Southern California, Sour Tank Inert Degas Operations Challenge A nationwide petroleum company had an API inspection deadline on a 110’ diameter External Floating Roof Tank containing sour crude product. There was an acute hazard in the tank for pyrophoric materials, materials which ignite in the presence of oxygen without an ignition source. The petroleum company understood that they would need an all-star team to degas, clean, and inspect this tank. Solution Envent has degassed numerous sour tanks with pyrophoric hazards. In fact, this extremely sensitive operation is standard procedure for Envent. Many rounds of planning occurred to prior to the project to ensure that every piece of equipment and every fitting was in place. Nothing can be out of place with tank degassing, and especially

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