Storage Tanks

API Storage Tank Conference and Safe Tank Entry Workshop

Palomar Hotel
October 5-8, 2009
Dallas, Texas

Co-Sponsored by the Steel Tank Institute and NFPA

API’s annual Storage Tank Conference, preceded by a two-day Safe Tank Entry Workshop are educational programs that focus on the latest management practices for aboveground storage tanks. They also give you plenty of opportunities to network with colleagues and establish new business connections.

API Safe Tank Entry Workshop (October 5-6)
Attendees learn the basics of ensuring safe tank entry and maintenance. Topics cover tank decommissioning, isolation, degassing, safe tank entry, cleaning, return to service, and associated work. This hands-on program also provides an understanding of atmospheric monitoring, with instruction in the operation, calibration, and maintenance of field instruments that sample and analyze levels of oxygen, gases, and vapors. Attendees have the chance to calibrate and use the instruments. NFPA will award 0.7 Continuing Education Units for each day of instruction.

API Storage Tank Conference (October 7-8)
The annual API Storage Tank Conference provides attendees with new information on tank-related research, latest technologies, and API petroleum standards. The conference features multiple panels and speakers that will help you understand the requirements to maintain tank integrity while complying with environmental rules. For 2009 we are pleased to present Don Smith of the US EPA to discuss the upcoming SPCC deadline, and Robert Smith of the US Department of Transportation to discuss DOT regulations.

Conference Sessions Include:

• Corrosion Rates on Various Tank Bottom Designs
• Chemical Safety Board Update
• Maintaining and Operating Riveted Tanks
• Floating Roof Stabilization Safety
• Proposed Updates to Tank Overfill Protection (API 2350)
• Tank Floor Scanning Limitations and ACFM Technology
• Lightning Protection Update (API RP 545)
• API Tank Standards Update
• Evaluation of Stresses from Tank Lifting
• Tank Coating
• Similar Service Case Study
• Benzene Testing for Floating Roof Access
• GACT - Generally Achievable Control Technology
• New Technology for Floating Roofs
• Tank Design with Emissions in Mind
• Elements of an Effective Tank Management Program
• Air Regulation Trends for Tank Degassing, Cleaning and Refilling
• API 653 Tank Study
• Maintaining Small Tanks Including Overfill Protection

Who Should Attend:

• Experienced storage tank professionals
• Tank owner, manager, or operator
• Senior tank designer or construction specialist
• Representatives of oil and petrochemical refineries, utilities, pipelines, tank cleaning firms, and others interested in confined spaces and safe tank entry 

The last API Storage Tank Conference attracted over 30 exhibiting companies and associations sharing their experience and services first hand. 

• List of 2009 Endorsers, Sponsors and Exhibitors

2009 Preliminary Agenda and Registration Information

• Storage Tank Conference Agenda
• Safe Tank Entry Workshop Agenda
• Register Online (closed - please register onsite)
• Print and Hand Carry a Registration Form 

If you have questions or encounter any problems using the online registration software, or if you do not receive a confirmation showing that your payment was successfully processed and indicating a zero balance, contact Liz Goemaat, Program Assistant, at 202-682-8195 or goemaate@api.org.

Sponsorship Information
Sponsorship opportunities are available and are a cost effective way for your company to show support of the industry, while making valuable contacts.  Experience has shown that API events are a targeted, cost-effective avenue for connecting with customers that you may not reach otherwise. The deadline for returning your Sponsorship/Exhibitor Application is September 29, 2009. Please contact 202-682-8158 or cunninghamm@api.org for more information.

• Sponsor/Exhibitor Application  
• Information for Sponsors/Exhibitors

2009 Storage Tank Conference Button 
Exhibitors and Sponsors are encouraged to support the 2009 Storage Tank Conference by adding adding a button ad to their website. More information, as well as the button, is available here.

Promotional Opportunities 
Attending an industry related event where people might be interested in learning more about the 2009 Storage Tank Conference and Safe Tank Entry Workshop? Download and print this one page promotional flyer.  

Hotel Information
API has arranged a discount room block at the Hotel Palomar for $149/night Single/Double. Call 800-618-1090 to make your reservation. Be sure to mention the American Petroleum Institute to qualify for this discount rate. This discount rate is also available for three days before to three days after the meeting. The cut-off date for making reservations is Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM, CT. After this date hotel reservations will be accepted on a space available basis.

The address for the Hotel Palomar is 5300 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas. An online map is available here. The hotel website is here.

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Questions?

• Contact 202-682-8158 or cunninghamm@api.org with questions regarding logistics.
• Contact Liz Goemaat at 202-682-8195 or goemaate@api.org with questions regarding registration.