Third edition of the new BiH standard BAS EN ISO 3170: 2016, Petroleum liquids - Manual sampling, has been published, which is adopted by translating the European standard EN ISO 3170: 2004, Petroleum liquids - Manual sampling, that is identical to the international standard ISO 3170: 2004 Petroleum liquids - Manual sampling.

This standard EN ISO 3170: 2004 was prepared by the Technical Committee ISO/TC 28, Petroleum and related products, fuels and lubricants from natural or synthetic sources, in cooperation with the Technical Committee CEN/TC 19, Gaseous and liquid fuels, lubricants and related products of petroleum, synthetic and biological origin, whose secretariat is held by NEN (NetherlandsStandardization Institute).

This standard specifies the manual methods to be used for obtaining samples of liquid or semi-liquid hydrocarbons, tank residues and deposits from fixed tanks, railcars, road vehicles, ships and barges, drums and cans, or from liquids being pumped in pipelines. It applies to the sampling of petroleum products, crude oils and intermediate products, which are stored in tanks at or near atmospheric pressure, or transferred by pipelines, and are handled as liquids at temperatures from near ambient up to 200 degrees Celsius.

This standard refers to existing methods of sampling and the type of equipment presently in use. It is, however, not intended that it should exclude the use of new equipment not yet developed for commercial use, provided that such equipment enables samples to be obtained in accordance with the requirements and procedures of this international standard.

BiH standard BAS EN ISO 3170: 2016 was prepared by the Technical Committee BAS/TC 11, Petroleum and petroleum products, and was published in the Bulletin 2016-3/4 of the Institute for Standardization of BiH.