Tank Farm Operations and Performance

The Objectives:

Attendance of this five days course will ensure the delegates of being able to:

• Have in-depth knowledge of operations & management of oil and oil product terminals
• Apply proper planning and scheduling techniques in storage & transfer systems
• Command the various planning and transfer requirements for terminals
• Develop good terminal management skills
• Apply safe practices and procedures during the various operations in terminals including oil spill contingency and emergency response plans
• Learn techniques on blending recipes for on specification products
• Perform calculations for emissions discharges and dispersion

The Content:

Crude Oil and Product Properties

Introduction and Overview

Evaluation of delegates’ present skills and knowledge

• Stored product properties
• Liquefied petroleum Gases
• Gasoline
• Jet Fuel
• Diesel
• Light Fuel oil
• Heavy Fuel Oil
• Bitumen
• Crude oil
• Light petroleum products
• Heavy petroleum products
• Chemicals

Safety and Risk

• Fire fighting & protection
• Ignition sources – Electrostatic charge
• Fire detection and fire fighting systems
• Risk assessments and management
• Oil Spills
• Secondary Containment, Bund walls
• The Ship/Shore Safety Checklist

Tank types, construction & Requirements for Stored Products

Tank farms differences and purpose

• Crude Storage
• Refined product storage
• Gas storage
• Chemical Storage

Tank design & engineering considerations

• Introduction to API codes & standards
• Roof Types
• Fixed Dome & Cone
• Floating Roof
• Pressurized tanks
• Suction levels fixed and floating
• Unpumpables
• Tank Emissions
• Breathing Losses
• Manipulation Losses
• Measurement and estimation of losses
• Emission reduction technologies
• Vapor recovery units
• Absorption and Scrubbing
• Water drainage systems network and procedures
• Process water treatment

Tank Terminal Operations

• Transfer Systems
• Centrifugal pumps types and operation
• Piping systems
• Maximum Flow and pressure
• Ship-shore Transfers
• Loading and unloading Processes
• Ship Loading and discharge process
• Pipeline transfers
• Truck loading
• The of Bill of Lading
• Sampling and quality control – ISO 17025
• Stock loss
• Spill and overfill control
• Level alarms/ independent level alarms
• Tank gauging and metering
• Instrumentation

Terminal Management

• Planning and scheduling
• Terminal inventory
• Unpumpables & pipeline content ownership
• Inventory Control
• Custody transfer and administration
• Transfer Procedures
• Inter Tank transfers
• Changing service tanks
• Pipeline transfer loss
• Pipeline thermal relief
• Storage & transfer
• Tank calibration/ recalibration
• Berthing support
• Cargo transfer support
• Emergency response
• Vessel departure support

International regulations & requirements for oil & gas marine terminals

• Physical, chemical & hazardous properties of contained fluids
• ISGOTT - Required notifications in the event of a release
• Record keeping and reporting
• Release detection, response, reporting and investigation

Tank Maintenance & Inspection

• API 653 Tank Inspection
• Tank failure causes and prevention
• Settling
• Corrosion inspection
• Tank cleaning
• Bunkering
• Product Commingling
• Product Blending
• Product failures
• Blending exercise