EEMUA Guidance on Above Ground Horizontal Rectangular Metallic Storage Tanks

Many tank operators will be familiar with EEMUA Publication 159 Users’ Guide to the Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Above Ground Flat Bottomed Storage Tanks. This has become the de facto standard for stakeholders in such equipment and is widely used worldwide. Specific and comprehensive guidance for the use of plastic tanks is also provided in EEMUA Publication 225 Above Ground Plastic Tanks: A guide to their specification, installation, commissioning, inspection, maintenance, repair and disposal. Although some industry publications are available elsewhere, there has been little in the way of guidance, comparable to EEMUA 159 and 225, for users of above-ground, rectangular, metallic storage tanks.   Aboveground, Rectangular, Metallic Storage Tanks These types of tanks are widely used for fuel storage (e.g. diesel) across a range of industries and applications, from small installations in agricultural settings to multi-tank systems on petrochemical sites. They can often be well-managed, providing many years of incident-free service. But in numerous cases, they can also be treated as low priority items, with lifetime, inspection and maintenance based purely on...