SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX

Issuer: PMT
July 2021
Survey Coordinates and Datums Rev: 2
AMIES-A-100

AMIES-A-100
Survey Coordinates and Datums

Based on JERES-A-100 rev. 0C

“Any modification on the AMIRAL standard is not retroactive and does not require
implementation or modification to existing facilities.”

This Standard establishes the responsibility of Company Surveying Services Division in

providing the coordinate system and vertical datums elevation that will be used in
engineering, design, construction, surveying, mapping, charting, and drawings of all
Company facilities.

The present document or drawing is property of SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY and TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE S.A. and
shall not, under any circumstances, be totally or partially, directly or indirectly, transferred, reproduced, copied, disclosed or used,
without its prior written consent, for any purpose and in any way other than that for which it is specifically furnished or outside the
extent of the agreed upon right of use.

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Issuer: PMT
July 2021
Survey Coordinates and Datums Rev: 2
AMIES-A-100

Table of Contents
1 Scope ................................................................................................................................ 4
2 Conflicts, Deviations and Clarifications .......................................................................... 4
3 References ........................................................................................................................ 4
4 Definitions ....................................................................................................................... 4
5 Coordinate System ........................................................................................................... 5
6 Vertical Datums ............................................................................................................... 5
7 Surveys............................................................................................................................. 5
8 Cartography ..................................................................................................................... 5
9 General Notes .................................................................................................................. 6

The present document or drawing is property of SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY and TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE S.A. and
shall not, under any circumstances, be totally or partially, directly or indirectly, transferred, reproduced, copied, disclosed or used,
without its prior written consent, for any purpose and in any way other than that for which it is specifically furnished or outside the
extent of the agreed upon right of use.

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 SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX
Issuer: PMT
July 2021
Survey Coordinates and Datums Rev: 2
AMIES-A-100

1 Scope
This Standard establishes the responsibility of Company Surveying Services
Division in providing the coordinate system and vertical datums elevation that will
be used in engineering, design, construction, surveying, mapping, charting, and
drawings of all Company facilities.
2 Conflicts, Deviations and Clarifications
2.1 Any conflicts between this standard and other applicable Company Engineering
Standards (AMIES), Material Specifications (AMIMS), Standard Drawings
(AMISD), Engineering Procedures (AMIEP), Company Forms or Industry
standards, specifications, Codes and forms shall be brought to the attention of
Company Representative by the Contractor for resolution.
Until the resolution is officially made by the Company Representative, the most
stringent requirement shall govern.
2.2 Where a licensor specification is more stringent than those of this standard, the
Licensor’s specific requirement shall apply.
2.3 Where applicable Codes or Standards are not called by this standard or its
requirements are not clear, it shall be brought to attention of Company
Representative by Contractor for resolution.
2.4 Direct all requests for deviations or clarifications in writing to the Company or its
Representative who shall follow internal Company procedure and provide final
resolution.

3 References
The selection of material and equipment, and the design, construction,
maintenance, and repair of equipment and facilities covered by this standard shall
comply with the latest edition of the references listed below as of the CUT-OFF
DATE as specified in the Contract unless otherwise noted.

4 Definitions
4.1 Definitions presented in this Standard and other AMIRAL documents have
precedence over other definitions. Conflicts between various definitions shall be
brought to the attention of Company Representative by the Contractor for
resolution.
Company: AMIRAL (Saudi Aramco and Total Petrochemical Complex)
Company Representative: A designated person from the Company or an
assigned third party representative.

The present document or drawing is property of SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY and TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE S.A. and
shall not, under any circumstances, be totally or partially, directly or indirectly, transferred, reproduced, copied, disclosed or used,
without its prior written consent, for any purpose and in any way other than that for which it is specifically furnished or outside the
extent of the agreed upon right of use.

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July 2021
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AMIES-A-100

Company Inspector: A designated person or an agency responsible for

conducting inspection activities on behalf of the Company.
4.2 List of Definitions
Purposely left blank.

5 Coordinate System
5.1 The Universal Transverse Mercator Projection (UTM), International 1924
Ellipsoid, Ain (Ayn) Al Abd 1970 Datum¹, shall be the coordinate system used by
Company with exception of navigation.
All further reference's herein to UTM means International 1924 Ellipsoid Ain Al
Abd 1970 Datum.
5.2 Navigation products such as navigation charts and maps, shall be referenced to the
World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84). See general note 9.6.
5.3 All conversions between datums shall be based on Company Surveying Services
Division conversion parameters. See general note 9.1.

6 Vertical Datums
6.1 The Company offshore Hydrographic Vertical Datum, shall be Lowest
Astronomical Tide (LAT), (see cartography 8.3 & general note 9.2).
6.2 Mean Sea Level (MSL) shall be the vertical datum for all elevations on land (see
general note 9.5).

7 Surveys
7.1 All surveying (land, photogrammetric, hydrographic) shall be the responsibility of
Company.
7.2 Survey monuments (Bench Marks) shall bear definite identification for future
reference. Type of B.M. shall be approved by the Chief-Surveying Services.
7.3 Projects and Plants shall have at least three (3) B.M. The minimum distance
between any two B.M. shall be fifty (50) meters. The location of each B.M. shall
be referenced to UTM Coordinates and Mean Sea Level elevation.
7.4 "As-Built" surveys shall be based on actual field measurements referenced to the
UTM or local (plant) Coordinate systems and MSL.

8 Cartography
8.1 All mapping and charting shall be the responsibility of Company Surveying
Services Division.

The present document or drawing is property of SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY and TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE S.A. and
shall not, under any circumstances, be totally or partially, directly or indirectly, transferred, reproduced, copied, disclosed or used,
without its prior written consent, for any purpose and in any way other than that for which it is specifically furnished or outside the
extent of the agreed upon right of use.

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Issuer: PMT
July 2021
Survey Coordinates and Datums Rev: 2
AMIES-A-100

8.2 Data Base Mapping shall be part of Company Engineering functional responsibility
and as such they shall be the official source for this type of mapping.
8.3 Engineering mapping and charting (excepting navigation charting) coordinates
shall be based on UTM. Elevations shall be based on Mean Sea Level for land and
Lowest Astronomical Tide for offshore. See general notes 9.5 & 9.6.
8.4 Overall plant and facility drawings and maps shall show a minimum of three (3)
B.M. with UTM coordinates and MSL elevations.
8.5 Route drawings for linear facilities shall show the UTM coordinates on beginning
and ending points, and changes in direction. Stationing is defined as the
accumulated horizontal ground distance and shall be expressed in Kilometers plus
meters (km + m).
8.6 All large-scale site mapping for construction purposes shall be based on a local
ground (plant) coordinate system and shall be referenced to the UTM coordinate
system.
8.7 Engineering Drawings using surveying information shall reference the survey map
or chart number used as a source. Original mapping shall not be modified in any
way.

9 General Notes
9.1 Implementation of these standards by converting other coordinate systems, such as
WGS84, shall be the responsibility of individual departments. All such
conversions shall be based on Company Surveying Services Division conversion
parameters.
9.2 Company Tide Tables provide predicted tidal elevations referenced to Lowest
Astronomical Tide (LAT).
9.3 To obtain accurate horizontal ground distances obtained from UTM coordinates (or
opposite), sea level factor and scale (projection) factor corrections (or a locally
computed combined factor) shall be applied.
9.4 The unit of distance measurement and elevation for engineering projects, mapping,
and charting shall be meters. One meter equals 3.2808398950 international feet, or
3.2808333333 U.S. feet (Survey Feet). One international foot equals 0.3048 meter
exactly.

The present document or drawing is property of SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY and TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE S.A. and
shall not, under any circumstances, be totally or partially, directly or indirectly, transferred, reproduced, copied, disclosed or used,
without its prior written consent, for any purpose and in any way other than that for which it is specifically furnished or outside the
extent of the agreed upon right of use.

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Issuer: PMT
July 2021
Survey Coordinates and Datums Rev: 2
AMIES-A-100

9.5 Mean Sea Level (MSL) is the "Company Vertical Datum of 1978" (SAVD 1978)
based on the Benchmark "Monument B" located at the Dhahran Airport, having a
preliminary elevation of 24.640 meters as established by the Saudi Arabian
Government in 1978. SAVD 1978 approximates MSL at the Arabian Sea. SAVD
1978 elevations minus 0.79 meters equals the Jiddah 1969 datum (Ministry of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Aerial Survey Dept.).
9.6 Charts produced for navigational purposes shall be produced on the Mercator
Projection to conform with International Charting Standards. Navigation products
shall be based on WGS84 Ellipsoid to allow the plotting of positions obtained from
satellite navigation systems. This also relates to online charting information
systems, which by International Standards must be based on WGS84.

The present document or drawing is property of SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY and TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE S.A. and
shall not, under any circumstances, be totally or partially, directly or indirectly, transferred, reproduced, copied, disclosed or used,
without its prior written consent, for any purpose and in any way other than that for which it is specifically furnished or outside the
extent of the agreed upon right of use.

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