API 5L Grade B Carbon Steel Seamless Line Pipes & Tubes

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  The American Petroleum Institute specification API 5L covers seamless and welded steel line pipe. This is steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems in the petroleum and natural gas industries. API 5L is suitable for conveying gas, water, and oil. Size range is limited only by manufacturer’s capabilities.

  Specifications for API 5L adhere to the International Organization for Standardization ISO 3183, which standardizes pipeline transportation systems within the materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical, and natural gas industries.

  The technical committee authoring the standards recognized that there are two basic Product Specifications Levels (PSL) of technical requirements and therefore developed PSL 1 and PSL 2. PSL 1 is a standard quality for line pipe where PSL 2 contains additional chemical, mechanical properties, and testing requirements.

  Grades covered by this specification are A25 ,A ,B (and the following “X” Grades), X42, X46, X52, X56, X60, X65, X70, X80. The two digit number following the “X” indicates the Minimum Yield Strength (in 000’s psi) of pipe produced to this grade.

Steel Standard
Steel Grade
chemical composition
API 5L mechanical property
C
Mn
P
S
yield strength/Mpa
Tensile Strength/Mpa
Elongation %
API SPECY5L
A
0.21
0.6
0.03
0.03
207
331
0
B
0.22
1.2
0.025
0.015
241
414
 
X42
0.22
0.025
0.015
1.3
290
414
 
X46
0.22
1.4
0.025
0.015
317
434
 
X52
0.22
1.4
0.025
0.015
359
455
 
X56
0.22
1.4
0.025
0.015
386
490
 
X60
0.22
1.4
0.025
0.015
414
517
 
X65
0.22
1.45
0.025
0.015
448
531
 
X70
0.22
1.65
0.025
0.015
483
565
 
GB/T9711-1997
L175
0.21
0.6
0.03
0.03
175
315
27
L210
0.21
0.9
0.03
0.03
210
335
25
L245
0.26
1.15
0.03
0.03
245
415
21
L290
0.28
1.25
0.03
0.03
290
415
21
L360
0.3
1.25
0.03
0.03
360
460
19
L390
0.26
1.35
0.03
0.03
390
490
18
L415
0.26
1.35
0.03
0.03
415
520
17
L450
0.26
1.4
0.03
0.03
450
525
17
L485
0.23
1.6
0.03
0.03
485
570
16
SY/T5037-2000
Q235B
0.12-0.20
0.30-0.70
0.045
0.045
235
375-460
26

  The API 5l specification establishes requirements for two product specification levels (PSL1 and PSL2). These two PSL designations define different levels of standard technical requirements. PSL 2 has mandatory requirements for carbon equivalent, notch toughness, maximum yield strength and maximum tensile strength. The PSL designation has to be defined by the customer at the time of order placement.

  API 5L Carbon Steel Seamless Pipes & Tubes This specification covers seamless and welded steel line pipe. It includes standard-weight and extra-strong threaded line pipe. It includes standard-weight and extra-strong threaded line pipe; and standard-weight plain-end, regular-weight plain-end, special plain-end, extra-strong plain-end, special plain-end, extra-strong plain-end pipe; as as well as bell and spigot and through-the-flow line(TFL) pipe. The purpose of this specification is to provide standards for pipe suitable for use in conveying gas, water, and oil in both the oil and natural gas industries.

  Sizes (Seamless): 1/2″ NB – 60″ NB Sizes (ERW): 1/2″ NB – 24″ NB Sizes (SAW): 16″ NB – 100″ NB

  Wall Thickness: Schedule 10 through 160, STD, XS, XXS.
  The purpose of API 5L Pipe is to provide standards for pipe suitable for use in conveying gas, water, and oil in both the oil and natural gas industries. Shengtian Group applies this specification to both seamless and welded steel line pipe. Shengtian Group supplies pipes with plain-ends, with ends suitable for threading as well as pipe with ends prepared for use with special couplings Email : pipe@stpipefitting.cn.

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