Tim O'Toole

South Texas Gateway Terminal

Product Profile: South Texas Gateway Terminal

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…

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Rectangular Fuel Storage Tank

Product Profile: Rectangular Fuel Storage Tank

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…

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P66 Phase II and III Crude Projects

Notes From the 2022 API Spring Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting

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…

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Welder

NIST Research on Ethanol “Corrosion:” What it Really Says

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…

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