TC8/SC1 Static volume and mass measurement

BIML Contact

Secretariat

• UNITED STATES
  Dr Katya DELAK

Participating Members (25)

• AUSTRALIA
• AUSTRIA
• BELGIUM
• CHINA
• CZECHIA
• ETHIOPIA
• FRANCE
• GERMANY
• INDIA
• IRAN
• JAPAN
• KOREA (R.)
• NETHERLANDS
• POLAND
• ROMANIA
• RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• SERBIA
• SLOVAKIA
• SLOVENIA
• SOUTH AFRICA
• SWEDEN
• SWITZERLAND
• TURKEY
• UKRAINE
• UNITED STATES

Observer Members (12)

• BRAZIL
• CANADA
• CROATIA
• DENMARK
• FINLAND
• INDONESIA
• IRELAND
• LUXEMBOURG
• NAMIBIA
• SPAIN
• TANZANIA
• UNITED KINGDOM

Organisations in Liaison

• CECOD Committee of European Manufacturers of Petroleum Measuring and Distributing Equipment
• CEN European Committee for Standardization
• ISO International Organization for Standardization
• MARCOGAZ Technical Association of the European Natural Gas Industry
• WELMEC European Cooperation in Legal Metrology

Responsible for

• R 71:2008(en) Fixed storage tanks. General requirements
• R 80:2017(en) Road and rail tankers with level gauging
• R 85:2008(en) Automatic level gauges for measuring the level of liquid in stationary storage tanks
• R 95:1990(en) Ships' tanks - General requirements
• R 125:1998(en) Measuring systems for the mass of liquids in tanks

Projects

• p 9 Revision of R 71: Fixed storage tanks. General requirements
• PG phase: 1 CD circulated to PG for comment - 2016-03-02
• Introductory meeting online 2026-04-01, Working meeting online 2026-05-13

• p 10 Revision of R 85: Automatic level gauges for measuring the level of liquid in stationary storage tanks
• PG phase: 1 CD circulated to PG for comment - 2016-03-02
• Plan to complete TC8/SC1/p9 first

• p 12 New Guide - Fixed storage and transportable tanks. Calibration using electro-optical distance-ranging method
• PG phase: Project group started - 2025-11-01
• 1WD expected 2026-04-30, 2WD be end of 2026