Fuel Removal, Tank Clean and Petroscope Tank Inspection
Our newly equipped LCM and Tanknology UK teams have been working throughout the UK, Northern Ireland and Europe on a varying amount of different projects offering our clients a safe and cost effective way of inspecting their storage facilities without the need for high risk manned-entry. To give you an idea on how we carry out these projects and what is involved, here is a break down on of the process,
Fuel uplifts, holding and transfers
A petroleum regulated tanker will attend site and using the off set fill points uplift the fuels from the tanks ready for transfer to a pre-determined site or according to the clients requirments hold them on site for re-filling the tanks after the project is completed.
Fuel hoses to the correct British Standard are used and spill kits are available both on site and on the tanker.
Petroscope de-sludge
Once the fuel uplifts have taken place access is achieved through points on the tank lids. This enables hoses to be inserted into the tank allowing it to be inerted with nitrogen produced from one of our nitrogen generators.
Once the oxygen level in the tank is reduced to less than 10% it eliminates any risk of explosive atmosphere. However we will continue to inert the tank until the oxygen level is 5% or less to guarantee a safe working environment.
Once acceptable working levels are achieved the Petroscope camera is inserted into the tank via one of the access points to gain a 'before' video of the state of the storage space. The camera also helps to provide the operator of the jet washer and uplift hose so that they can both be ‘steered’ to safely uplift any sludge, rust deposit or any remaining liquid into the vacuum tanker.
In this way all sludge, fuel etc. can be safely removed.
Once the tank is clean the operator will ascertain its overall condition with a full remote internal tank inspection.
This process is repeated on all tanks on site and reports along with video footage are forwarded to our clients.
Disposal of waste products
Once the process is completed the contents of the vacuum tanker are disposed of at an appropriate waste facility. The facility will depend upon the amount in the tanker at the end of the job and the tankers next commitment but all paperwork is available on request.
Water filling and other final procedures
On some sites and for safety reasons the tanks are water filled to remove the possibility of an explosive atmosphere occurring within the tank. If the tanks are to be used straight away we can arrange for the uplifted fuel to be held on site with one of our Petroleum Regulated Tankers and to be dropped back into the tank immediately after being cleaned and inspected.
For more information on our Tanknology UK and Petroscope services please contact us.
See below the quality of a video captured by our LCM, Tanknology UK teams Petroscope Camera.
Initial Inspection before our remote tank clean
Following our jet wash and uplift
To view more Petroscope videos please visit our Tanknology Videos page.
LCM Environmental and Tanknology UK offer our clients the safest and most cost effective way to inspect, clean and maintain their fuel storage facilities
Pictured below, taken from the Petroscope Camera you can obviously see the build up sludge in this diesel tank. If left it will clog up pumps, filters and could lead to contmainated fuel
Our fleet of Petroleum Regulated Tankers are on site and have to capacity to hold or transfer thousands of litres, helping to create smooth flowing projects that our clients appreciate and LCM are renowned for
One of our Petroscope Internal Inspection Camera
Taken from our Petroscope Camera follwing a tank clean
Our staff are trained to the highest industry standards and our teams hold a wealth of experience and knowledge on all our services
Using the Petroscope Camera our teams can watch and direct hoses and jet washers throughout the whole cleaning process
