Crude Oil Storage Tank Refurbishment Duration Optimized by 40% Through Advanced Techniques

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Mubarak Al Yammahi ◽  
Mohamed Obaid Al Kaabi ◽  
Rashid Hamad Al Zaabi ◽  
Sachin Ashok Shendge ◽  
Manly Vista Dizon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Project Schedule ◽  
Large Capacity ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Oil Company

Abstract Crude storage tanks are an important asset in every oil company. Having adequate storage capacities is important economically and ensure steady supply of oil in the market. Hence, taking a huge tank out of service for refurbishment is technically and safety critical, and as much as putting it back into service on time. This paper presents an advanced methodology and assessment of tank refurbishment process of large capacity Crude Storage Tanks, in compliance with the International Codes and Standards resulting in optimization of the project schedule by approximately 40% as compared to conventional methodology of refurbishment. By deploying the advance techniques, detailed assessment, and dynamic planning we have been able to accelerate the completion of the project, improve tank availability time without compromising with the Integrity and HSE.

Determining the Subsidence of Oil Storage Tank Walls from Geodetic Leveling

2011 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
pp. 467-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Irughe Ehigiator ◽  
J.O. Ehiorobo ◽  
M.O. Ehigiator ◽  
Ashraf A. Beshr
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Parallel Plate ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Control Points ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank

In this paper the monitoring for subsidence in crude oil storage tanks by the method of Geodetic leveling is discussed. The monitoring network consisted of three control points established about 100m from the tank and 16 studs established at the base of the tank. From the control points, the stud locations were leveled using a geodetic level with parallel plate micrometer and telescopic staves. All levels were run in forward and reverse directions and the measurements were carried out in 2003, 2004 and 2008. Adjustment of observation was carried out using the least squares estimation model to determine the elevation of each stud position in the three measurement epochs together with their accuracy standards. Comparisons were made of the calculated movements from the three measurement epochs and the associated accuracies calculated from the least squares model. Analysis of the results indicated that with the exception of one stud ( stud 8), all other studs emplaced had moved and the movements ranged from 0.91mm to 13.06mm

Treating crude oil storage tank sludge by catalytic process and recovering valuable hydrocarbons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamalesh Gupta ◽  
Arun Kumar Jana ◽  
Mousumi Chakraborty ◽  
Parimal A. Parikh
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Catalytic Process ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank

The time-to-failure assessment of large crude oil storage tank exposed to pool fire

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 103192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuang Wu ◽  
Lei Hou ◽  
Shouzhi Wu ◽  
Xingguang Wu ◽  
Fangyuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Pool Fire ◽  
Time To Failure ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Failure Assessment ◽  
Oil Storage Tank

scholarly journals Crude oil storage tank

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J Skone
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank

The Evaluation of the Influence of Geographic and Meteorological Factors on Heat Transfer in the Case of Crude Oil Storage in Overground Tanks

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1384-1391
Author(s):  
Tudora Cristescu ◽  
Monica Emanuela Stoica ◽  
Silvian Suditu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Meteorological Factors ◽  
Storage Tanks ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Main Factors

The study aims to analyze the main factors that influence the transfer of heat in the case of crude oil storage. A model based on the computing relations taken from specific publications was developed. The case studies were conducted on the basis of experimental research on several oil storage tanks, located in an oil transit station in Romania. The following two cases were analyzed, i.e., when the crude oil is heated and stagnates in the storage tank, and when it only stagnates, respectively. The analysis and application of the developed standard model facilitated the establishing of the factors that influence heat transfer. The influence of the geographic position and meteorological factors was also analyzed, which led to the formulation of conclusions with respect to the heat loss that occurs through the walls of the tanks.

Application Model Analysis on Automatic System of Fire Detection, Alarming and Extinguishment in Crude Oil Storage Tank

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 890-894
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Song ◽  
Long Zhe Jin
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Fault Tolerant ◽  
Fire Detection ◽  
Automatic Monitoring ◽  
Training Module ◽  
Detection Model ◽  
Supervised Training ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank

In order to realize functions of automatic monitoring, alarming and extinguishment on fire in crude oil storage tank, the paper came up with a fire detection model with multisensor, including selective module with fire feature combination, supervised training module and fire detection module. By regarding PNN as a classifier to carry out tests on effectiveness of the model, the conclusions that the model can reduce the influence of fire parameters’ fluctuation on detection results was drew. Moreover, an excellent fault-tolerant ability was possessed at the same time. Through some confirmatory experiments, The phenomenon was reached that two kinds of parameters in adoptive four parameters have no normal fire signal, but the model still can greatly distinguish from correct fire state.

The Remaining Life Prediction and Internal Inspection Interval Analysis for Large-Scale Crude Oil Storage Tank

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Shuai ◽  
Kejiang Han
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Extreme Value Distribution ◽  
Bottom Plate ◽  
Remaining Life ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Inspection Interval ◽  
Oil Storage Tank

As an important production facility, storage tank plays a more and more important role in the storage and transportation of crude oil and chemical product. The remaining life prediction of storage tank is to forecast the thinning trend of plate thickness, and forecast remaining life on the premise that remaining strength of storage tank meets the tank operation and safety requirements. Maximum corrosion depths of tank bottom plate obey the maximum extreme value distribution. Based on maximum extreme value distribution and statistics of corrosion data, the calculation formula of the remaining life prediction for large-scale crude oil storage tank was obtained by formula derivation. Compared with API STD 653 and EEMUA 159, the inspection interval specified by China standard SY/T 5921 is relatively conservative. The remaining life of a certain crude oil storage tank (tank A) in china is determined by the remaining life of tank bottom plate. The remaining life of tank A at the reliability of 0.99, 0.999 and 0.9999 are 25 years, 20 years and 17 years, respectively. For the acceptable failure probability of 1×10−4, the inspection interval of tank A can be extended from required 5–7 years specified by China standard SY/T 5921 to 17 years. The remaining life of crude oil storage tank predicted by the method proposed in this paper can be used as an important reference in the determination of inspection interval and tank’s maintenance.

scholarly journals CFD simulation of mixing process in a large crude oil storage tank with side-entry impellers

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Carolina Hernández-Jaramillo ◽  
César Nieto-Londoño ◽  
Nayith Álvarez-Sarmiento ◽  
Rigoberto Barrero ◽  
Luz Ángela Novoa-Mantilla
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Storage Tank ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Mixing Process ◽  
Oil Storage ◽  
Oil Storage Tank
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