Special reports

The Summer issue of Tanks & Terminals covers tank inspections, protection and repairs; leak detection and overfill prevention; safety; and decommissioning projects.

Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, explores Europe’s evolving energy needs and the new opportunities for infrastructure that are being created.

Sulzer Chemtech is set to lead a team which will look into the application and development of bio-based chemicals and renewables through the conversion of renewable feedstocks into oleo-chemicals, biofuels, bio-chemicals and bio-polymers.

The EIA has reported on the factors which fed into the WTI crude oil futures prices dropping below zero.

ExxonMobil has announced reductions in 2020 capital spending by 30% and cash operating expenses by 15% in response to low prices and COVID-19.

Due to COVID-19, IHS Markit anticipates 1Q20 world oil demand to decline by the largest volume in history.

Wood Mackenzie has stated that the global storage market is set to grow from approximately 4 GW of annual deployments in 2019 to more than 15 GW in 2024.

As industry experts explore new ways to mitigate and inhibit CUI, a new strategy based on the chemistry of the insulation has been developed, Marybeth Jones, Johns Manville, explains.

Shell has released its annual LNG outlook, noting a 12.5% increase in demand.

Sentry Equipment Corp. outlines how to correctly sample steam and water in hydrocarbon processing plants.

KLAW has announced a new risk management initiative to limit the potential of catastrophic incidents at terminals.

In a first of its kind cooperation, European Joint Programming Platform on Smart Energy Systems and global Mission Innovation initiative jointly call for research and innovation projects.

Saudi Aramco have announced that full production will be restored by the end of September following the attacks on its Abqaiq and Khurais plants.

Trafigura has begun transporting crude oil from the US Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast via the newly operational Cactus II pipeline.

ABS has appointed Ian Bramson as its Global Head of Cyber Security. In this role, Bramson will lead the development of a cyber security risk reduction programme.