Design of Storage Tanks, Operation and Troubleshooting Training

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
04 May 2025 Italy , Milan $ 4,950 Register
03 Aug 2025 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
30 Nov 2025 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Design of Storage Tanks, Operation and Troubleshooting Training

Introduction

Storage Tank Design, Construction & Maintenance is a course designed to offer the participants an insight of how to tank farm storage tanks are designed, constructed, operated, inspected and maintained. This training course provides a comprehensive detailed overview of the American Petroleum Institute API650, API 620 and API 2610 specifications as well as the API 653 inspection standard.

Storage tanks are containers that hold flammable liquids, or compressed flammable gases for short, medium or long-term storage. Crude oil or crude product storage tank design and construction, as used in industries such as petroleum production, refinery tank farms, intermediate product storage including LPG, and product transfer operations, petrochemicals, as well as other industries consuming or producing flammable liquids, will be covered. This training course will highlight the most recent revisions and upcoming changes in the aforementioned standards and will, in addition, include essential storage tank technology not covered by these standards.

The aim of this comprehensive training course is to provide the delegates with a sound understanding of the main features of flammable fluids’ storage, in above-ground storage tanks, that are available in many shapes and sizes and includes: vertical and horizontal, cylindrical; open or closed with or without floating roofs. In addition, you will learn the fundamentals of tank terminal design, construction, operation, maintenance, and inspection.

Objectives

    At the end of this training course participants will:

    • Learn about tank design features and components
    • Have an understanding of storage tank construction methods
    • Know the various materials of construction associated with storage tanks
    • Grasp the relevant types of storage tanks and their associated terminology
    • Assess storage tank performance
    • Appreciate the governing equations associated with tank design
    • Learn about tank safety issues
    • Learn about tank standards and codes
    • Appreciate failure mechanisms including corrosion
    • Learn about methods of tank protection, including linings and cathodic protection
    • Have an understanding of different methods of inspection

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is intended for tank farm and refinery employees or engineers who are required to select and or are involved in tank design, as well as anyone working in crude oil and or product storage facility. It is also intended for, but not limited to, professionals involved in handling, loading, or discharging of oil and gas cargoes.

Course Outline

Day 1: Storage Tanks Introduction

  • Review of Energy Production and Consumption
  • Basic properties and characteristics of petroleum and products in storage
  • Storage of flammable liquids - safety & risk
  • Fire Fighting & Fire Protection
  • Handling oils spills and other emergencies
  • Introduction and uses of Storage Tanks

Day 2: Tank Design Standards and Codes

  • API Standard 650 Design and construction of new storage tanks
  • API Standard 620 Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks
  • API Standard 2610 Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance and Inspection of Terminal & Tank Facilities
  • Types of tanks, Bolted, Welded, etc.
  • Tank Components, fittings and Equipment
  • Tank Roofs, Fixed, Floating, Roof Supports etc.
  • Tank Rim and Seals
  • Tank Vents & Vacuum breakers
  • Tank Drainage and water Separation
  • Design, Sample Problem of a Heated Tank

Day 3: Tank Selection and Design

  • Tank Selection Criteria
  • Tank capacity & Volume Calculations
  • Cylindrical and spherical tanks
  • Tank Piping Systems, mixers and BS&W Control
  • Double Wall Storage Tank
  • Foundations construction basics
  • Syndicate exercise - Tank Layout and Spacing

Day 4: Tank Construction Engineering Considerations

  • Materials selection
  • Welding and welding inspection
  • Design Loading and Selected Tank Equations
  • Tank Coatings
  • Tank Manufacturing and assembly
  • Tank Damage
  • Corrosion protection, cathodic protection, etc.

Day 5: Inspection and Maintenance

  • API Standard 653 - Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction
  • Non-destructive inspections
  • Tank Failure Case Studies
  • Tank Inventory System (TIS)
  • Level Measurement Sensors, techniques and control

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