As Hurricane Harvey swept across the Houston area, torrential waves of rain built on top of crude oil storage tanks at Valero Energy's Houston refinery, causing one of the roofs that float atop the ...

Reducing the section-area of a crude storage tank's floating roofs pontoons by increasing the number of pontoons inside the roof is the best way to lower the likelihood of its sinking. Roof design, ...

External floating single-roof tanks should not be used to store gasoline in hot regions unless the deck plate's thickness exceeds 10 mm and it has been treated with an anti-corrosion coating. Solar ...