Designation:D1250−08(Reapproved2013)´1Designation:200/08StandardGuideforUseofthePetroleumMeasurementTables1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD1250;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.ε1NOTE—AdjunctADJD1250-E-PDFinformationwascorrectededitoriallyinOctober2015.INTRODUCTIONThisguidediscussestheuseoftemperatureandpressurevolumecorrectionfactorsforgeneralizedcrudeoils,refinedproducts,andlubricatingoils,developedjointlybyASTMInternational,theAmericanPetroleumInstitute(API)andtheEnergyInstitute.2Thevolumecorrectionfactors,intheirbasicform,aretheoutputofasetofequationsderivedfrom,andbasedon,empiricaldatarelatingtothevolumetricchangeofhydrocarbonsoverarangeoftemperaturesandpressures.Traditionally,thefactorshavebeenlistedintabularformatcalledthePetroleumMeasurementTables(hencetheappearanceofthisterminthetitle),andpublishedasanAPIStandard/AdjuncttoIP200/AdjuncttoASTMD1250.However,sincethe1980revisiontheactualstandardhasbeenasetofimplementationprocedures,notprintedtablesnorsimplyasetofequations.Thisrevisedstandard,APIMPMSChapter11.1–2004/AdjuncttoIP200/04/AdjuncttoASTMD1250–04(ADJD1250-E-PDF),establishesproceduresforcrudeoils,liquidrefinedproducts,andlubricatingoils,bywhichvolumemeasurementstakenatanytemperatureandpressure(withintherangeofthestandard)canbecorrectedtoanequivalentvolumeatbase/standardconditions,normally15°C,60°For20°C,byuseofavolumecorrectionfactor(VCF).Thestandard,APIMPMSChapter11.1–2004/AdjuncttoIP200/04/AdjuncttoASTMD1250–04(ADJD1250-E-PDF),alsoprovidesmethodsformakingconversionstoalternateconditionsfrombaseconditionsandtoalternatebasetemperatures.DensitiescanbecorrectedbyusingtheinverseoftheVCF.SeeSection5foralistofsignificantchangesfromGuideD1250...
