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New-generation perimeter intrusion detection sensors combined with video analytics and intelligent lighting can dramatically enhance detection, deterrence and response capabilities while meeting budgetary constraints and operational realities
THE PHYSICAL security of storage facilities for oil, natural gas, and refined products is critical for public safety. A deliberate attack on a facility…
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Meet the Netherlands’ remote controlled fire-fighting robot: the Inferno Beater
HOLLAND Holland Special Pumps (HSP) is the only firefighting robot manufacturer in the Netherlands. Last year the company launched the Inferno Beater, a remotely-operated fire extinguisher robot, which can be used in tank farms, as well as other applications such as houses, industrial buildings and parking…
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A guide to choosing the most suitable foam for your fire protection needs
IN 1902 Russian chemist and engineer Aleksander Loran developed and patented the first fire suppression foam for extinguishing flammable liquid fires, by physically mixing two powders and water. Many innovations to fire-fighting foam have since been developed, including Aerofoam (Percy Lavon Julian, 1942), high-expansion…
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An innovative method using the world’s most sensitive optical gas imagery cameras
IN ADDITION to their current support services to storage tank operators, which includes infrastructure projects, maintenance and UHP tank cleaning services, WSG are further growing their offering as a leak detection and repair specialist (LDAR) with the addition of WSG Enviro to the WSG Group.
WSG’s aim was…
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VPS single-flow twin screw pumps can adapt to a variety of flow media with low
operating costs
A TECHNOLOGICAL change is emerging in tank farm and chemical applications. Single-flow twin screw pumps have started to replace conventional positive displacement pump technologies at flow rates up to 500 m3 per hour.
This is as a result of an increasing demand in flexibility, the permanent…
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Michele Nazzaro and Harold Kempinga from Aereon Europe discuss the Aereon CEB, the EU-certified best available technology for gas flaring operations
MANAGING vapour recovery and the containment of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions is a must. Not only are atmospheric emissions regulated by increasingly stringent legislation, but many companies have a growing culture and commitment for a…
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The 2020 Tank Storage Magazine Environmental Performance Award winner looks back
IN THE midst of the pandemic we are all living through, advanced environmental technology solutions company Tecam is celebrating 15 years in business.
In August 2005 Borja Maestro founded Tecam Soluciones Medioambientales in Barcelona, Spain, as an environmental technology distribution company. That small…
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Find out the benefits of risk-based inspection for API RP 581 and EEMUA 159
CHALLENGING times strongly drive the need to optimise existing procedures and systems while minimising business risks with day-to-day operations. When talking about tank integrity management, we deal with the challenge of balancing efforts and benefits while complying with safety regulations and standards requirements,…
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One of the UK’s leading bulk liquid storage companies has put in place a new strategic growth plan and unveiled a name change. UM Terminals managing director Bryan Davies explains.
UNTIL quite recently, UM Terminals was known as UM Storage. But the Liverpool, UK-headquartered business has ambitious growth plans and felt that their old name did not do full justice to today’s…
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Colin Horton from Oikos Storage in the UK speaks to Tank Storage Magazine about recent expansions and future plans.
THE Oikos Storage terminal is situated on a 28 ha site about 65 km to the east of London, on Canvey Island in Essex, UK. It has more than 35 tanks with a total capacity of around 300,000 tonnes, and is the only independent terminal in the UK with access to the deep water…
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A look at the importance of bulk liquid storage in the UK to the COVID-19 recovery and the energy transition.
THE tank storage sector is essential to maintain our day-today life, providing a critical link in the transportation system for liquid products, from transport and heating fuels to chemicals and food-grade products. This year, as much as any other sector of the UK’s economy, bulk…
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The investment environment in the light of IMO 2020, COVID and the acceleration towards energy transition
THE CURRENT REALITY AND THE IEA PERSPECTIVE
LIFE in 2020 is about COVID-19 and energy transition. We still do not have a clear answer for either. What is clear is that the world will decarbonise. Over time, fossil fuels will play a diminished role. The pace of change is still not…
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Debra Phillips from the API runs through important updates to API Standard 2350
THE newly released 5th edition of API Standard 2350, Overfill Prevention for Storage Tanks in Petroleum Facilities, is a key update to a standard designed to prevent overfilling at oil storage facilities, which has become increasingly important to the industry as supply and demand trends are affected by the current…
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Rob Drysdale and Dave Wall from OCIMF run through the changes in the updated guide
IN JUNE 2020, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), in conjunction with the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) published an updated edition of the International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and Terminals (ISGOTT), a text which is…
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If you are committed to enhancing safety and productivity in your operations and recognise that commissioning manned crews to clean tanks in hazardous environments is no longer an option, then Re-Gen Robotics has the answer to your tank cleaning requirements
MANAGING Director, Fintan Duffy says that it’s time to move on from dangerous ‘man entry’ tank cleaning procedures that are outdated…
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3D scanning equipment is a great tool, but it can do much more than just find corrosion or cracks
3D SCANNING manufacturers originally set their sights on the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, with an emphasis towards surveyors and construction engineers, for the manufacturing industry as a tool for use in reverse-engineering and prototyping, and archaeologists and…
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The American Chemistry Council explains the background behind its Chemical Facility Safety Initiative
SAFETY is an area close to the heart of any tank farm operator, but with multiple and changing assessment tools, standards, regulations, and guidelines, it can be a little perplexing. In 2019, following a series of high-profile chemical facility safety incidents in the Houston, Texas, region,…
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A3D’s laser scanning technology offers an innovative way to prepare piping and instrumentation diagrams to support your operations
A3D embarked on a journey eight ears ago using 3D laser scan data to design a range of applications specifically tailored to operators of process installations. Developed around a strong focus on clients’ operational needs. The company’s successful business…
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A spill at a tank terminal is most likely to be discovered by an employee, and if they are properly trained, the spill response can be much faster
TIME is a priceless commodity. It seems that this precious resource is being stretched further and further these days. Between natural disasters, labour shortages and worldwide pandemics, most people are finding the need to do more with less. One…
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Five essential pillars to decrease maintenance costs and increase tank availability
EVEN in the best of times, those who lead tank storage facilities continue to search for practical, attainable solutions for maximising availability while keeping a firm control on maintenance costs. During the unusual circumstances of 2020, with storage capacity at a premium, tank operators are making…
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