I agree with apiguy ... and it is not really a big process to jack a tank. Especially if it is a small area. A few bottle jacks and some wood cribbing is all you need. Won't take long either. If your only talking one plate then thats only about a 15' span of over all jacking.
Now if you need to...
Since this is going to be a repair then it falls under API 653. This is going to be done in the field and will not be able to be bent since the tank is already in place. on 1/4" plate the breakdown (lap plate) is not to big and can easily be welded to fill the gap that will be present between...
now you understand .... what is missing??? .... thats the key. We know we have alot of gas coming in from offshore here in Nigeria.. this seems to be only happening when we get a increase in production ... say 490,000 bls a day to 590,ooo bls a day .. we have 5 settling tanks to handle the bls...
JStephen ,
Thanks for your response. There is presently an air vent in that spot but we feel it may not be big enough due to the amount of gasses we have in our product here. Gas breakout is a big problem here. We are starting to think that gas is building up in the elbow (while in service)...
I have a settling tank here in Nigeria that we have recently revamped. It originally had a 30" fixed pipe set at 40 feet for evacuating the product. We decided to go with a floating suction instead and done away with the fixed pipe. Now we seem to be getting a vapor lock in the line and the...
