In current times where oil supply exceeds demand, storage tanks are filling. A recent Reuters article, Oil glut up close: How Cushing copes with full crude tanks notes: There may be no better place to witness what a world awash in crude looks like, and the 9 square-mile (23.3 square km)complex seems to bear out […]
As the global supply of oil exceeds demand, not only do we continue to see falling prices, but also tank storage facilities with increasing inventories. From a process automation and management standpoint, having safe and reliable overfill prevention systems are critical for the hazardous materials these storage tanks contain. In a quick 1:04 video, Emerson’s […]
Here in the US, we read many stories of oil tanks being filled to the brim with increased production from shale sources and federal law barring export. Whether in the US or anywhere across the globe, managing and reporting on the levels in these tanks require accurate measurement. Also, given the importance of these measurements […]
Imagine being an operator for a Swedish tank storage facility aside the Baltic Sea and having to manually measure tank levels in the dead of winter. That’s exactly what operators at FH Tank Storage AB have had to do at the Kalmar storage terminal in a story told by Process Industry Informer. The article, EMERSON’S […]
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