tank farm


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Noun1.tank farm - an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tankstank farm - an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks
area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
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tank farm

n (US) → Tanklager nt
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DOE has completed a draft evaluation of the waste remaining in the C Tank Farm, concluding that radioactive waste has been removed to the extent possible and that the remaining waste, if grouted in place, would meet requirements for disposing of it as low-level radioactive waste.
28 November 2017 - Canadian Native American tribes Fort McKay First Nation and Mikisew Cree First Nation have acquired a 49% partnership in Canadian integrated energy company Suncor's (TSX: SU) (NYSE: SU) East Tank Farm Development, located in northern Alberta, the principals said.
CB&I will be performing all of the EPC works for storage tanks at the export terminal and crude tank farm, while Saipem - the leader of Package 3 - will perform the balance of the works.
The section flowing between West Port Arthur Tank Farm and the GT Logistics Main Tank Farm will be 2.45 miles of 16-inch pipe, with a maximum capacity of 128 MMbpd.
The tank farm is situated to store over seven point five m gallons (7.5m) of refinery product and, after rehabilitation, will produce an approximate income in excess of USD 1.8m per year and possesses a total property/project value of between USD 13m and USD 14m.
The remaining 91 million barrels, or some 80 per cent of the increase, was stored at tank farms like as those in Cushing, Oklahoma.
Shrimp farming in tanks is still a fledgling industry throughout the United States, with fewer than two dozen tank farms nationwide.
Its Tesoro station, an industrial fuel station at their tank farm, is similar to your ordinary corner gas.
In 2003, Lanka IOC -- a subsidiary of state- owned IOC -- bought one- third share in Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd which operates the China Bay tank farm. Ceylon Petroleum Corp ( CPC) and Colombo entered into an MoU with Lanka IOC to grant a long- term lease to the Indian firm for operating the 99 storage tanks at Trincomalee for 35 years for an annual fee of $ 100,000.
The Department of Energy contractor has an ambitious schedule to meet a court-enforced legal deadline to have all 16 underground tanks in the group called C Tank Farm emptied two years and three months from now.
and Kinergy Marketing - would involve building a rail spur to deliver Midwest ethanol by rail to the Kinder Morgan tank farm on Prairie Road in Eugene.