API RP 545 and API/EI 545-A
The photo above isn’t pretty. Yet, disasters like this happen regularly around the world. All it takes is for one lightning strike to ignite the vapors in an inadequately protected floating roof tank (FRT). The result is loss on a grand scale.
Was the tank shown above grounded? Absolutely. But, as the API has realized, simple grounding is not enough. Not even close. You need effective grounding technology like the RGA™ from LEC Inc.
Help is at hand....
EES is proud to launch its specialist Refinery support base operating out of Johannesberg, South Africa. The SA's team specialism is providing solutions to counter this type of issue for the Petrochem industry in South Africa.
