Petroleum Equipment Forum

This may be a little off topic. Virginia Beach is my hometown and my sister was in the building next to the one where the shooting took place in the municipal complex. She's fine, but heard and saw a bit too much. Such scary times. But in terms of our business, did anyone else feel particularly sad ...

I checked the PEI member directory and was astonished to see we have zero members in Puerto Rico. Is there anyone here on the forum that does work in Puerto Rico? We have some customer sites (ASTs) needing attention that were affected by the hurricanes last year and I am having a hard time finding a...

Does anyone have any 9823KF (ASTRAs) in stock?
I need one and the lead-time is just way too long.

Thanks.

https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2018/04/09/lots-black-smoke-but-no-injuries-fire-battle-creek-recycling-business/500396002/ The good news is the storage tank was not apparently affected by the fire, but look at the picture. What type of tank is that? Very odd looking to me. Assuming ...

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-inspectors-r ... le/5575116

Informative article in a regular newspaper.

This would be my understanding - the EBW 664 and old Tok 52 valves are shear valves for suction pumps that include a pressure regulating section that is required when suction pumps are used with ASTs. The 70S is a shear valve designed for a suction application, but does not have a pressure regulatin...

It would nice if some of these acronyms were added to the wiki. https://www.pei.org/wiki/index

Some of mine..... NRTL, NFPA, IFC, UL, W&M, CARB, NISTM, PPM, CFM, MLD, ELLD, PLLD...

I fear the LLD conversations. Those lead down a rabbit hole every time.

http://www.republican-eagle.com/news/cr ... ty-follows

The pictures and slides of the site in this other article are just plain crazy.

diesel's right...folks like this are the reasons for our regulatory climate!

http://www.startribune.com/corroded-underground-fuel-tank-brings-80-000-fine-for-minnesota-trucking-firm/420941243/ Interesting article. One thing that stands out to me is the paragraph titled "Camouflaged pipes". Seems very elaborate to have a decoy ASTs involved when really fueling from the subst...