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Title: TAPS storage tank bottoms fitted with improved cathodic protection

Abstract

Discovery of external corrosion on tank floors at several aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) along the Trans Alaska Pipeline system (TAPS) led engineers to evaluate methods of repairing corrosion damage and to examine how to improve tank bottoms` cathodic protection. The corrosion underscored Alaska`s difficult operating conditions. Warm crude oil and turbine fuel, at temperatures of up to 120 F, are stored at various stages of pumping and transport in 31 above-ground steel storage tanks located at 11 pump stations along the pipeline. The paper describes the discovery of external corrosion and the three types of repairs undertaken at the tanks.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. ARCO Pipeline Co., Houston, TX (United States)
  2. ARCO Indonesia, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
116539
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oil and Gas Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 43; Other Information: PBD: 23 Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; STORAGE FACILITIES; CORROSION; CATHODIC PROTECTION; TANKS; ALASKA OIL PIPELINE; PETROLEUM; TRANSPORT; PERMAFROST; REPAIR

Citation Formats

Barletta, T, Bayle, R, and Kennelley, K. TAPS storage tank bottoms fitted with improved cathodic protection. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Barletta, T, Bayle, R, & Kennelley, K. TAPS storage tank bottoms fitted with improved cathodic protection. United States.
Barletta, T, Bayle, R, and Kennelley, K. 1995. "TAPS storage tank bottoms fitted with improved cathodic protection". United States.
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title = {TAPS storage tank bottoms fitted with improved cathodic protection},
author = {Barletta, T and Bayle, R and Kennelley, K},
abstractNote = {Discovery of external corrosion on tank floors at several aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) along the Trans Alaska Pipeline system (TAPS) led engineers to evaluate methods of repairing corrosion damage and to examine how to improve tank bottoms` cathodic protection. The corrosion underscored Alaska`s difficult operating conditions. Warm crude oil and turbine fuel, at temperatures of up to 120 F, are stored at various stages of pumping and transport in 31 above-ground steel storage tanks located at 11 pump stations along the pipeline. The paper describes the discovery of external corrosion and the three types of repairs undertaken at the tanks.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/116539}, journal = {Oil and Gas Journal},
number = 43,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
}