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US real estate firm Engel & Völkers of Houston (E&V Houston) has expanded into the global industrial real estate market, including the vast oil and gas industrial market.
E&V Houston says that no matter the size of the company, its team of strategic consultants will offer flexibility and commitment. The E&V Houston development team is able to assist existing business project…
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WorkSafe, part of IT firm Emtec, has launched the Safe Spacer, a wearable social distance monitor to help employees maintain a safe, 2 m distance in the workplace, developed in collaboration with IK Multimedia.
Keeping a distance of 2 m away from other people is one of the main recommended ways to avoid infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. The device can be worn on the wrist, a lanyard or a…
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Netherlands-based CEA Systems offers a software solution with a data-centric approach for asset data management.
Last year the pandemic struck and the tank storage industry, like many others, succumbed to social distancing. Even though physical assets are the most important items, supporting data grew in importance with global lockdowns. Conducting field checks to prepare for maintenance,…
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Electrical equipment in hazardous area inspection campaigns often begin with a clean slate, with little or no historical design, equipment certification and inspection information available to the inspection personnel. Inspectors head out into the field with little more than an equipment list and inspect the installation ‘as they see it.’
Unsurprisingly, this approach generates large numbers…
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German oil and engineering firm Oest Group has successfully digitised and automated its southern German fuel service business using Implico’s SAP RFNO (Retail Fuel Network Operations) solution.
Oest can now control, supply and bill its 85 AVIA service stations digitally, resulting in optimised processes and better decision-making in the hard-to-predict service station business. The group has…
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A global survey of the oil terminal sector, commissioned by Re-Gen Robotics and carried out by Tank Storage Magazine at the end of 2020, found ‘overwhelming’ support for no-man-entry robotic tank cleaning, with 86% of respondents saying they would like to see it at their terminal.
The survey asked engineers, managers and senior executives with responsibility for hazardous area operations…
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UK firm Michael Smith Engineers has introduced two new models to its leak-free, mag-drive, Finish Thompson ULTRAChem (UC) centrifugal pumps series.
The UC436L model features smaller impeller trims to allow for lower flows and heads, while the UC3210 model has been up-rated for 2-pole motors. The 2-pole motor option operates at a higher rotation speed than the existing model and enables the pump…
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Environmental technology firm Tecam has been awarded a contract for an emissions treatment project in New Zealand.
Tecan will provide engineering, procurement, installation and maintenance service of a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) system for the elimination of polluting emissions generated during production processes to a New Zealand steel production company. The turnkey project, with its…
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Calor Gas Ireland has joined the Engineering Equipment & Materials Users Association (EEMUA) as a corporate member.
The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dutch company SHV Energy, is one of Ireland’s leading suppliers of LPG, with services including LPG procurement and commissioning, bulk gas storage, cylinder filling and storage, and LPG transport and delivery, installation and…
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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
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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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