Niugini Oil Company, Papua New Guinea: Lining Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks

We were one of many companies contacted by the Niugini Oil Company in Papua New Guinea, which was experiencing problems with their above-ground bulk fuel storage tanks at their tank farm in Lae. The tanks, 1,000 tonne Columbia Tec Tanks used to store automotive diesel oil, were weeping between the bolted sections on the joints of the plate overlaps. Rather than replace the tanks, the company was looking for a supplier that could provide an internal lining system that met the American Petroleum Institute API spec 12B. We were initially required to treat one tank but following the successful lining of the first tank, we went on to treat seven more tanks for the Niugini Oil Company in Lae.