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Coastal Technical Sales Inc. Now Installing Storage Tanks in Chemical Plants This Winter, posted on SBWire

Many plants have an excess of chemicals that need storage either above ground or underground. Whether volatile chemicals or acids and bases, the proper installation of storage tanks will increase the life of the chemicals and the safety of the plant workers. This winter, Coastal Technical Sales Inc. is pleased to announce they are now installing storage tanks in chemical plants. Priding themselves on offering the highest quality of products, the company has a vast amount of experience installing polyethylene, stainless steel, and plastic storage tanks.  [Read More…]  

New storage tank bill ready for consideration in West Virginia, posted on Tank Storage Magazine

Officials in West Virginia, US, have introduced a new bill in direct response to the recent leak emergency that has impacted 300,000 residents in nine of the state’s counties. The bill gives power to the Division of Environmental Protection to create an above ground storage tank regulatory program, requiring them to be constructed and maintained safely. [Read More…]  

Lawmakers Get Tomblin’s Storage Tank Bill Monday, posted on WCHS Radio 58

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will introduce a bill Monday directly linked to the water emergency that has impacted 300,000 residents in nine West Virginia counties. Tomblin said the bill gives power to the Division of Environmental Protection to create an above ground storage tank regulatory program. “It requires above ground storage tanks to be constructed and maintained in a safe manner,” Tomblin said. [Read More…]  

Building of Cornwall waterfront storage tanks put on hold, posted on CBC News

The City of Cornwall and the federal government continue to meet about a controversial storage tank development on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River in the heart of Cornwall. Cornwall’s mayor and residents have protested since they discovered that a private company was building chemical storage tanks on land they had intended to be part of a major renovation of the city’s waterfront.  [Read More…]  

SA oil hub in the pipeline for 2014, posted on Tank Storage Magazine

A tank farm designed to serve new offshore mooring stations in South Africa is to be constructed near Port Durnford towards the end of this year as part of a major project set to begin in the region. The farm, plus reserve storage, is planned as part of a 2 million cubic-metre liquid bulk storage and through-put hub that will be situated a few kilometres away from the port’s railway facilities on a site that has undergone three years of feasibility studies. [Read More…]  

HEP project underway at Texas port, posted on Tank Storage Magazine

Construction of a 21-tank, 225,000-barrel liquid bulk storage facility by Howard Energy Partners (HEP) is underway at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, US. The facility will be HEP’s first foray into liquid storage, in this case storing upstream, midstream and downstream hydrocarbons, as well as other bulk liquids. [Read More…]  

Bill introduced to regulate above-ground storage tanks by Pamela Pritt, posted on The Register Herald

The Senate leadership Thursday introduced a bill that would require owners of above-ground liquid storage tanks to obtain permits and allow inspections, and to maintain a leak-detection system. The bill calls for civil penalties for violations. [Read More…]  

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