From the Steel Tank Institute’s newsletter comes this video showing a styrene tank explosion. This tank was “launched” from a neighboring facility and landed on the Dow site in Lavrion, Greece.

Constant vigilance when working on and around petroleum tanks and products is paramount!

The September issue of Tank Talk , published by the Steel Tank Institute, contains updates about ULSD Corrosion Concerns.

“Severe and rapid corrosion has been observed in systems storing and dispensing ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) since 2007. In addition, the corrosion is coating the majority of metallic equipment in both the wetted and unwetted portions of ULSD underground storage tanks (USTs). To investigate the problem in an objective manner, multiple stakeholders in the diesel industry, through the Clean Diesel Fuel Alliance (CDFA), funded this research project.”

Click here to read their document.

Anne Marie Gregg of Battelle, who managed this project, will present the findings at the upcoming PEI conference in Las Vegas on Oct 8, 2012 at 10:30 am.