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Safety expert Laurentiu Zamfirescu explains the importance of risk management during the design process to ensure a robust and safe plant
The hydrogen industry, as any new industry, presents risks that are not well known, and costly mistakes due to uncontrolled events can take place. Perhaps the first well known major hydrogen accident is the Hindenburg airship fire that led to the death of 35…
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A look at the considerations for LNG storage, with American Tank & Vessel and Cashman Preload Cryogenics
With global pressure on petroleum storage, it is as important as ever to make good, economic choices in LNG/NGL storage selection. Often, full containment storage systems can support better economics and similar schedules versus single containment or double containment systems. Each job…
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A cost-saving alternative to inverter and pole changing motors
Germany-based Fristam Pumpen Schaumburg has established a comprehensive portfolio of single-flow twin screw pumps for tank storage and chemical applications under the brand VPS-Pumps. The strong growth of this comparatively new concept is based on the advantages of simple maintenance, low life-cycle costs and high flexibility in terms…
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Smartflow’s Connected Worker platform is changing the way Vopak works
Digital transformation is impacting all industries as data collection and exchange are creating new and valuable opportunities. Companies are working on creating a connected and collaborative work environment.
More and more businesses are aware of the other risks generated by integrating too many different…
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Addison Armstrong from ClearDox looks at new trends in the industry
Digitalisation has permeated virtually every sector of the economy, and has changed the way that companies understand inventories, manage supply chains, and utilise resources. Until recently, the bulk liquid storage industry stood out as a notable laggard in this transformation with many companies continuing to use outdated…
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Per Skogberg from Emerson explains how mobile software can help to digitally transform operations by enabling immediate access to tank data, from anywhere
The ability to instantly access up-to-date critical tank data is essential for an increasing number of job functions in the tank storage and terminals industry. Operations and maintenance personnel, whether in the control room or out in…
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Poten & Partners’ Global LNG Outlook examines economic drivers for LNG supply and demand over the next 10 years
Expectations of strong natural gas demand growth over the next decade – combined with likely short-term strength as the global economy recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – have scrambled the outlook for project developers and buyers alike.
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NGLStrategy’s Emma Lamb reports on the LPG global outlook and tradeflows
The ramifications of the global COVID-19 pandemic have been felt in many commodities including liquid petroleum gas (LPG). As a byproduct, the ultimate levels of LPG produced are highly governed by the crude oil and natural gas markets. 2020 saw global oil prices crash as lockdown restrictions curtailed demand. OPEC+…
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Cathy Landry at ILTA looks at the extent of the impact on US terminals of the DarkSide ransomware attack that brought down the Colonial Pipeline
The recent ransomware attack that brought Colonial Pipeline – and nearly the entire East Coast petroleum product supply chain – to its knees highlighted operational issues where the terminal industry could help overall fuel supply resilience with…
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Bidvest Tank Terminals’ David Leisegang tells Tank Storage Magazine about the company’s LPG storage facility
Liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, is a clean-burning hydrocarbon, usually propane or butane, or both, used as a heating and cooking fuel. It emits much less CO2 per unit of energy than coal or diesel when burned and releases fewer particulates. Demand for LPG is growing around…
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Briggs Marine provides waterfront services to Stanlow Terminals in the UK. The two companies tell Tank Storage Magazine why outsourcing is the best option
StanloW terminals (STL) is the biggest independent tank terminal storage company in the UK. It has two sites in the northwest of England, in Stanlow on the Manchester Ship Canal, and in Tranmere on the River Mersey. The two sites between them…
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LBC Tank Terminals was recently awarded the EcoVadis gold status for its sustainability focus. LBC’s management team tells Tank Storage Magazine more
LBC Tank terminals is an independent firm which owns and operates seven terminals in Houston, Freeport, and Baton Rouge in the US, Antwerp in Belgium, and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In 2017, it sold its terminals in southern Europe to focus on…
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nVent, a global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, has launched a new range of hazardous area heat tracing panels for the European market under its RAYCHEM brand.
The range provides a flexible, in-field heat-tracing control and monitoring solution that integrates with the RAYCHEM Elexant network. The panels optimise heat tracing operations and reduce total installed…
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German downstream IT specialist Implico Group has unveiled new branding, with a new logo, new colours and a brand new, rebuilt website.
The new website has been designed to be lean, structured, and easy to navigate. It also offers lots of options to contact Implico. The new company logo features the iconic Implico synapse in reimagined form and is in two shades of blue to convey future-readiness…
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The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA) has released a new guide, EEMUA 245 - UK Pressure Equipment - A guide to pressure system installation where site assembly is required under the control of the end user.’
The guide provides practical advice on how legal compliance should be demonstrated where on-site manufacture and assembly of pressure equipment are undertaken…
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German industrial manufacturer Äager, through its brand Ergil, has built four sire-erected tanks, eight pressure vessels and a lube oil vessel for the Midia Gas Development project in Romania.
Äager’s role included building domestic equipment such as ladders and platforms for the tanks for the Midia gas treatment plant, which treats gas extracted from the Ana and Doina discoveries in the…
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Vopak has selected the cloud-based Honeywell Enraf Inventory Calculation Module (HEICM) for integration into its MyService Terminal Management System (TMS).
Vopak terminals use MyService to facilitate the safe, clean and efficient storage and handling of bulk liquid products and gases. HEICM calculates inventories and product movement quantities for the liquids stored at the terminals. The…
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In the fourth of our ‘Women in Tanks’ series, Xiling ‘Tess’ Zhou talks about her affinity to the industry and the joy of an international community
It’s fair to say that Xiling ‘Tess’ Zhou loves the tank storage industry, and she is a bit of a newcomer. Having spent much of her career with technology companies in the US and Belgium, she found herself looking for a new…
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Addison Armstrong from ClearDox looks at new trends in the industry
Digitalisation has permeated virtually every sector of the economy, and has changed the way that companies understand inventories, manage supply chains, and utilise resources. Until recently, the bulk liquid storage industry stood out as a notable laggard in this transformation with many companies continuing to use outdated…
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Matrix Terminal Marketplace and Insights Global are proud to announce that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate Matrix’s Terminal Marketplace System and Insights Global’s TankTerminals.com data services to create an electronic platform for the purchase and sale of storage for crude oil, refined products, and other bulk liquid commodities.
The Terminal Marketplace…
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