The conference, on June 17 and 18, focused on implementing world class maintenance strategies and tools for effective tanks performance, and ensuring high safety standards in the bulk liquid storage industry.
A panel of 11 speakers from Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, India, the Middle East and the US shared their experiences and lessons on managing and operating storage tanks with case studies and examples.
Conference chairman Marshall Mott-Smith, director of the National Institute for Storage Tank Management (USA), began the event with his presentation: “Conducting leak autopsy study for field erected Above Ground Storage Tanks (ASTs)” based on his extensive work in Florida, the US state with the strictest AST regulations.
Engineers Farej Elmashai of Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co, and Arnel Batusin of Emirates National Oil Co (ENOC), presented technical case studies on uncovering and addressing problems associated with storage tank corrosion.
R.K. Mehra, executive planning director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation, spoke on the challenges in optimising storage capacity by intelligent utilisation of assets and tank farm spacing while Adeniran Fadeyibi, Brunei LNG’s head of projects HSE, expounded on incorporating safety to day-to-day operations for terminal excellence and management.
Most of the delegates came from oil, gas and petrochemical companies based in Southeast Asia. They included terminal manager Emiliano S Martin Jr and maintenance and safety head Jerome D Fontanos representing Liquigaz Philippines Corporation, and tank inspector Preeksingh Anan representing Thailand’s Dacon Inspection Services Co Ltd.
Mr Fontanos spoke well of the speakers’ presentations: “I appreciated the detailed case studies, as these are highly relevant to my line of work.”
The industry event was supported by bronze sponsor M-I SWACO, and by media partner EnergyAsia.
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