Announcement on the National Standard "Design Specification for Petroleum Reserves"

The No. 1158 Announcement of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China now approves the “Code for the Design of Petroleum Reserves” as a national standard, numbered GB50737-2011, and will be implemented as of May 1, 2012. Among them, 4.0.6 (1, 2, 3), 4.0.8, 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.2.1, 5.3.1, 7.1.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, Sections 8.1.3, 8.1.5 and 8.2.1 (sections) are mandatory provisions and must be strictly enforced.

This specification is published by the China Institute of Standards Press, the Institute of Standards and Quotas of the Ministry of Education.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China September 16, 2011