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Re-Gen Robotics’ Managing Director Fintan Duffy discusses how years spent manually cleaning oil tanks, gave him the drive, passion and expertise to grow a robotic tank cleaning company that would take workers out of tanks for good
Up until the launch of Re-Gen Robotics in March 2019, the only tank cleaning option available to terminal operators was to send personnel inside fuel tanks with…
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FETSA’s Ravi Bhatiani explains the main points of the European Commission’s Fit for 55 package
In July 2021, the European Commission released a set of policy measures called the Fit for 55 package. This includes mostly legislative measures to prepare the EU to achieve a 55% reduction (compared to 1990 levels) in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The measures are likely to affect throughput…
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Nunzia Florio of the UK’s Tank Storage Association (TSA) picks out the main points of the TSA’s 2021 Annual Review
THE TANK Storage Association (TSA) has recently published its 2021 Annual Review of the UK’s bulk liquid storage sector. Now in its sixth edition, this leading publication continues to serve as a valuable resource for the industry, providing useful insights and data on…
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Fabio Kuhn from Vortexa looks at the current market trends
2021 is a fascinating year – in many perspectives. One aspect is that the long-established lead of East of Suez markets in oil demand growth is temporarily broken, as the Atlantic Basin has established itself as the more dynamic market since spring. Peak summer road fuel demand glued well with the structural recovery from the pandemic,…
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Protech-Enterprise’s hydrocarbon recovery technology can turn tank sludge back into valuable product
Protech-Enterprise’s Hydrocarbon Recovery (HCR) is designed specifically to convert crude oil sludge back into an on-specification liquid crude. It is a game-changer, in that it can do this without the need for heat, confined space entry by workers, or further processing at the…
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Emco Wheaton partners with Soliflo to deliver loading arms to terminal operator in Ho Chi Minh City
A LEADING terminal operator, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, reached out to Emco Wheaton to assemble, install, commission, and handover two 10” B0030 marine loading arms. With global travel restrictions creating a shortage of available service personnel to complete the project, Emco Wheaton…
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As a technical advisor on both API 2000 and ISO 28300 Standard Committees, Assentech’s Ewart Cox explains the need for accurate testing and calibration for low pressure and vacuum relief valves
UK-BASED Assentech has been developing a lightweight aluminium test bench for its own use for quite a few years. ‘Many of our clients started asking where they could buy such a device so that got us…
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Will Lomax, Onguard’s MD, explains why its technology is lab-tested and earthquake proven
An earthquake at a storage tank site can be devastating. The extent of the damage depends, at least in part, on what and how much is in a given tank. Loss of the contents and the structure are always an economic problem for the owner, and if said contents are toxic, it becomes an environmental and safety…
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Odour emitted from sulphur compounds is a common challenge faced by storage terminals and refineries around the globe
IN MANY cases unpleasant odours lead the local authorities to intervene, sometimes by even closing facilities. Shell, InterTerminals and Repsol have all overcome this problem using activated carbon filters, developed by Denmark-based Go4Bunker.
The Go4 Tank VOC abatement filter…
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Wayne Bergin from Adler and Allan discusses the risks of confined space entry for tank cleaning and the critical compliance measures that keep workers safe from harm
A regular tank cleaning regime cuts cross-contamination risks, safeguards key components and detects structural issues that could trigger catastrophic leaks and spills. Without stringent health and safety protocols, however, the…
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2020 Tank Storage Awards winner UMF explains how it has kept a French port operating and resilient throughout the pandemic
The Union Maritime et Fluviale de Marseille-Fos, better know as UMF, brings together the maritime transport sector community in the Port of Marseille-Fos in France, comprising 24 trades, 450 companies and 25,000 direct jobs.
UMF won the Port Innovation Award at the Tank…
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A brief history of Reynolds Training Services and an introduction to the training it can provide
Reynolds Training services’ mission has always been to create a recognised career pathway for the bulk storage operations sector, achieving this through a ‘blended learning’ approach, not only providing the knowledge, skills and experience, but also ensuring personnel learn how to learn…
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Stuart Kenny from Eddyfi explains the benefits of magnetic flux leakage systems for tank floor inspections
Aboveground storage tanks are subject to obligatory and periodic inspection routines. Due to the harsh operating environments and the catastrophic impact of failure, storage facilities are governed by regulatory practices to ensure the assets are fit for service. This is a well-established…
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Colonial Terminals president Ryan Chandler looks back on 100 years of the Colonial Group and what makes it successful
On 21 July 1921, Raymond McAllister Demere stood on East Charlton Street in Savannah, Georgia, US, with his first 55-gallon barrel of oil, with a view to supplying fuel to the ‘horseless carriages’ that were rapidly growing in popularity. The young man had returned from the…
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Anthony Catachanas explains why a sustainability fund bought two storage terminals in the US for the cross-border market in Mexico
In May 2021, Victory Hill Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), bought two operating storage terminals in Brownsville, Texas, US, for US$61 million (€52 million).
The terminals store high-sulphur, more polluting fuels from Mexican refineries, from where…
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Wiko’s Whitney Helbers talks us through her journey from a little girl transfixed by Rotterdam’s industrial lights to selling industrial services to tank companies
WHITNEY HELBERS is the first to admit that her interests as a child were not necessarily what might be expected.
‘I was always fascinated by industry. When my parents asked me what I wanted to do, I didn’t choose petting…
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Chemical company Solvay has launched a next-generation shortstop inhibitor solution to prevent runaway polymerisation in acrylic and methacrylic acids, esters and other monomers whilst in storage and being transported.
When stored incorrectly, runaway polymerisation and uncontrollable reactions can occur in such feedstocks, generating large quantities of heat which can result in fire, explosion…
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German cleantech company Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies has raised €50 million to further develop its proprietary liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology.
In its most recent funding round, which the company says was oversubscribed, JERA Americas and Temasek led the round, joining Chevron Technology Ventures and Pavilion Capital in investing in the company for the first time. Existing…
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2021 is a fascinating year – in many perspectives. One aspect is that the long-established lead of East
of Suez markets in oil demand growth is temporarily broken, as the Atlantic Basin has established itself as the more dynamic market since spring.
Peak summer road fuel demand glued well with the structural recovery from the pandemic, boosting crude import requirements into North America and…
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Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) specialist TWTG will provide its NEON vibration sensors at Shell’s Pernis Refinery in the Netherlands after winning the tender.
TWTG has already delivered the first 100 LoRaWAN-based NEON vibration sensors to the refinery. The company says that the project will demonstrate the benefits that condition-based asset monitoring can bring to industrial sites, by…
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