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  1. FrCivEng

    API 650 tank - Floating roof annular space tolerance

    I am looking for information related to design and new built or repaired API 650 tanks floating roof annular space tolerance criteria. The point is : - We have a new built deformed tank shell with identified out-of-roundness local areas, - We have to design and built a new floating roof with an...
  2. FrCivEng

    Tank bottom / foundation interface water ingress protection

    I am looking for API Std or RP requirements regarding tank bottom / foundation interface water ingress protection in order to specify criteria for a durable protection. Could somebody help me ?
  3. FrCivEng

    Does external floating roof replacement require an hydrotest ?

    This is a 83 m diam x 20 m ht API 650 tank the external floating roof is to be dismantled and rebuilt with taking care about the bottom plate and no works within the critical zone; the rest of the tank is recent and was started up in May 2008 ; additionnaly a 2nd intermediate shell girder will...
  4. FrCivEng

    Sunken floating roof dismantling

    We have to dismantle a sunken EFR of a 83 m diam tank recently built ; we want to avoid to damage the bottom plate and the backfill underneath (all is new) ; the jet cutting, too much touchy in the context is not considered ; what other possibility do we have ?
  5. FrCivEng

    External Floating roof detailed specification

    This is about the recently sunken EFR of a 83 m diam tank, double deck double slope one, PDM type ; we are looking for detailed specification to rebuilt it to API 650 ; could somebody help me ?
  6. FrCivEng

    API 653 4th Ed

    Could somebody tell me where this last API 653 issu can be ordered quickly ?
  7. FrCivEng

    API 650 11th Hydrotest settlement criteria (new tank)

    Lets consider an API650 tank 83 m diam x 20 m ht New API 6550 11th § 7.3.6.6 provides with allowable settlement criteria at hydrotest for new tanks : - Differential settlement <= 13 mm per 10 m of circumference, - Uniform settlement <= 50 mm These criteria seem to be very stringent compared...
  8. FrCivEng

    Need for API650/653 Certified Inspector / Expert

    This is a new API650 tank 83 m diam x 19 m high for crude oil storage which double deck EFR is sunken. We are looking for an experienced and API 650/653 certified Inspector or Expert from an Inspection or an Engineering Company specialized in API 650 tanks Could some body give us the name of...
  9. FrCivEng

    Old tank repair to current API 653 ; what API 650 version to address

    This is an existing API 650 tank which floating roof is to be replaced ; current API 653(3rdEd_Dec2001_Add3_Feb2008_Err_Apr2008) will govern the repair design and works ; when the API 653 addresses the API 650, what is the API 650 version to be considered ? Is it the one which governed the tank...
  10. FrCivEng

    API 650 tank hydrostest minimum duration

    API 650 does not provide any guideline regarding hydrotest minimum duration when for example hydrotest duration should depend on soil conditions and predictible settlement ; of course, I am not saying that hydrotest shall be used as a preloading mean but I observe that operation constraints lead...

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