Archive for the ‘Terminal’ Category

Tank Storage Wireless Level Measurement and Overspill Protection

Posted in Level, Terminal, Wireless on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011. No comments yet
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Imagine being an operator for a Swedish tank storage facility aside the Baltic Sea and having to manually measure tank levels in the dead of winter. That’s exactly what operators at FH Tank Storage AB have had to do at the Kalmar storage terminal in a story told by Process Industry Informer. The article, EMERSON’S [...]

Managing Terminal and Offsites Operations

Posted in Blending, Chemical, Refining, Terminal on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008. No comments yet

I’ve written about terminal and offsites operations a few times in the past. I had a chance to catch a presentation given by Emerson’s Shoyeb Hasanali, who leads the terminal management solutions team. Shoyeb began by giving us a good grounding on terminal operations. These facilities provide receiving, shipping and storage facilities for liquid or [...]

Planning and Executing More Efficient Terminals

Posted in Data Management, Project Services, Terminal on Monday, December 3rd, 2007. No comments yet

In the process of moving hydrocarbon through the supply chain from producer to consumer, terminals play an important role. They receive liquids and gases from many sources including ship, rail and pipeline. These gas and liquid hydrocarbons are stored in tanks or vessels until required to move via other methods of transportation including barge, truck [...]

Assessing Safety Risks in Terminal Operations

Posted in Terminal on Thursday, January 18th, 2007. 2 comments so far

Safety risk assessments require a methodical look at all the areas of a manufacturing process where hazardous conditions may exist. I caught up with certified functional safety expert (CFSE), Mike Schmidt, who recently worked with a terminal operator to relook at the safety risks at the terminal. Mike is a consultant in Emerson’s Refining and [...]