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7.1.4
This requirement was introduced in 1999 in recognition of the fact that Clause 15, newly introduced in the 1999 edition of the Standard, covers aluminum piping. Prior to 1999, the joining requirements for aluminum pipeline systems were contained in CSA 2169, which has been withdrawn by CSA.

7.1.5
ln 2007, this new clause was added to reference the applicable requirements of the new Clause 1 6 for the joining of sour service pipelines.

7.1.6
ln 2007 , this clause was moved from its former location (as Clause 7 .3.6 in the 2003 edition) for clarity with respect to maintenance welding.

7.2 Arc and gas welding

7.2.1
Clauses 7.2

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to 7.15 cover two joining methods (arc welding and gas welding), two basic types of welds (butt welds and fillet welds), and six welding processes (shielded metal arc welding, flux cored arc welding, submerged arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and oxy-fuel welding) and include the full range of positions and welding directions, Flux cored arc weldng was added to the list of permitted welding processes in 1996.|t is the intent that the fillet weld type include piping branch connections, even though, technically, piping branch connections involve a full-penetration groove weld covered with a fillet weld.

7.2.2
It is recognized that any welding done during the manufacture of pipes, components, and equipment is covered by the standard or specification to which such items were manufactured. The requirements in Clause 7 are intended to be applied to welds that are made subsequent to such manufacturing processes.

7.2.3
Ths clause reflects the underlying principle of Clause 7, whereby welding is

to be done by suitably qualified welders who are to weld in accordance with suitably qualified welding procedure specifications.

7.2.4
This requirement was introduced in 1 999 to cover the joining of compressor station or pump station pipng that was desgned in accordance with the requirements of ASME 831 .3. For such piping, the welding requirements of ASME 831 .3 apply; however, the applicable requirements of Clauses 7.2.7 (carbon equivalent of high-strength piping materials), 7.'10.3.2 (100o/o nondestructive inspection of carbon dioxide pipelines), 16.6.4 (hardness requirements for sour welds), and 1 6.6.8 (100o/o nondestructive inspection of sour service welds) additionally apply. lt is recognized that partial-penetration butt welds are not permitted by ASME 831.3; the requirements of the Standard are to apply for partial-penetration butt welds.

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7.2.5
The intent of this clause is to recognize that the fabrication shops that weld piping materials remote from the constructon site are often more likely to have in place qualified ASMEtype welding procedures and to employ welders qualified in accordance with the ASME Boiler ond Pressure Vessel Code, Section lX. lt also recognizes that much of the pre-construction piping fabrication welding involves ASME or ASTM piping materials. There is no technical rationale for precluding the use of ASME Section lX-qualified welding procedures and welders, provided the completed welds meet applicable lity requirements of ASME 831.3, plus the applicable requirements listed i he converse requirement of this cluFilthat only pipe-to-pipe welds made on at the pipeline right-of-way are required to be welded in accordance with the requirements of

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