Problem Set By Vopak About The Storage Of Gasoline

Problem Set By Vopak About The Storage Of Gasoline

Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Royal Vopak) has taken the final investment decision to build and operate a new storage terminal for oil products in the Port of Amsterdam. Total terminal capacity is planned to be increased to more than 1.1 million cubic meters for the storage and blending of gasoline and other clean oil products. The terminal will cater for the growing need for additional storage capacity for oil products in Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region, underpinning the Port of Amsterdam's position as the leading gasoline hub of northwest europe. (Givens, 2007)

This new terminal will provide additional storage capacity to meet the growing demand in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. In the ARA region the Port of Amsterdam plays an important international role as logistical hub for gasoline facilitating product flows between europe, North America and Asia. As a result of the growing geographical imbalances between supply and demand the new Vopak terminal will offer both existing and new customers an opportunity to strengthen their positions.

The new terminal will store, blend and handle gasoline, other clean oil products and their components. The terminal with a total potential capacity of over 1.1 million cubic meters will have two jetties for the handling of seagoing vessels with maximum capacity of up to 120,000 DWT and eight berths for the handling of seagoing vessels, coasters and inland barges with a capacity of up to 20,000 DWT. (DeWitt, 2008)

It is common practice for reasons of safety in the oil industry to erect storage tanks for various hydrocarbon liquids in areas known as bunds. These are basin-like areas surrounded by dykes, capable of containing within the bund the total liquid content of the tanks and any tidal wave caused by its escape and thereby localising the harmful effect of any damage to the tanks. Until recently, it has only been necessary for the bund to prevent any overflow of spillage in order to meet the various international safety regulation. However, it has now been found desirable and indeed necessary to meet new regulations for the bund to prevent seepage of the hydrocarbon liquids into the earth on which the bund is located. Furthermore, in existing bunds it is frequently difficult to detect any leakage from a tank in time to prevent serious loss of hydrocarbon liquid.

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The weight of the tank itself as well as the weight of any monitoring fluid, such as brine, that may be included in the annular spaces of multiwall tanks. If it is certain that a minimum amount of liquid material will be stored in the tank at all times (e.g., septic tanks, wastewater treatment tanks), then this minimum may be taken into account. However, for applications such as gasoline filling stations where no minimum storage can or should be assumed, the weight of products to be stored in the tank is ignored.

Ballast refers to any liquid or other material that is present in the tank during installation ...