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hi 5689, I have a number of questions.. So are your barrels are stored on racks (which are at ground level) and inside containment berm? Do the barrels sit horizontally or vertically in the racks? Are they only one row high??How do staff physically get barrels onto the racks from...

Yes the rolling racks sounded great. The whole "rolling drums around by hand" thing sounds like it will encourage leakage and injured toes and hands.. The only practical material for a deck left after eliminating wood and metal is concrete and that will be pricey, when combined with a...

Re: the fuel barrels; Client wants them stored horizontally in single layer-no racks- as they are loaded unloaded by labourers who presumably roll drums. Client has found less barrel damage that way-apparently pilots do not want aviation fuel barrels which are dented. (I was worried about bung...

Thanks ! I had better investigate further. We are not usually there during loading and unloading but I should be able to find out.

That sounds like a great idea, the racks! Thanks!

When we load from tankers I am pretty sure we use bottom loading but will check

Transfer to tanks? we pump in fuel thru pipeline and in thru tank valve. Whe we load trucks from the tanks we had been using bottom loading but are now going to top loading.

Yes, that is true! I should find out exactly how many they move at a time, (it is not many-not dozens..they use 400 barells total per season, and there is a limit as to how many you can get at one time in a small plane or helicopter!) and whether the same people who move them are those who go to...

Thanks for all the suggestions. As far as we can tell the meters are not being damaged but the air eliminators are being broken (floats are deformed). We barge or truck fuel to the tank farms. Sometimes we have to switch around fuel between tanks (say LSDL from one LSDL tank to another) to...

Hello, One of our client departments stores about 200-45 gal barrels of fuel outside: barrels are aviation fuel, diesel or gasoline, and these barrels are loaded into trucks and taken to various location for use on helicopters, planes and vehicles (used for fire fighting out in the bush)...

There are questions on the API 653 exam on hammer testing but whether anyone actually does it any more, I don't know...

Thank you very much! I guess we'd better spring for it. Sounds like riveting reading... Caluna

Hello, Assistance please! I know API 650 Section 3.2.10.6 specifies 6 conditions which must be met, including a limiting diameter of 50 ft. However I do not have copy of API 937 which sounds as if it shows that tanks smaller than 50 ft dia may have franglible roof shell joints under certain...

Meter are Neptune (Actaris) mechanical Compact Type 4,c/w strainer and air eliminator.I better check about opump conrol. I am not entirely sure why we have teh air probleam at all. maybe we could just use air manual air vents

WE have PRVs on the pumps and valves. Pump is linked to shut-off valve, so it does not run when not needed. Our fuel is delivered by barge or tanker to the fuel facility, stored in tanks, then dispensed (via Neptume meter) to vehicles.. These are definitely not foam-filled floats.I have one on...