Environmental Protection Through Automated Remote Monitoring of Fuel Storage Tank Bottoms Using Electrical Resistance Probes

摘要

Corrosion is a leading cause of piping, storage tank, and production and process equipment failures worldwide. The corrosion of pipelines, tanks, valves, and other equipment represents a major environmental challenge throughout the world. Motiva Enterprises, LLC (Houston, Texas) is an oil refining, lubricant, and retail company that refines and markets aviation and distillate fuels, as well as gasoline to branded service stations. It also distributes fuels to many exchange partners and un-branded customers located primarily in the eastern and southern U.S. The company assets include three refineries with a combined capacity of 725,000 bpd and ownership interest in 47 refined product storage terminals with an aggregate storage capacity of approx 19.3 million barrels.