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Ekaterina Tuzovskaya and Eugene Starokaznikov from SIA Saber Evnat discuss why you need a mixer, even if you do not think you really need one!
Surprisingly, many representatives of the liquid bulk storage professional community believe the following two myths:
Industrial in-tank mixers are required only when the blending of liquid products is the ultimate goal; and
Industrial in-tank mixers…
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Paul Cook, of Painters USA, examines best practices for facility and terminal managers
Surveys and testing are vital for delivering safety, savings and long-lasting surface coatings, regardless of where a tank is located. Here’s an example: A facility manager invited a certified NACE Institute inspector and instructor into his facility to quote a project for sandblasting and coating a tank. As…
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Mascoat introduces two new primers for use under thermal insulating coatings
Protecting substrates on storage tanks from corrosion is of utmost importance to facilities of all kinds, as the consequences of not doing so can be detrimental. That protection has been a driving factor in Mascoat’s approach to the market since its inception in 1995.
The company manufactures and sells products that…
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Tim Jones from RPS Group looks at the available guidance on the quantity and siting of flame and gas detectors
FLAME and gas detection plays an important role within a structured process safety management system, in order to assure the protection of people, the environment, assets and corporate reputation. Detection is a function of both the hardware’s ability to function on demand and…
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Total’s Dirk Roosendans, Pol Hoorelbeke and Christian Kapp explain the company’s new technology
the oil industry operates installations and processes with important quantities of flammable substances within a wide range of pressures and temperatures. A particular hazard for this type of installations is an accidental release of a large quantity of flammable material resulting in the…
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Read what Yuan-Sheng Yu and Tom Smeenk had to say at the most recent Tank Talk webinar
Two of the hottest topics in the last year have been the COVID-19 epidemic and the energy transition. With the pandemic causing a drop in demand for oil, the collapse of the oil price, a super contango and market difficulties everywhere, Tank Storage Magazine invited two experts to discuss whether these…
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COVID-19 and its knock-on effects gave much for discussion at the 14th S&P Global Platts European Oil Storage Conference
The 14th S&P Global Platts European Oil Storage Conference, with the theme ‘Navigating uncertainty for energy storage markets’, was held online in 2021, a further example of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world.
And things are certainly…
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Total Solar DG recently installed a solar energy system at Singapore LNG.
Tank Storage Magazine spoke to both firms to find out more
the island nation of Singapore is one of the most densely packed countries in the world, but over the years has gained a reputation for being one of the greenest. Huge efforts have been made to preserve remaining wildlife in reserves and the main city has been…
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Prio supply director Luis Nunes tells Tank Storage Magazine why sustainability and flexibility are so important
Portuguese energy company Prio has sustainability at its core. It began life in 2005 and has grown to become the largest biofuel producer in Portugal, and one of the largest European producers of sustainable green biodiesel from waste raw materials. The company now also has more than…
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A unique oceanfront greenfield site is up for sale in the State of Sonora on the west coast of Mexico. The development site consists of 1,297 hectares (3205 acres) of undeveloped land which has direct access to the Sea of Cortez
The site benefits from a substantial amount of existing infrastructure, including large quantities of economical electrical power and natural gas already in place. A…
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With an emphasis on enhanced security and safety, the recovering infrastructure in Libya presents a unique opportunity for innovative equipment suppliers
DUring the Arab Spring uprisings much of Libya was devastated. Oil and gas infrastructure including tanks and pipelines became easy targets and many were destroyed.
Fast forward 10 years and the region is slowly being re-built. Oil…
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A3D’s new virtual site tours will allow terminal personnel to walk their site, whether it be from their home or workstation
COVID-19 has for many of us, forced changes in our work patterns including that of working from home. To facilitate this, company IT departments have softened their attitudes towards cloud computing methods to facilitate home working. However, for both managers and…
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Antonio Turiel discusses what the future might hold for the energy sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a serious health crisis, and undeniable economic havoc, a toll that will only become fully evident in the coming years. Some consequences will be less evident than others. One of the obvious consequences is the huge, deep impact that it has had on the oil sector.
Since 2013, due to…
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Rosen’s global market strategy manager Mario Humbert tells Tank Storage Magazine about Rosen’s contribution to the HYREADY partnership to help decarbonise the energy sector
TELL US ABOUT THE HYREADY PARTNERSHIP.
HYREADY is a joint industry project to develop clear engineering guidelines for transmission system operators (TSOs) and distribution system operators (DSOs) to support them…
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How do you improve your business operations and increase your competitiveness without reducing or eliminating the need for humans?
Bringing humans back into focus to counteract the potential negative effects of Industry 4.0 is one of the core goals at Dutch automation expert Procentec. In fact, designing solutions for technicians working with industrial networks led the company to develop the…
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Arend van Campen and Aimee Cabalo from Tank Terminal Training and TSSI examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on tank storage demand and how it might affect the push towards sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly and temporarily filled global storage tanks to the brim. Tankers, unable to transport crude and petroleum products profited by being chartered to store even more oil…
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Mina Kamel, CEO and co-founder of Voliro Airborne Robotics, discusses the revolutionary potential of flying inspection robots for storage tanks
eaking storage tanks cause severe damage to the environment, not to mention asset downtime and reputational risk for asset owners. All these potential risks can be avoided with regular inspections. Yet traditional inspection methods come with their own…
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All Time’s automatic vertical tank welder provided more productive and efficient welding for a large tank project
Hong kong company All Time, which has a production facility in Shanghai, China, has 20 years of experience in manufacturing specialist tank welding equipment. Its expertise was recently called upon by a major Middle Eastern engineering company, which had been awarded the…
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Despite the added complications of working in a pandemic, 3X Engineering successfully completed a tank repair earlier this year
In July 2020 pipeline repair and protection specialist 3X Engineering was asked to reinforce a tank suffering from severe external corrosion leading to a through wall
defect (a hole measuring 15x15 mm and depth 5 mm).
After analysis of the tank and defect…
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Careful analysis of data using the Qronoport platform can reduce wasted time for liquid bulk vessels during port calls
A liquid bulk vessel is sailing towards the Port of Antwerp, which is extremely efficient, and one of the world’s most important chemical ports. The vessel is one of the 5,300 liquid bulk vessels that arrive at the port every year, making 8,700 berth calls at the different…
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