Inspection and Maintenance of Storage Tanks

Key Topics

• Appropriate Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques designed to determine the degree of corrosion and the optimum repair plan for returning the tank to service in a cost-effective and timely manner
• Risk Based Inspection (RBI) techniques and their application in extending in-service periods between out of service inspections
• Special Feature Live Visual Exhibit using TankCam
• Safe methods for Confined Space Entry
• Tank corrosion mechanisms and internal corrosion control based on API RP 571/652
• Tank shell testing procedures
• The fundamentals of API 653 in assessing tank condition, suitability for continued service and determining the remaining life
• Appropriate options for repair and return to service
• The requirements of API 650 including fabrication, construction, design options and shell plate thickness calculations

Who should Attend

Managers and engineers from refineries and petrochemical plants.