TECHNICAL NEWS
Don’t miss the latest developments and innovations in the storage tank industry. From cutting-edge technology and equipment, to advancements in safety and environmental practices, stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices that are shaping the future of the industry by exploring our technical news section.
Coastal Bend LNG Selects Honeywell Gas Pretreatment Solutions
Coastal Bend LNG will explore the use of Honeywell’s modular liquified natural gas (LNG) pretreatment solutions for its planned natural gas liquefaction and export facility along the Texas Gulf Coast, USA. The new facility aims to scale LNG production to support global energy security. Honeywell’s modular LNG pretreatment solutions help
Burckhardt Compression Delivers Compression Solution For LNG Terminals
Burckhardt Compression has successfully delivered a turnkey compression solution for a leading manufacturer of engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment and small-scale LNG and industrial gas plants. The project, executed at LNG terminals in Nicaragua and the Bahamas, demonstrates Burckhardt Compression’s commitment to providing the best-fit solution for complex customer requirements.
Ottco & Vopak Sign Agreement For SEZAD
Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO), a subsidiary of OQ Group, and Royal Vopak, has signed a shareholder agreement to establish a new company in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD). The agreement, concluded during the Duqm Economic Forum 2025, reflects OQ’s continued commitment to expanding its investments in Duqm
Cleanova Introduces PFAS-Free Media Coalescing Filters
Cleanova, a global leader in engineered filtration solutions, has launched PFAS-Free Media Coalescing Filters, now available across its Dollinger GP-198 series. This significant innovation delivers the same proven performance and reliability that customers have trusted for decades, now with a reduced environmental footprint. The transition to PFAS-free filtration media marks
UAB-Online Partners With Digital Port Agency
UAB-Online has announced a new partnership with Digital Port Agency (DPA), headquartered in the United Arab Emirates. This collaboration represents a major step in UAB-Online’s further expansion into the Gulf Cooperation Council region (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates), to make port logistics more efficient
Gerotto Receives IECEx Certification
Gerotto has obtained IECEx international certification for its tank cleaning system. The company was accompanied throughout the process by Tuv Sud. IECEx is a voluntary certification scheme that aims to verify the conformity of equipment, services and personnel intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX/Ex). Gerotto has been designing,
Moeve Becomes First SAF Supplier Joining Avelia
Moeve, a global energy company, has become the first external sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplier to join Avelia, the leading blockchain-powered book and claim platform with the aim of scaling SAF. Book and claim is a chain-of-custody model, in which the administrative record flow does not necessarily connect to the
ABB’s Handheld Device Manager Available for Hazardous Areas
ABB has extended the capabilities of its ABB Ability Smart Device Manager – a universal handheld configurator for field instrumentation – by certifying it for use in hazardous areas. Smart Device Manager supports configuration, commissioning, diagnostics and maintenance of process instrumentation in oil & gas, chemical and other industries where
Chart Industries to Supply Heat Exchangers For Port Arthur LNG Project
Chart Industries has been awarded by Bechtel to supply air-cooled heat exchangers, brazed aluminum heat exchangers, and cold boxes for Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project in Jefferson County, Texas, USA. This award was received in the third quarter of 2025. Chart previously supplied equipment for Port
Gizil Partners With TGS To Advance Argentina’s Digital Transformation
Gizil, a German industrial engineering and digitalization company, has been selected by Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Argentina’s largest natural gas transporter, to deliver Virtual Plant as a digital solution across its operations. This project marks a major milestone in both companies’ digital transformation journeys and underscores the growing
Vopak Deploys Falcker Solution Worldwide
Inspection and maintenance software specialist, Falcker, and Vopak, the leader in tank storage and infrastructure solutions, have signed an agreement for the worldwide deployment of Falcker’s advanced tank inspection platform. Falcker specialises in digital inspection and maintenance software solutions for the tank storage industry. The company’s integrated platform uses cloud-based
Topsoe to Support Sandpiper Chemicals Methanol Plant
Topsoe, a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, has been selected as technology provider for Sandpiper Chemicals’ new blue methanol plant in Texas City, Texas, USA. Topsoe will license its SynCOR technology that – when combined with carbon capture & storage (CCS) – enables
Technip Energies & Anellotech Launch Plas-TCat
Technip Energies and Anellotech are set to commercialise Plas-TCat, an innovative catalytic cracking technology that transforms plastic waste into high-value chemicals. The two companies recently completed a multi-year development program for Plas-TCat, which converts mixed plastic waste directly into base chemicals for use in new plastics. Their collaboration aims to
Emerson Introduces AI-Powered Environment
Emerson has announced the availability of AspenTech Subsurface Intelligence (ASI), an open, cloud-native agentic environment that incorporates AI to transform the user experience and accelerate subsurface-related decision making while leveraging existing investments in legacy applications. ASI’s AI-powered guidance capabilities and library of domain-specific agents operate with the industry-standard OSDU® Data
John Crane Launches Type 8628VL Seal
John Crane has launched the Type 8628VL, a next generation mechanical seal engineered to solve the oil and gas industry’s toughest challenges: maintaining sealing integrity in multiphase ethane and ethylene pipelines. Designed to perform under volatile pressure and temperature conditions, the Type 8628VL leverages spiral groove non-contacting technology to deliver
Exolum Demonstrates Pipeline Hydrogen Transport
Exolum has completed a pilot project between its Bilbao and Burgos facilities – both in Spain – demonstrating that hydrogen can be transported safely and efficiently through conventional pipelines. In a similar project to the pipeline transportation experiment at Exolum’s Immingham, UK, facility, Exolum has once again shown it is
Square Robot SR-3HT Receives C1D2 Certification
Square Robot, Inc. has developed its newest high temperature inspection robot, the SR-3HT, formally receiving the NEC/CEC Class I Division 2 (C1D2) certification. The SR-3HT is now commercially available and capable of inspecting aboveground storage tanks where the product storage temperatures range from -10℃ to 55℃ (14℉ to 131℉). The
Port of Rotterdam, Port of Antwerp-Bruges Introduce Bunkering Change
From 1 January 2026, all bunker vessels operating in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp-Bruges must use a Mass Flow Meter (MFM) when delivering residual distillates (fuel oil and diesel) and biofuels. This system measures exactly how much fuel goes from the bunker ship to the seagoing vessel. The aim
Aster Partners with Aether Fuels for Sustainable Fuel Technology
Aster has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to invest in and partner with Aether Fuels, a Singapore- and US-based start-up pioneering breakthrough production technology for cost-competitive sustainable liquid fuels. This partnership aligns with Aster’s strategic launch of Aster Ventures, which is dedicated to providing synergistic investment capital to support
Greenlyte & MB Energy Agree for Synthetic Methanol
Greenlyte Carbon Technologies and MB Energy have signed a strategic landmark agreement covering the offtake of e-methanol from Greenlyte’s LiquidSolar facility in Marl, Germany, as well as advanced offtake intentions for future projects. Just days after officially securing multi-million euro funding from the European Union and the federal state of
Coastal Bend LNG Selects ConocoPhillips’ Optimised Cascade Process Technology
Coastal Bend LNG has selected ConocoPhillips’ Optimised Cascade Process liquefaction technology for its planned natural gas liquefaction and export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast. Coastal Bend LNG’s planned development includes multiple liquefaction trains, cogeneration, LNG storage tanks, and export facilities. ‘ConocoPhillips’ technology and expertise provides us with the confidence
UAB-Online & Systems Navigator Expand Integrated Solution
UAB-Online and Systems Navigator have shared results of their expanding collaboration. Since announcing their partnership in early 2024, the companies have implemented their joint solution at more than ten liquid bulk terminals, confirming its scalability and operational value for terminals, shipping agents, and other maritime stakeholders. Vincent de Gast, business
Transducers Direct Launces Water Column Monitoring Transducer
Transducers Direct, a global manufacturer of pressure transmitters, temperature sensors, and industrial components, has developed an advanced ultra-low pressure wireless remote transducer. This state-of-the-art device, the Transducers Direct CirrusSense TDWLB-WCLC, is designed for long-term and permanent installations for tank level measurement, filter saturation monitoring, and leak detection. This rugged, staunch,
TotalEnergies & Emerson Collaborate on Data Collection
TotalEnergies and Emerson’s Aspen Technology business have announced a strategic collaboration to deploy advanced digital technologies for the continuous, real-time collection of data from TotalEnergies’ industrial sites. The objective is to harness the value of that data to enhance decision-making, specifically through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and optimise
ADNOC & Revterra To Trial Kinetic Battery Technology
ADNOC has signed an agreement with Revterra to trial a novel kinetic battery technology to support ADNOC’s efforts to advance climate technology solutions. The first-of-its-kind unit will be piloted at ADNOC Distribution’s E2GO EV charging hub in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, and used for electric vehicle charging, reinforcing our commitment
NEW: EEMUA 249 Guidance
EEMUA has released EEMUA 249 (Edition 1) which brings together guidance for operators to consider when managing the risk posed by piping dead-legs in all types of process plants and storage facilities. It supplements existing guidance by challenging assumptions, highlighting specific learning points identified by members of EEMUA and providing
Provaris & Yinson Complete LCO2 Tank Design
Provaris Energy has achieved a significant milestone in the collaboration with Yinson Production under the Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for the development of an innovative large-scale liquid CO2 (LCO2) tank design. The Phase 2 design stage has been completed successfully on time and budget, culminating in the submission of a
John Crane Introduces Coaxial Seal
John Crane and a business of Smiths Group, has announced the launch of the Type 93AX Coaxial Separation Seal – a next generation dry gas sealing solution engineered to help customers reduce emissions, improve equipment reliability, and lower operational costs. The Type 93AX builds on John Crane’s legacy of industrial
LAND Releases The MWIR-b-640
LAND highlights how its fixed thermal imaging solutions are helping improve combustion efficiency and reliability in grate incinerators in a new application note that includes example images and data from real installations. Energy from Waste (EfW) plants are already a crucial part of many countries’ energy mix, but operators face
Neste & Chevron Lummus Develop Renewable Fuel Technology
Neste and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) are partnering to drive innovation in renewable fuels. The companies have joined forces to develop a new technology enabling conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into high-quality, lower-emission renewable fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel. The joint development has reached the first
Veolia To Optimise Offshore Energy Production for Petrobras
Veolia, through its Water Technologies & Solutions business unit, has secured a multi-million dollar contract from Seatrium to provide advanced seawater desalination solutions for two major floating production storage and offloading platforms (FPSO) in one of Brazil’s largest offshore developments. Located in the Santos Basin ‒ Brazil’s pre-salt reservoir and
Herambiente’s ACR Acquires Gerotto EAR
Herambiente Spa’s subsidiary, ACR Spa, has acquired the Gerotto EAR business unit from Gerotto Federico Srl. The transaction will take effect from 1 July and is subject to certain conditions. Gerotto EAR specialises in operations within confined spaces and areas at risk of explosion, using advanced technologies such as suction
