API RP 1167: 2010 Draft. Pipeline Alarm Management

American Petroleum Institute (API). 2010. 42p. This publication was created by an API subcommittee. The members of this subcommittee were predominantly operators of liquids pipelines, but included participation from operators of gas systems, as well as members from the alarm management and control systems communities, academia, and US DOT/PHMSA representatives.
This document is intended to provide pipeline Operators with recommended industry practices in the development, implementation, and maintenance of an alarm management program. It provides guidance on elements that include, but are not limited to, alarm definition, alarm philosophy, documentation, management of change, and auditing.