Above Ground Storage Tanks : Design, Operation and Maintenance

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
30 Nov 2025 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register

Above Ground Storage Tanks : Design, Operation and Maintenance

Introduction

This training program will provide a comprehensive introduction to API Standards 620, 650, and 653 for the tank inspector. A practical discussion of cost-effective tank management, including tank integrity testing; leak detection and monitoring; tank leak clean-up; selection of new tanks and monitoring equipment; new tank installation; existing tank inventory; existing tank retrofit; and compliance with tank regulations.

Objectives

    The key objectives of this course are as follows:

    • To assist participants in clearly understanding and applying the various aspects of relevant API codes & Recommended Practices to ensure mechanical integrity through effective inspections in a responsible and cost-effective manner.
    • To enhance the knowledge and skills of the participants in hazard identification, analysis and risk assessment and management.
    • To provide participants with practical and effective methods and tools to perform practical likelihood and consequence analyses.

Training Methodology

The most up to date training methodology is used to present this workshop. The workshop is carefully designed to address the practical style of learning and to fully engage participants. Tutorials are used through individual exercises and group discussions. These discussions provide opportunities for personal participation in simulated real situations. During these discussions, the participants will discover what they might do and what they can do out of what they are learning. This process makes the training fun-filled, fast-paced, challenging and empowering.

Who Should Attend?

Individuals who have engineering, inspection, maintenance, and/or management responsibility related to aboveground atmospheric storage tanks that store hydrocarbon liquids.

Course Outline

Day 1: An introduction to Above Ground Storage Tanks

  • Codes, Standards, and Regulations
    • API 620, 650, and 653
  • Storage Tank Construction and Design Calculations
  • Shell thickness calculations
  • Stress evaluation
  • Cylindrical Components Under Pressure
  • Safety
  • Resources
  • Tank Inspection

Day 2: Damage Mechanisms & Repair

  • Nondestructive Examination
    • NDE techniques & technologies
    • Inspections on line and off line
  • Materials & Corrosion
  • Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention
  • Typical damage mechanisms
  • Repair and Alterations
  • Tank Dismantling and Reconstruction

Day 3: Roof & Floor

  • Tank Roofs
    • Floating roofs (internal & external)
    • Inspection of roof sealing
    • Inspection & repair of roof
  • Tank Foundations & Tank Settlement
  • Evaluation of tank bottom settlement
  • Foundation repair or replacement
  • Actual & minimum thickness determination
  • Annular plate ring considerations
  • Shell and Bottom Evaluation

Day 4: Practical Considerations

  • Tank Inspection, Repairs, and Reconstruction
    • Shell penetrations
    • Repair of tank bottoms
    • Repairs within the critical zone
    • Entire bottom replacement
    • Roof repairs
  • Welding
  • Procedures for shell, bottom and critical zone.
  • Welder Qualifications
  • Weld inspections
  • Groundwater Protection
  • Seismic Considerations

Day 5: Inspection Considerations

  • Frequency of inspections
  • Internal/external
  • Alternate inspections

Associated API Recommended Practices

  • Fitness for Service API RP 579
  • Risk Based Inspection API RP 580

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