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Storage Tanks API 650, including API 653 (Standard for Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction)

 

Overview:

This intensive course provides a comprehensive understanding of the design, construction, inspection, repair, alteration, and reconstruction of aboveground welded steel storage tanks in accordance with:

  • API 650 – Welded Tanks for Oil Storage

  • API 653 – Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction

Participants will gain practical knowledge of tank design principles, material selection, fabrication requirements, in-service inspection methodologies, damage mechanisms, fitness-for-service assessments, and repair techniques used in oil & gas, petrochemical, mining, and energy sectors.

This course bridges the gap between tank design (API 650) and lifecycle integrity management (API 653).

Course Details

Date:

29 – 30 April 2026

Venue:

Online

Time:

8:30 – 16:30 Daily

CPD:

2 CPD Points- ECSA

Fees:

R8 999 

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Course Content

Module 1: Fundamentals of Aboveground Storage Tanks

  • Types of storage tanks (fixed roof, floating roof, cone roof)

  • Tank components and terminology

  • Loading conditions (hydrostatic, wind, seismic)

  • Tank failure mechanisms

  • Overview of API standard hierarchy

Module 2: Tank Design According to API 650

  • Scope and limitations of API 650

  • Design metal temperature & material selection

  • Shell design calculations

  • Bottom plate design and annular rings

  • Roof design requirements

  • Nozzle and manway reinforcement

  • Weld joint design & inspection

  • Fabrication tolerances

  • Hydrostatic testing requirements

Module 3: Inspection Requirements Under API 653

  • Scope of API 653

  • Inspector qualifications and certification

  • Types of inspections:

    • External inspection

    • Internal inspection

    • On-stream inspection

  • Inspection intervals determination

  • Ultrasonic thickness measurement

  • Bottom scanning techniques

  • Settlement measurement and evaluation

  • Risk-based inspection (RBI) principles

Module 4: Damage Mechanisms & Failure Analysis

  • Corrosion mechanisms in storage tanks

  • Soil-side corrosion

  • Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC)

  • Stress corrosion cracking

  • Brittle fracture

  • Tank bottom pitting

  • Leak detection methods

Module 5: Repair, Alteration & Reconstruction (API 653)

  • Repair versus alteration definitions

  • Welded repair methods

  • Shell insert plate replacement

  • Bottom replacement procedures

  • Nozzle modifications

  • Tank jacking and re-leveling

  • Reconstruction requirements

  • Nameplate and documentation updates

Module 6: Fitness-for-Service & Remaining Life Assessment

  • Corrosion rate calculations

  • Minimum thickness determination

  • Remaining life estimation

  • Hydrostatic test exemptions

  • Engineering critical assessments

Module 7: Tank Integrity Management Systems

  • Developing inspection plans

  • Documentation & record keeping

  • Compliance strategies

  • Maintenance planning

  • Integration with plant reliability programs

Each delegate will need the following to attend:

 

  • Steady Internet connection for the duration of the training
  • Laptop / PC / Smart Phone and Power supply (Charger)
  • Zoom Meeting Software installed onto your laptop /
  • PC / Smart Phone
  • Quiet Space