Description

There are many stages of storage of crude oil as well as blended and intermediate products. These stages include the crude oil reception method, export method, the extent of refinery complexity, etc. Many methods are used to estimate the storage capacities. Comparing these methods helps a refiner to choose the best one. Tanks may be cylindrical, spherical, or bullet-type. They may have internal or external floating roofs. This topic discusses refinery products, daily refinery throughputs, storage stages, factors affecting tank farm storage capacity, methods to estimate tank farm storage requirements, comparison of estimation methods, refinery tank farm storage patterns, safety issues, etc.