{"id":3908,"date":"2021-04-05T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/operation\/inspection-and-quality\/inspection-of-oil-storage-tanks\/"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:50:23","slug":"inspection-of-oil-storage-tanks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/operation\/inspection-and-quality\/inspection-of-oil-storage-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspection of oil storage tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3908\" class=\"elementor elementor-3908 elementor-1142\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62e85f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62e85f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7315791\" data-id=\"7315791\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b2a907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b2a907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Large shutdowns and inspections of large-capacity oil storage tanks are important preventive activities. Thanks to dual online monitoring of the bottom of the tank, emergency collection sump, active cathodic protection, regular inspections of possible material losses and regular maintenance of the coating systems on the storage tanks, the tanks can be shut down based on their actual condition.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum interval for a comprehensive shutdown is 20 years based on <strong>Act No. <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zakonyprolidi.cz\/cs\/2001-254?text=vodn%C3%AD+z%C3%A1kon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">254\/2001 Coll.<\/a><\/strong><strong> (the Water Act).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on an expert assessment of the actual condition of the storage tanks in accordance with the methodology for assessing the integrity of storage tanks and based on a Risk Based Inspection (RBI), the interval given by the Water Act is fully utilized and it is not necessary to shut down the storage tanks more often. Our company has implemented a risk analysis methodology in accordance with <strong>EEMUA 159<\/strong>, <strong>API<\/strong> <strong>653<\/strong>. It has special software for this methodology, which helps to comprehensively assess the condition of the storage tanks, plan inspection intervals, determine the residual life of the tanks and archive records of inspections and non-destructive testing (NDT).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a75bc72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a75bc72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d5f1fb\" data-id=\"8d5f1fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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operation<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b47de3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b47de3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ce27b1\" data-id=\"3ce27b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d35069 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d35069\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b00ab92\" data-id=\"b00ab92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00628d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00628d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/mero.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/inspekce.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mero.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/inspekce.jpg 608w, 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casing<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Emergency collection sump<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Tank foundations<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Footbridge<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large shutdowns and inspections of large-capacity oil storage tanks are important preventive activities. Thanks to dual online monitoring of the bottom of the tank, emergency collection sump, active cathodic protection, regular inspections of possible material losses and regular maintenance of the coating systems on the storage tanks, the tanks can be shut down based on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3905,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908\/revisions\/3914"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mero.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}