Describes procedures for obtaining, by manual methods, samples of liquid hydrocarbons, tank residues and deposits from fixed tanks, railcars, road vehicles, ships and barges, drums and cans, or from liquids being pumped in pipelines for the determination of the oil quality, the water content of the oils and other contaminants that are not considered to be part of the liquid transferred using tank or pipeline sampling. Suitable for sampling liquid petroleum products, crude oils and intermediate products, stored in tanks at or near atmospheric pressure, or transferred by pipelines, and are handled as liquids at temperatures from near ambient up to 100 Degrees C.

BS 3195-1(1978) : LATEST

BS EN ISO 3170 : 2004

ISO 3170 : 2004(R2007) - Similar to