Authors :
Yousef Alhannoush; Fayez Al-Ghamdi
Volume/Issue :
Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25aug1014
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Abstract :
Asset integrity management plays a vital role in ensuring operational excellence by balancing productivity,
safety, and environmental protection. Storage tanks, particularly floating roof tanks, commonly utilize slotted guide poles
to stabilize the roof, measure liquid levels, and obtain product samples. However, these slotted designs allow direct vapor
release, making guide poles a significant source of volatile emissions that negatively impact ambient air quality. In
response to increasingly stringent environmental regulations, gauge pole sleeves have been introduced as an emission
control solution. These sleeves limit vapor escape by sealing the slotted openings, thereby reducing hydrocarbon emissions
substantially. Implementation across more than 25 storage tanks at Aramco facilities demonstrated the effectiveness of this
approach. As a best available control technology, the adoption of gauge pole sleeves is strongly recommended for
hydrocarbon and volatile storage applications to mitigate environmental impact and comply with air quality standards.
Keywords :
Emissions; Flaoting Roof; Gague Pole.
References :
- American Petroleum Institute. (2020). API 650: Welded Tanks for Oil Storage (13th ed.). March 2020.
- American Petroleum Institute. Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standard Chapter 19.2: Evaporative Loss from Floating Roof.
- CTS Global. (n.d.). Corrosion Protection Systems. Retrieved from www.cts.global
- HM Tank. (n.d.). HM Tank: Leading Supplier of Tank Equipment and Services. Retrieved from www.hmttank.com
- Sheppard Arts. (n.d.). Sheppard Arts: Industrial Painting and Coating Specialists. Retrieved from sheppard-arts.com
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- Myers, P. E. (1997). Aboveground Storage Tanks (1st ed.).
Asset integrity management plays a vital role in ensuring operational excellence by balancing productivity,
safety, and environmental protection. Storage tanks, particularly floating roof tanks, commonly utilize slotted guide poles
to stabilize the roof, measure liquid levels, and obtain product samples. However, these slotted designs allow direct vapor
release, making guide poles a significant source of volatile emissions that negatively impact ambient air quality. In
response to increasingly stringent environmental regulations, gauge pole sleeves have been introduced as an emission
control solution. These sleeves limit vapor escape by sealing the slotted openings, thereby reducing hydrocarbon emissions
substantially. Implementation across more than 25 storage tanks at Aramco facilities demonstrated the effectiveness of this
approach. As a best available control technology, the adoption of gauge pole sleeves is strongly recommended for
hydrocarbon and volatile storage applications to mitigate environmental impact and comply with air quality standards.
Keywords :
Emissions; Flaoting Roof; Gague Pole.
