The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently published the 47th edition of API Specification 5L, Line Pipe. Originally published in 1924 as API’s first standard, API Spec 5L has supported the safe and reliable manufacture of steel line pipe used to transport oil and gas for more than a century. This edition includes important new requirements across more than 15 topic areas.

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