Tim O'Toole
Being a fan of professional football and a business owner, I am always disappointed when a good player leaves my Cincinnati Bengals for another team and when a good employee…
STI/SPFA Standards Engineer, Joe Mentzer, had the opportunity to attend the API 2023 Fall Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting in Chicago. Below are notes of interest for STI/SPFA members. This…
Caldwell Tanks, Inc. in Louisville, Ky. was awarded the 2021 STI/SPFA Elevated Tank of the Year for the Lincoln District Elevated Water Storage Tank. We had an opportunity to speak…
Tarsco in Spring, Texas was awarded the 2020 STI/SPFA API 650 Atmospheric Oil Storage Tank of the Year for the South Texas Gateway Terminal. We had an opportunity to speak…
Modern Welding in Owensboro, Ky. was awarded the 2021 STI/SPFA Shop Fabricated Atmospheric Storage Tank of the Year for the Rectangular Fuel Storage Tank project. We had an opportunity to…
STI/SPFA Standards Engineer, Joe Mentzer, had the opportunity to attend the API 2023 Fall Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting in Chicago. Below are notes of interest for STI/SPFA members. This…
In 1968, Spence and Betty Van Alsburg founded Prairie Tank to design, fabricate and construct industrial and municipal tanks, as well as other plate structures. From 1968 to 1984, Prairie…
Clarifying NIST’s Research on Corrosion in Sump Headspaces The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a study titled, “Corrosion of copper and steel alloys in a simulated underground storage tank…
