In this report, Bill Mott of Taku Engineering reviewed the maintenance practices and provided recommendations for improvements to help minimize the risk of an oil spill from ballast water storage tank number 93 at the Valdez Marine Terminal.
In this report, contractor Bill Mott of Taku Engineering summarized the calculations and key assumptions (due to the limited available data) used in a previous report related to a 2022 incident. In that incident, vents on several of the terminal’s crude oil storage tanks were damaged due to excessive snow load and ice accumulation, and … Read more
In this report, Taku Engineering summarized their review of documents associated with the American Petroleum Institute (API) 653 Out-of-Service inspections of Crude Oil Storage Tank 2 at the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (APSC) Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT). The intent was to identify opportunities for reducing the risks of a future leak associated with the VMT … Read more
This report summarizes a review of the procedures and reports for inspections conducted on tanks 7 and 94 at the Valdez Marine Terminal.