Overview of Terminals
A terminal is an industrial facility used to store oil and/or petrochemical products. Terminals are made up of underground storage tanks, aboveground storage tanks, or both, and pipelines, which are used to receive product, as well as transport product to the end user or further storage facilities. There are over 3,500 terminals currently in the world, with approximately 1,400 located in North America.
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January/February 2016 Inspectioneering JournalBy Melissa Ramkissoon at Petrotrin
In Part 1 of this 2-part series, published in the July/August 2015 issue of Inspectioneering Journal, I discussed corrosion control methods and some effective techniques for inspecting ASTs, and also identified several root causes of AST failures in...
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March/April 2014 Inspectioneering JournalBy Ron Maurier at Quest Integrity Group, LLC, and Dan Revelle, Sr. at Quest Integrity Group, LLC
New inline inspections and integrity management systems allow operators to understand the complexities and economics of terminals’ and station’s complex aging pipeline infrastructure.
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July/August 2010 Inspectioneering Journal
In a report issued May 27, 2009 for an investigation into the November 2008 fertilizer tank collapse at Allied Terminals in Chesapeake, VA, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) recommended that the Commonwealth of Virginia regulate or authorize...
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November/December 2002 Inspectioneering JournalBy Philip Myers at Chevron Texaco
The purpose of the new SPCC rule is two-fold; i.e. to prevent oil spills from occurring and to respond to them if they do occur. We believe that few will argue that prevention is far better and less costly than response in general. The focus of this...
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Published on October 21, 2015U.S. Chemical Safety Board safety video discussing the massive 2009 explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum, or CAPECO, terminal facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico. The incident occurred when gasoline overflowed and sprayed out from a large...
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Agencies Confirm the March 2019 Fire at a Texas Petrochemical Terminal Was Due to Mechanical Failure
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NewsPembina Pipeline Corporation, August 22, 2019
Pembina Pipeline Corporation is acquiring Kinder Morgan Canada Limited in a multi-billion dollar deal.
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NewsReuters, June 18, 2019
Anadarko Petroleum Corp gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the construction of a $20 billion gas liquefaction and export terminal in Mozambique.
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NewsReuters, April 30, 2019
Fines for violations of air, water and waste regulations by U.S. petroleum storage facilities so far this year have exceeded all of last year.
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Partner Content
ASTM International in partnership with the Codes and Standards Training Institute (CASTI), launched the Common NDE Methods eLearning Course to serve as an introduction to the nondestructive examination (NDE) methods outlined in the ASME Section V....
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety Board, June 11, 2015
The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its draft investigation report into the 2009 massive explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum, or CAPECO, terminal facility near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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