Update aboveground storage tank inspections
- Hendrix Group, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
For many aboveground storage tank owners and operators, the rules for inspection, maintenance and repair are constantly changing. In December 1995, API revised API Standard 653, ``Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction.`` This industry-developed standard addresses suitability-for-service, repair and alteration for aboveground storage tanks that were constructed to API 650 and API 12C guidelines. Since it was first issued in January 1991, tank owners, operators and inspection companies have struggled over how and why to use API 653.With the revised edition now published, an additional question arises: have the rules changed dramatically? Use this quick checklist to highlight major concerns and changes in your tank-inspection program.
- OSTI ID:
- 403586
- Journal Information:
- Hydrocarbon Processing, Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Processing Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 75; ISSN HYPRAX; ISSN 0018-8190
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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