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VERITANK, a Houston-based autonomous robotic tank inspection provider, has recently successfully completed a round of non-destructive testing (NDT) on a plate with known manufactured defects that meet the standards of API 653, Annex G.5.1, Qualification Test Plates.
The testing took place at Veritank’s headquarters where the company has installed a high accuracy x,y,z submerged, 7’x 20’…
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EARLIER this year Saudi Arabianbased Manifa Petroleum Services was one of the many technology service providers that were tasked with the challenge of partnering with Saudi Aramco to reduce the company’s US$200 million maintenance and turnaround budget by a minimum of 4% over the next two years through 2022.
The company showed that by employing Oreco’s non-man entry closed loop tank cleaning…
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HIGH quality industrial valve components are becoming an increasingly important driver in the push for maximum operational efficiency. Exposure to extreme conditions, both externally and internally, can result in catastrophic failures due to corrosion, erosion and cavitation, and remain a root cause of depleting valve performance and failures.
For 13 years Provalve has provided specialist valve…
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THE INDUSTRIAL Internet of Things (IIoT) offers huge benefits to industry. With different parts of a facility connected centrally, data on temperature, pressure, inputs, outputs, flow and many more aspects can be gathered and monitored in real time, offering insights into plant performance, safety, and efficiency. This allows operators to make informed decisions on process improvements,…
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ROBOT implementation continues to increase globally and the rapid proliferation in robot capabilities – driven by innovations, means that they can do the jobs that are just plain dangerous for people. Not only can robots operate in hazardous environments where humans can’t, but they can also take on the tasks that pose a significant risk to human life.
Over the last year Re-Gen Robotics has…
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THE 650,000 bpd Dangote Refinery, under construction in Lekki, Nigeria, will be the world’s largest single train refinery, when complete. It is large enough to provide Nigeria’s entire domestic need for refined products, as well as products for export.
A big refinery needs a lot of tanks. At present, UAE-based firm ChemieTech of Sharjah is building 155 tanks at the site. Of these, 51 are…
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ACCORDING to the EIA’s most recent forecasts, global oil consumption will average 92.6 million bpd in 2020, down 8.1 million bpd from 2019. This decline comes from reduced travel and diminished industrial activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the decline in consumption has been immediate, the production and distribution chains (extraction, separation, transportation, storage, blending…
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IN PART 1, we established a foundation for determining what a corrosion rate is and how it is used to establish tank internal inspection intervals. In this part we provide the methodology for using survival analysis (Sidebar 1) to properly quantify the useful tank bottom life which may then be applied to managing the inspection protocols of tank populations.
[SIDEBAR 1: SURVIVAL…
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LNG is the fastest-growing gas supply source in the world due to two crucial economic and environmental factors. On the one hand, LNG has a very attractive price and on the other hand – in terms of sustainability – clean burning gas produces significantly fewer emissions than oil and coal and has the lowest environmental impact amongst fossil fuels. LNG produces 25% less carbon when used in…
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ON 27 May 2020, Tank Storage Magazine began a new venture – online professional seminars from industry experts. The first one, entitled ‘Accelerate the Future of Your Terminal, Today’, was given by John Colpo, Principal Analyst, Oil and Gas, at Honeywell. ‘We partnered with Tank Storage Magazine to help us maximise our reach with terminal operators around the globe – they covered all…
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THE PORT of Singapore is a major global hub port, connected to 600 ports in more than 120 countries. At any one time, there are over 1,000 ships at the port and more than 130,000 ships visit annually. It is also the world’s largest bunkering port by volume, with more than 47 million tonnes of fuel sold in 2019.
On 1 January 2020, new regulations from the International Maritime Organization…
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FOR obvious reasons, 2020 is not a year any of us will ever forget. At the time of writing, however, there were reminders of what life was like before a tiny virus turned our world upside down: across Europe, bars and hairdressers re-opened and holiday makers crowded to beaches. Across the Asia Pacific region, recovery was underway in those countries that acted quickly to contain COVID-19. Oil…
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IN 2017, Tank Storage Magazine reported on the start of work on a 3,485 acre (1,410 ha) man-made island off the south-western coast of Johor in Malaysia, that had been created by Malaysia’s largest publicly listed marine construction company Benalec, to offer an alternative location for oil and gas storage
The first 100-acre land of the Tanjung Piai Maritime Industrial Park (TPMIP) is now…
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Kpler’s Alex Booth looks at how the global crude crisis in 2020 came about, how it affected storage and the direction of the trends now.
THE BUILD-UP TO THE GLOBAL CRUDE OVERHANG – A PRICE WAR COMPOUNDED BY COVID-19
The build-up to the global crude crisis started long before COVID-19 decimated demand. OPEC+ had been cutting output since 2016 to try and limit the slide in oil prices brought…
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German oil and gas software consultancy firm Implico Group and Brazilian software developer Aquarius Software have launched a partnership to collaborate on automation and digitalisation products for the oil and gas industry in Latin America.
The partners say they will introduce their innovative technologies, at their customers’ sites and make supply chains fit for the future. Implico says that…
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Swiss inspection specialist firm ROSEN Group is developing a new approach to managing the integrity of hydrogen pipelines, applicable to the conversion of existing gas pipelines or for the development of new hydrogen networks.
The group says that it is applying its 30 years of pipeline experience to this new area. Interest in hydrogen as a more environmentally friendly fuel is growing, and in…
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Australian design and construct geotechnical specialist Menard Oceania has completed ground improvements works for the construction of three, 30 m fuel storage tanks at Vopak’s terminal in Sydney, Australia.
Vopak announced in July 2019 that it would expand the capacity at its Sydney terminal by 105,000 m3. The new tanks are expected to be commissioned in Q2 2021.
Menard says that it takes a…
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Firefighting foam specialist firm BIOEX has launched FILMOPOL 1N, its new AR-AFFF foam concentrate to quickly extinguish fires and prevent reignition.
FILMOPOL 1N is certified to the latest EN 1568 specification (2018) suitable for use on class B hydrocarbon fuels (such as crude oil, gasoline and kerosene), polar solvents (such as alcohol, ketone and ethers) and class A fires. Its versatility…
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Valve manufacturer PosiWell has appointed Turco Valves and Supply as its exclusive distributor in North, Central and South America.
PosiWell says that it has spent some time seeking a suitable distributor in the Americas, wanting to emulate its success in South East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, and that Turco Valves and Supply meets all of its requirements.
‘Fred Turco, Daniel Bradley,…
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Dover Precision Components, a US manufacturer of high-performance engineering parts, has activated robotic tuggers at its Inpro/Seal manufacturing facility in Rock Island, Illinois, US.
The company says that the tuggers will be used to move raw materials, in-progress parts and completed products around the Inpro/Seal facility. This will improve worker safety, by avoiding potential problems from…
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