EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Catch up on this selection of exclusive interviews, reports, insights, market analysis and the latest innovations from the team at Tank Storage Magazine.

AGILITY AND INNOVATION: HOW UM TERMINALS MEETS CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS
One of the UK’s leading bulk liquid storage companies has put in place a new strategic growth plan and unveiled

THE PATH TO TANK OVERHAUL COST REDUCTION
Five essential pillars to decrease maintenance costs and increase tank availability EVEN in the best of times, those who lead

THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES TO CONTROL SPILLS
A spill at a tank terminal is most likely to be discovered by an employee, and if they are properly

USING 3D LASER TECHNOLOGY TO CAPTURE AND MANAGE ASSETS
A3D’s laser scanning technology offers an innovative way to prepare piping and instrumentation diagrams to support your operations A3D embarked

ABOVE ALL ELSE
The American Chemistry Council explains the background behind its Chemical Facility Safety Initiative SAFETY is an area close to the

3D SCANNING AND THE LIQUID TERMINAL CONTRACTOR
3D scanning equipment is a great tool, but it can do much more than just find corrosion or cracks 3D

SECURITY AND SAFETY REGULATIONS – WHAT TERMINAL OPERATORS NEED TO KNOW
Peter Lidiak, vice president of regulatory affairs, International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA), looks at the latest US standards SECURITY and

DEMAND IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL
The only things rising are bankruptcies and distressed asset sales in the US shale industry WE’VE never had a downturn

THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Why three former Oiltanking colleagues decided to launch Tivoli Midstream during a global pandemic. IN JULY 2020, three former Oiltanking

EXPLOITING CAVERNOUS CAPACITY
Easton Energy CEO Joel McComas tells Tank Storage Magazine about salt caverns and oil storage in Texas HYDROCARBON storage comes

ACCELERATE THE FUTURE OF YOUR TERMINAL, TODAY
ON 27 May 2020, Tank Storage Magazine began a new venture – online professional seminars from industry experts. The first

A NEW SAFETY CONCEPT FOR PRESSURISED LNG STORAGE TANKS
LNG is the fastest-growing gas supply source in the world due to two crucial economic and environmental factors. On the

TANK BOTTOM LIFE, RISK BASED INSPECTION AND CORROSION: PART 2
IN PART 1, we established a foundation for determining what a corrosion rate is and how it is used to

GETTING THE MIX RIGHT FOR BETTER PROFITABILITY
ACCORDING to the EIA’s most recent forecasts, global oil consumption will average 92.6 million bpd in 2020, down 8.1 million

RARECHEM’S INNOVATIVE DECK LIFTING SYSTEM USED AT DANGOTE REFINERY
THE 650,000 bpd Dangote Refinery, under construction in Lekki, Nigeria, will be the world’s largest single train refinery, when complete.

THE EVOLUTION OF TANK CLEANING
ROBOT implementation continues to increase globally and the rapid proliferation in robot capabilities – driven by innovations, means that they

TWTG VALVE SENSORS OFFER RETROFIT SAFETY SOLUTIONS
THE INDUSTRIAL Internet of Things (IIoT) offers huge benefits to industry. With different parts of a facility connected centrally, data

IDENTIFYING AND AVERTING FUTURE CATASTROPHIC VALVE FAILURES
HIGH quality industrial valve components are becoming an increasingly important driver in the push for maximum operational efficiency. Exposure to

DEFINING THE VALUE OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
EARLIER this year Saudi Arabianbased Manifa Petroleum Services was one of the many technology service providers that were tasked with

ROBOTIC INSPECTIONS MEETING API 653 TEST STANDARDS
VERITANK, a Houston-based autonomous robotic tank inspection provider, has recently successfully completed a round of non-destructive testing (NDT) on a

BEYOND REACH… THE IMPENDING IMPACT OF BREXIT ON CHEMICAL STORAGE IN THE UK
HAVING officially left the European Union, the UK is now in an interim period covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, in

ENSURING PROCESS SAFETY IN A PANDEMIC
THE LESSONS Learned Bulletin on Chemical Accident Prevention and Preparedness (CAPP) is a publication of the Major Accident Hazards Bureau

RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS VAPOURS AT LG POLYMERS CHEMICAL PLANT IN INDIA
MEDIA reports of the release of hazardous vapours from a chemical plant in India with fatalities in the surrounding neighbourhood1,2,3

STANDING OUT IN A CROWDED MARKET
IN THE 16th century, Antwerp, in Belgium, was already a hugely significant and growing global port, and it was said

THE ONE-STOP FAMILY SHOP
WHILE much of the news in the tank terminals business is about the boom in oil storage as a result

EXPANDING IN THE NORDICS AND BEYOND, SUSTAINABLY
SWEDISH chemical supplier and trader Wibax grabbed headlines recently when it bought Baltic Tank, a chemical terminals operator in neighbouring

EPCA ANNUAL MEETING ENVISIONS THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
EPCA acts as the primary business network in Europe for the global petrochemical community, bringing together more than 700 companies

HOW COVID-19 & THE PLUMMETING OIL PRICE HAS IMPACTED THE GLOBAL STORAGE MARKET
IN THE second of the new professional webinar series, held on 18 June 2020, Tank Storage Magazine spoke to three

WHAT DOES THE EU’S CLEAN HYDROGEN STRATEGY MEAN FOR STORAGE?
THE European Commission’s latest action in this area is the publication of a Clean Hydrogen Strategy. The EU clean hydrogen

WHEN SUPPLY OUTSTRIPS DEMAND
Kpler’s Alex Booth looks at how the global crude crisis in 2020 came about, how it affected storage and the

NEW LAND FOR NEW OIL TERMINALS
IN 2017, Tank Storage Magazine reported on the start of work on a 3,485 acre (1,410 ha) man-made island off

COVID-19 AND THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION: WHAT NEXT?
FOR obvious reasons, 2020 is not a year any of us will ever forget. At the time of writing, however,