Storage Tank Inspection, Ensuring the safe operation of your assets 

Storage Tank Inspection Ensuring the safe operation of your assets Tank integrity, including fitness for service (FFS) and remaining life, is estimated by using engineering calculations based on critical data collected by a range of NDT techniques and civil engineering surveys. 

Intertank offers a comprehensive range of inspection and engineering services tailored to ensure the safe operation of storage assets. 

Inspection packages may include full inspection engineering assessments performed to recognized guidelines and standards, including the formal reporting detailing the asset’s suitability for service. 

Features:

  • Cost effective risk-based inspections
  • Value adding inspection techniques
  • Follows EEMUA 159 guidelines API 653/BSEN 14015 standards

Risk and Reliability 

The application of risk and reliability based techniques for optimizing inspection and maintenance activities follows the trend in the industry worldwide to move away from a 
time-based maintenance approach to a condition monitoring approach. This proven technique can be usefully applied to the total maintenance approach for conventional storage tanks. 
Oceaneering, with its in-depth knowledge of Risk Based Inspection (RBI) and reliability, centred maintenance methodologies, is at the forefront of offering these innovative and cost-effective approaches. 

Our comprehensive service range includes:

  • Risk-based inspection (RBI) and written scheme of examination (WSE) which determine inspection intervals and inspection work scopes 
  • Creation of tank inspection and repair methodology in accordance with the requirements of API 650/653, BS EN:14015, and EEMUA 159 
  • Foundation settlement assessments to detect various forms of tank foundation movement, planar tilt, and other factors affecting the integrity of the structure 
  • Visual inspection of associated equipment (piping, bund wall and bund area, insulation, ground connections, anchor bolts, etc.) 

Non-Destructive Testing 

We complete tank inspection using a comprehensive range of non-destructive testing (NDT) methods including: 

  • Ultrasonic Testing 
  • Magnetic Particle 
  • Dye Penetrant 
  • Radiography 
  • Eddy Current
Ultrasonic methods, including those used to complete detailed corrosion mapping, can be deployed by remotely controlled crawlers, effectively reducing risk. 
Additionally, we offer a range of magnetic flux leakage systems for the detection of underside corrosion. The systems function through a number of coatings and tightly bonded scale. 
Advanced NDT technologies are supported by our Specialist Inspections Services department. Storage tanks and associated pipework benefit from our ability to deploy technologies including: 
  • Phased Array Ultrasonics 
  • Guided Wave Ultrasonics 
  • Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) 
PEC is an electromagnetic inspection technique used for measuring the thickness of steel objects without the need to make contact with the steel surface. Originally designed for inspection through insulation and coatings, the technique has developed into an invaluable tool for assessing the critical annular area. 

If you require storage tank inspections, call today on 0191 406 1328 or 0345 521 7337