Delivery of crude oil from Single Point Mooring (SPM) through subsea pipeline to Onshore Receiving Facility (ORF) play critical role for refinery processing and operation. The pipeline laid in seabed, connecting oil tanker to storage facility on…
Corrosion in the oil and gas industry represents one of the major problems that affect oil production and transportation processes. Several corrosion-inspection technologies are in the market to detect internal and external corrosion of oil storage…
Delivery of crude oil from Single Point Mooring (SPM) through subsea pipeline to Onshore Receiving Facility (ORF) play critical role for refinery processing and operation. The pipeline laid in seabed, connecting oil tanker to storage facility on…
Corrosion in the oil and gas industry represents one of the major problems that affect oil production and transportation processes. Several corrosion-inspection technologies are in the market to detect internal and external corrosion of oil storage…
The effectiveness of glass-fiber reinforced plasticsGFRPmay decrease with age. This research aims to develop a quantitative healthanti-corrosion performancediagnosis method of the GFRP that applied inner surface of steel oil storage tanks during open…
The effectiveness of glass-fiber reinforced plasticsGFRPmay decrease with age. This research aims to develop a quantitative healthanti-corrosion performancediagnosis method of the GFRP that applied inner surface of steel oil storage tanks during open…
Delivery of crude oil from Single Point Mooring (SPM) through subsea pipeline to Onshore Receiving Facility (ORF) play critical role for refinery processing and operation. The pipeline laid in seabed, connecting oil tanker to storage facility on…
During the storage and transportation of large power transformers, nitrogen filling is needed to prevent moisture inside the oil tank. The traditional nitrogen pressure monitoring method is to install mechanical pressure gauges on the oil tank. The…
The constructions and operating principles of devices for reducing losses due to evaporation of oil and oil products in the course of loading and unloading operations and transportation of oil and oil products are considered. The effectiveness of the…
At present, the oil of oil fields in remote areas and well sites without petroleum pipeline are mainly transported by oil tankers. Oil will spill and be stolen during the process of transportation, resulting in a large difference between the amount…
In response to the corrosion problems of cargo oil tank of crude oil tanker, corrosion resistant steel for bottom plate has been developed that suppresses the macro galvanic corrosion between the defect and the intact of oil coat by forming…
This article assumes that the crude oil in the oil tank of the sunken ship is completely solidified, has high viscosity, and loses fluidity before heating. Based on ANSYS software, a three-dimensional numerical model of the sunken oil tank was…
Objectives/Scope: Mature fields operations, which are almost 70% of today's production have a high water cut content. For each barrel of oil produced there can be 3 or more barrels of water. This means that operational conditions are challenging and…
Large crude oil tanks may face huge risk during operation due to the effect of dangerous and harmful factors. The leakage and fire accidents of tanks are easy to happen which causes serious environmental pollution and even casualties. In order to…
As an economic and efficient method, asphaltene dispersants are widely used to inhibit the precipitation of asphaltenes in the crude oil tank. In this study, a series of multi-alkylated aromatic amides (MAA) amphiphiles containing benzene rings and a…
In some refineries, storage tanks are located at two different sites, one for low-fusion-point crude oil and the other for high one. Two pipelines are used to transport different oil types. Due to the constraints resulting from the high-fusion-point…
Crude oil rail loadings are objects of considerable hydrocarbon emissions. A mathematical model of the process of oil vapor displacement during the loading of rail tanks is proposed in this article. This model makes it possible to determine…
With the rapid development of the world economy, the petrochemical industry energy reserve strategy and production demand increase, petrochemical storage tank farm scale is also expanding, and continue to large, intensive direction of development. In…
Corrosion in the oil and gas industry represents one of the major problems that affect oil production and transportation processes. Several corrosion-inspection technologies are in the market to detect internal and external corrosion of oil storage…
The global storage space for crude oil is now facing intense challenges due to excess supply. In this situation, increasing oil storage capacity is urgently required. The currently available oil storage facilities, such as tanks and underground…
BACKGROUND One of the major parts of global environmental pollution is petroleum-derived products. The purpose of this study was the biodegradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in oily sludge using biostimulation and bioaugmentation methods.…
Oil sludge presents a harmful but economically valuable waste. A large amount of oil sludge is produced during the processes of extraction, refining, storage, and transportation of petroleum. The contents of oil, water, and slag in the oil sludge are…
An in-depth study was conducted to quantify and characterize VOC emissions from a petroleum refinery located in Shandong, China. The VOC emission inventory established in this study showed that storage tanks were the largest emission source,…
Settling tanks have been widely applied to water and sand separation from crude oil. At present, the related studies on the effect of water and sand separation in settling tanks mainly focus on computational simulation methods. This paper puts…
Quifa is one of the largest heavy-oil fields in Colombia with a total fluids production of 1,320 KBPD with a water cut of 96.7% through 272 active wells, approximatively. Facilities to handle such amounts of water, have to deliver crude oil under…
Singapore is a highly industrialised country with an important oil industry resulting in a significant environmental impact, creating vast amounts of hydrocarbon waste that needs to be remediated. Here we report on the commercial scale bioremediation…
Objectives/Scope: Mature fields operations, which are almost 70% of today's production have a high water cut content. For each barrel of oil produced there can be 3 or more barrels of water. This means that operational conditions are challenging and…
Large crude oil tanks may face huge risk during operation due to the effect of dangerous and harmful factors. The leakage and fire accidents of tanks are easy to happen which causes serious environmental pollution and even casualties. In order to…
Normally, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a problem encountered in sour gas fields rather than in sweet crude oil fields. But the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria can cause H2S in a sweet crude processing system. This article discusses the H2S gas…
Considering the factors such as ambient temperature, solar radiation, heating steam pressure and physical properties of oil products, a theoretical model for heating process of large floating roof tank coil is established. The numerical solution…
Oil sludge presents a harmful but economically valuable waste. A large amount of oil sludge is produced during the processes of extraction, refining, storage, and transportation of petroleum. The contents of oil, water, and slag in the oil sludge are…
Risk analysis and assessment are extremely important in the oil sector to prevent potential risks. The objective of this work is to propose a thorough risk analysis approach with the integration of the human factor, since he is considered as a weak…
Oil sludge presents a harmful but economically valuable waste. A large amount of oil sludge is produced during the processes of extraction, refining, storage, and transportation of petroleum. The contents of oil, water, and slag in the oil sludge are…
The new 2012 EPA Oil and Natural Gas Air pollution standards, enacted April 17, 2012, are designed to reduce harmful emissions of VOCs from hydraulically fractured wells. VOCs in the presence of sunlight promote the formation of smog (grade-level…
Corrosion of oil storage tanks used to store crude oil and produced water in an operating oil field were identified as a potential safety issue when inspection results indicated significant wall loss due to internal corrosion. Corrosion was noted to…
Corrosion Control for above ground crude oil storage tanks presents a real challenge due to the factors like large and complex tank geometries, the proximity of anodes to the tank bottom, tank design, electrical isolation etc. The issue is further…
The importance of asset integrity assurance of strategical equipment such as crude oil storage tanks (COS Tanks) is attributed to the possible impact on operation interruption, safety hazards, and cost of maintenance. This paper studies how the…
Toxic vapor emissions (TVEs) from crude oil and condensate storage tanks contain volatile organic compounds which are precursors for ground level ozone formation. Vapor recovery units have been proposed for the control of TVEs but come with high…
High Precision Monitoring of Crude Oil Tanks is very precise and accurate dynamic measurement detecting any Leak during operations. For many decades, the oil industry has been concerned with the financial consequences of oil losses. In recent years,…
Soil-side corrosion of the bottom plates of above ground crude oil storage tanks is a major corrosion challenge in the oil and gas industry, especially when these tanks are constructed on oiled-sand pads. Severe corrosion has been identified on tank…
As an economic and efficient method, asphaltene dispersants are widely used to inhibit the precipitation of asphaltenes in the crude oil tank. In this study, a series of multi-alkylated aromatic amides (MAA) amphiphiles containing benzene rings and a…
Spontaneous combustion risk of sulfurized rust is the main cause of fire and explosion accidents during crude oil storage and transportation. In order to analyze the effect of crude oil on the thermal behavior of sulfurized rust, thermos-gravimetric…
As an economic and efficient method, asphaltene dispersants are widely used to inhibit the precipitation of asphaltenes in the crude oil tank. In this study, a series of multi-alkylated aromatic amides (MAA) amphiphiles containing benzene rings and a…
Spontaneous combustion risk of sulfurized rust is the main cause of fire and explosion accidents during crude oil storage and transportation. In order to analyze the effect of crude oil on the thermal behavior of sulfurized rust, thermos-gravimetric…
This paper examines the usefulness of using reactive powder concrete (RPC) as a better option for constructing crude oil tanks. The effect of 2 types of crude oil products (kerosene and gas oil) on the structural behavior of RPC and normal strength…
In large crude oil tank farm, fire is a major primary event in domino effects according to past accidents. The quantitative risk assessment of domino fire accident is a key issue for the accident prevention of large storage tank farm. The most widely…
The combustion properties of large-scale crude oil pool fire have great significance for security design and firefighting of current crude oil reserves. Burning rate, flame shape and radiation intensity are the most important parameters for fire…
Single and double-plate floating roof oil tanks are two types of widely used floating roof oil tanks in petrochemical industry. However, the differences in flow and hear transfer characteristics of waxy crude oil inside these two tanks have been…
Considering the factors such as ambient temperature, solar radiation, heating steam pressure and physical properties of oil products, a theoretical model for heating process of large floating roof tank coil is established. The numerical solution…
Corrosion Control for above ground crude oil storage tanks presents a real challenge due to the factors like large and complex tank geometries, the proximity of anodes to the tank bottom, tank design, electrical isolation etc. The issue is further…