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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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US coatings firm Mascoat has introduced two new primers for use under its thermal insulating coatings. Mascoat has been making insulating coatings since 1995, but will now be able to offer a single source for its coatings systems, to protect equipment from corrosion for 20 or more years. The company says that the full system solution will also provide energy retention, radiant heat gain…
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US firm SignalFire Wireless Telemetry and industrial internet of things (IIoT) specialist Machfu have launched a new integrated network-to-cloud solution for industrial applications. The companies have integrated SignalFire’s 900MHz wireless sensor network with Machfu’s IIoT Gateway. Users can now run the SignalFire Edge Application on Machfu’s Edge Gateway to wirelessly bring all sensor…
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Dutch tank manufacturer Gpi Tanks XL is to build nine stainless steel oil storage tanks with a total capacity of 16,700 m3 for Maastank, located on the Botlek in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Gpi will build the tanks at its Westdorpe facility from a combination of SAE 316L grade stainless steel and duplex 2205. The nine tanks will be 27.5 m tall and range in capacity from 1,620–2,150 m3. The…
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Two leading Dutch tank building and maintenance companies – Verwater Group from Hoogvliet and SJR Group from Rotterdam – have merged. The Verwater SJR Group says that the two companies’ combined complementary product and service portfolios will allow it to provide the most comprehensive range of services for tank storage in the ARA area, from new construction, both on-site and…
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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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Easton Energy CEO Joel McComas tells Tank Storage Magazine about salt caverns and oil storage in Texas HYDROCARBON storage comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes – huge tanks, small tanks, in barrels, on ships, even in railway wagons and pipelines in recent months – but one of the biggest by capacity is in underground salt caverns. Underground salt caverns are created through a process…
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Why three former Oiltanking colleagues decided to launch Tivoli Midstream during a global pandemic. IN JULY 2020, three former Oiltanking colleagues and industry veterans announced that they had set up a new midstream, logistics and services company, Tivoli Midstream. Rance Fromme, Rick Adams and William Brod have over 70 years of experience between them, and decided the time was right to go…
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The only things rising are bankruptcies and distressed asset sales in the US shale industry WE’VE never had a downturn like this, that affected shale on a global basis as much as this has,’ says Daniel Lippe, managing partner at Petral Consulting Company in Houston, Texas. ‘Never in 100 years has demand suddenly evaporated as it did in March of 2020.’ COVID-19 quarantines kept cars in…
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Peter Lidiak, vice president of regulatory affairs, International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA), looks at the latest US standards SECURITY and safety are two core values of bulk liquid terminal operators. As part of the critical infrastructure community, bulk liquid terminals must pay close attention to the safety of not only their workers and contractors but also the communities in which…
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Global fluid handling solutions company OPW, part of Dover Corporation, has bought US-based Girard Equipment’s ISO Liquid Tank Container product line. The product family includes manlids, pressure/vacuum relief vents, airline ball valves, composite footvalves and top discharge butterfly valves. OPW will manufacture the product line at its facility in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, China,…
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