1. Welcome to the Subcommittee on Instrumentation and Control Systems (SOICS)
API FALL MEETING
November , 2016
New Orleans, LA
Chair: Mike Kelsheimer - Marathon Petroleum Company LP
Vice Chair: Jose Araujo – Chevron Corp.

2. Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 WELCOME / INTRODUCTIONS / SIGN-IN
SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
WELCOME / INTRODUCTIONS / SIGN-IN

3. API Antitrust Guidelines
It is API’s policy to comply with the antitrust laws. API staff and member company representatives should observe the following guidance:
No discussion or forecasting of prices for goods or services provided by or received by a company.
No sharing or discussing any company’s confidential or proprietary information.
No discussion of an company’s specific purchasing plans; merger/divestment plans, production information, inventories or costs.
No sharing or discussion of specific company compliance cost, unless publicly available.
No agreement or discussion regarding the purchase or sale of goods or services (such decisions are independent company decisions).
No discussion of how individual companies intend to respond to potential market/economic scenarios or government action; discussion limited to generalities.
No disparaging remarks regarding specific vendors, products or services.
If a discussion presents an antitrust issue, raise your concern immediately. If the discussion continues, announce that you are leaving the meeting because you have an antitrust concern, and immediately report your concern to API’s Office of the General Counsel and to your company’s own counsel.
For API Standards Development
Maintain written meeting minutes and obtain advance legal clearance from API for all written presentations.
Make sure everyone materially affected by an adoption or revision of an API standard has an opportunity to comment.
Confer with legal counsel beforehand if you believe any antitrust issues could arise.
This Reference is not a comprehensive summary of antitrust issues, nor is it a substitute for legal advice. Antitrust issues should be raised with API’s Office of the General Counsel and/or the member company’s own antitrust counsel.

4. SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
WELCOME / INTRODUCTIONS / SIGN-IN
FEEDBACK FROM API CRE Main Body
UPDATE ON SOICS/OTHER STANDARDS
RELIABILITY TOPIC – David West, CVR Energy
VENDOR PRESENTATION- CONVAL Industrial Calculation Software, Andreas Vogt, F.I.R.S.T. GmbH
LUNCH
SAFETY TOPIC – Mike Kelsheimer, Marathon Petroleum Co.
Non Incendive Applications – Richard Von Brecht, Bechtel Corp.
SOICS ROUNDTABLE - W. Mohr
Networking Break 2:30 pm – 3 pm
Spring 2017 Meeting Items
API Welcome Reception 6pm – 7pm

5. SOICS Fall Mtg Schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016
SOICS TASK GROUP SESSIONS:
8 am – 6 pm:
RP 554 – Control Systems Parts 1 - 3
RP Refinery Valves and Accessories for Control and SIS
RP 552 – Transmission Systems

6. SOICS Fall Mtg Schedule
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016
8 am – 6 pm:
RP 565 Reaction Furnaces in Sulfur Recovery Units - BMS Subgroup (SOICS/SCHTE)
4 PM – 6 PM
RP 561- Reforming Furnaces for H2 & Syngas – General Session

7. SOICS Fall Mtg Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
8 AM – 9 AM
SOICS/SCHTE Consensus Group Meeting
9 AM – 6 PM
RP 556- Instrumentation, Control, and Protective Systems for Gas Fired Heaters (SOICS/SCHTE)

8. SOICS Changes Current 3 year terms end December 31st
New Chairman- Jose Araujo, Chevron
New Vice Chair- Chris Hall, Marathon Oil Co.

9. CRE Highlights CRE News –
Use of Shall, Should, May, and Can. API is working on additional Guidance
Shall- Requirement
Should- Recommendation
May- Permissible
Can- Possibility or Capability
Shall- regulatory, safety specific, broad industry consensus, high risk
Shall or Should- high/low risk, reliability, availability
Avoid- Very, Excessive, Slightly, Approximately, Nearly, Significant
Do not use MUST
One company has stated they will vote negative on any RP that has a “shall” in it.

10. CRE Highlights CRE News –
Should we highlight “Emerging Technologies” in RP’s as such for guidance only to prevent any potential RAGAGEP?
Tesoro HTHA incident, CSB does not agree with revised API guidance on HTHA temperature curve, CSB wants to use a fixed 400 deg. F limit. CSB wants to have a face to face meeting with SCCM and SCI to discuss.
STD Storage Tank Overfill, 5th Edition underway, will address wireless instrumentation, and risk assessment guidance. Are there any SOICS members participating?

11. Standards Updates Revision Status Updates
RP Gary Hawkins not able to participate, need someone to drive this to completion.
RP 554 Parts 1, 2, & 3 – Resolving ballot comments.
RP Randy not able to attend this meeting, comments from GE and Emerson, little progress since the spring meeting.
RP Original due date of 2016, extended for 2 years.
RP 561 – Reforming Furnaces for H2 and Syngas, 561 TG wants to drop I&C from 561 and add to To be discussed on Thursday morning consensus group meeting.
RP 565 SRU’s- Slow progress

12. SOICS RP Progress RP 551 RP 552 Stalled RP 553 In revision RP 554
API Recommended Practice
Title
Task Group Chair
Current
Status
Progress
Year Due for Affirmation or Updating
 SOICS
RP 551
Field Instrumentation
2016
2021
RP 552
Transmission Systems
2007
G. Hawkins
Stalled
2014
RP 553
Refinery Valves for Control and Safety Instrumented Systems
2012
Randy Firmin
In revision
2017
May need to extend
RP 554
Control Systems
Parts 1, 2, 3
J. Araujo P. Gomez
C. Hall
Passed Ballot May 2016
Part 1 – 2014
Part 2 – 2015
Part 3 – 2015
RP 555
Process Analyzers
2013
2018
Need to start in 2017
Or extend
RP 556
Instrumentation and Controls for Fired Heaters
2011
G. Chivers 
Extended to 2018
RP 557
Advanced Controls
Need to start in 2017 or extend

13. SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
RELIABILITY TOPIC – Small Bore Piping David West, CVR Energy

14. SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
VENDOR PRESENTATION- CONVAL Industrial Calculation Software, Andreas Vogt, F.I.R.S.T. GmbH

15. SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
LUNCH

16. SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
SAFETY TOPIC – Boiler Explosions, Mike Kelsheimer, Marathon Petroleum Co.

17. SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
Non Incendive Applications – Richard Von Brecht, Bechtel Corp.
Networking Break 2:30 pm – 3 pm

18. Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 SOICS ROUNDTABLE - W. Mohr
SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
SOICS ROUNDTABLE - W. Mohr

19. SOICS Fall Meeting Spring 2017 Meeting- May 8-11, Las Vegas, NV
Volunteer for Reliability Presentation
Volunteer for Safety Presentation, Tom Smith, WIKA
Vendor Topic Suggestions

20. Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 API Welcome Reception 6pm – 7pm
SOICS Fall Mtg Agenda
Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
API Welcome Reception 6pm – 7pm

21. Thank you for your assistance and support over the past 3 years!