extraction
- Abnormal Operating Condition alerts
- Daily reporting
- Integration with other database programs
RCP’s underground gas storage team has completed a detailed comparison of both editions of API RP 1170 and 1171. For API 1171 the net change in shall/should is approximately as follows:
| 1st edition shall = 120 | 2nd edition shall = 151 |
| 1st edition should = 254 | 2nd edition should = 242 |
For more information about RCP’s underground gas storage capabilities, contact jfoley@rcp.com.