DIN EN ISO 3183:2018-09

Pipeline transport systems, generally called pipelines, serve long-distance transport, in particular of petroleum and natural gas. They ensure the energy supply of world-wide industrial agglomeration areas. Pipeline transport systems are installed "offshore", that is on the seafloor, or "onshore", meaning on the mainland. Pipes for pipeline transport systems are generally manufactured from steel plate or steel strip by welding using a longitudinal or helical seam. Transport (and conveyance) of petroleum and natural gas is an international sector of industry, both on the side of the pipe manufacturer and the side of the pipeline operator. Standard ISO 3183 has been developed in collaboration with ISO and in association with the API (American Petroleum Institute) with the result that now a common Standard ISO 3183/API Spec 5L exists. After publication, this unified international standard will continue to be available in this field. All participants will be able to take advantage of this internationally uniform standard for their internationally active industrial sector representing an economically significant market segment. Annex M for European onshore gas transmission has been revised in the present standard. The committee responsible for this standard is Standards Committee Iron and Steel (FES), Subcommittee NA 021-00-09-03 UA "Fernleitungsrohre" ("Line pipes") under the co-sponsorship of NA 109-00-02 "Fernleitungssysteme - Spiegelausschuss zu ISO/TC 67/SC 2" ("Pipeline transportation systems - mirror committee for ISO/TC 67/SC 2") at DIN.