Ensuring Efficient Loading Operations

Discover how Scully Signal Company helped an oil terminal in Belfast that needed to replace its loading equipment without impacting operations   In the petroleum industry, choosing the right equipment has a major business impact, primarily on how safe the facility is for customers and employees, and operationally being dependable to customers. A major oil terminal in Belfast had pre- EN13922 standard terminal loading equipment that was no longer supported, making parts obsolete in the event of failure. The company explored its options – ranging from the oversight and maintenance of the existing equipment to updating the terminal loading operations with the latest petroleum liquid transfer safety technology. After looking into what maintaining the existing equipment would entail, it became clear, in the event of a failure, the terminal bays would have to close. This would have significantly impacted operations, affecting productivity and could cause customers to look elsewhere, an untenable situation. Faced with multiple challenges that had the potential to negatively impact business continuity, customer perception, and operating efficiency, terminal management decided...