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Re: Corrosion and thinning on entire shell courses

From: BABRTs 973 [53] 5 Stars
Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
Time: 11:33:29 AM
Remote Name: 66.87.0.160

Comments

You cannot do it and be in compliance with API 653.
That said, if you are the tank owner, and if it is temporary, you have a tank engineer review what you are going to do, and someone in senior management will approve it IN WRITING, then you can do it.
However, THIS NON-STANDARD REPAIR WILL IN NO WAY BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH API 653
Reading between the lines,and I may not be reading correctly, the tank owner wants a cheap repair without having to replace the shell course.

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