SPEC provided engineering, drafting, procurement, and construction support for a refined products terminal pipeline manifold station upgrade. SPEC’s scope included evaluating and upgrading the existing terminal pipeline manifold station meters, surge relief system, general station piping, prover, instrumentation, pipe supports, tank supply manifold, etc. to be able to handle the new supply pipeline flowrates.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Procurement Support, Construction Management
SPEC provided engineering, procurement, and construction support for the relocation of a specialty oil field resin production process to another plant building. SPEC lead the relocation of the process and updated the design to include five new tanks, new pumps, truck loading rack upgrades, steam tracing, electric heat tracing, insulation, instrumentation, control upgrades and reactor modifications.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Safety, Procurement Support, Construction Management
SPEC provided support for the expansion of the infrastructure at a recently purchased terminal to increase connectivity between various refinery tank farms and to provide additional capacity to blend stock components and move finished products. The scope of work included definition of the overall project, verifying the existing piping and equipment on the site, permitting, performing system hydraulics to size (11) new pumps and (3) small volume provers, construction of (4) new 150 KB storage tanks complete with butane and gasoline blending equipment, associated tank containment dikes, the addition of over (3) miles of new internal terminal pipelines, expansion of a large central manifold, two sets of directional drilled pipelines under canals, additions of various tie-ins and cross-connects, and electrical upgrades. SPEC used a portable laser scanner to quickly provide the client with 3D models of the site layout.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Scanning and 3D Modeling, Permitting, Safety, Fire Protection, Procurement Support, Construction Management.
Services included overall project management, mechanical, civil, and electrical design of the terminal expansion, and procurement support including equipment specification, bid analysis, and tracking of over 240 automated and manual valves.
SPEC provided engineering, design and permitting services for a major asphalt production plant upgrade project. The facility housed a smaller inefficient asphalt plant. The plant was upgraded with modern and environmentally friendly equipment while increasing the production throughput capacity. SPEC designed the site layout and stormwater retention pond system to meet stringent “hot-spot” requirements on a size and topographically restricted site. Additional project constraints included maintaining existing office buildings and providing access for large delivery vehicles and loading equipment. SPEC was able to utilize redevelopment practices to minimize the impacts of the proposed site and intended use. SPEC provided the designs for large vertical tank foundations and their containments, and all major equipment foundations. Permitting with local municipality, state and federal regulators was included in SPEC’s scope.
SPEC provided support for the installation and design of a new custody transfer meter skid to handle the increased throughput from a 3rd Party pipeline into our Client’s Refinery. SPEC assisted in the definition of the overall project scope, cost estimation, project scheduling, procurement support, design of a new meter skid system (i.e. Coriolis meters, flow control valve, manual valves, stairs and platform for valves, small volume prover, relief devices, drain line, etc.), the design of a new sample building, meter skid, and platform foundations, construction support, hydraulic and surge analysis, and installation of new instrumentation, electrical rack, terminal strips, power/communications wiring and conduit, and I/O cards. SPEC’s design allowed for the installation of the new meter skid while limiting the downtime of the pipeline into the Refinery.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Scanning and 3D Modeling, Procurement Support, Construction Management.
SPEC provided support to modify the existing foam-water system at a Client’s truck loading terminal. The project goal was to increase capacity to provide fire protection for a new tank and provisions for a future new tank. Design work included evaluating current system capability, sizing a new mixing valve and tank foam chamber, modifying the existing piping arrangement in the foam house, adding an external manifold, and routing piping to the new tank. SPEC completed the mechanical and civil design of the foam-water fire piping modifications, design of pipe supports in a flood prone area, and generation of construction drawings and modified P&ID.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Scanning and 3D Modeling, Fire Protection, Procurement Support.
SPEC provided project development, engineering, drafting, procurement, and construction support for the addition of a second pipeline into a refined products terminal pipeline station. SPEC’s scope was to evaluate the existing terminal pipeline station and install a new pipeline manifold system (i.e. meters, surge relief system, general station piping, prover, sample system, instrumentation, pipe supports, tank supply manifold, etc.) to handle the new and existing supply pipelines into the terminal and allow for operations to receive refined products from both pipelines into terminal storage tanks.
Services Provided: Project Management, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Procurement Support, Construction Management
SPEC provided project development, engineering, permitting, drafting, procurement, and construction support for the installation of a new hydrogen pipeline connection to serve as a second hydrogen supply option for the Refinery. SPEC’s role included assisting in the definition of the overall project scope, permitting, conversion of an existing pipeline right of way for the new meter site, the design of a new pipeline connection, the design of a hot tap procedure with vendor, and the design of an overpressure protection system to protect the Refinery’s piping from any pipeline surges. Electrical power was not available at the meter site, requiring the connection and overpressure protection system to be manually operated and/or operate independently.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Procurement Support, Construction Management
SPEC provided project development, engineering, permitting, drafting, procurement, and construction support for the conversion of an existing tank into ethanol service and installation of a new ethanol offload and loading system at a storage terminal. SPEC’s role included assisting in the definition of the overall project scope, permitting, design of the fire protection system for the load rack, design of a new ethanol offloading and loading system (i.e. pumps, meters, control valves, piping, supports, etc.), and design of a new overhead pipe rack for supply lines to load rack.
Services Provided: Project Management and Design, Process Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Controls, Mechanical Engineering, Design and Drafting, Permitting, Fire Protection, Procurement Support, Construction Management
SPEC has an extensive catalog of projects related to storage tanks including the design and specification of API Std 650 petroleum tanks for marketing and pipeline facilities. Our tank design services include foundation design, tank drawings and specifications, tank cathodic protection specification, fire protection design, tank instrumentation, tank internal / external coatings, tank emission calculations, and local permitting. We have API 653-certified tank inspectors who we utilize to assist clients in overseeing or managing their tank inspection program, performing suitability for service evaluations, similar service evaluations, or design of tank repairs, tank conversions, or tank retrofits. New tank designs incorporate APIs RPB/RPS and local or state requirements for tank bottom environmental protection requirements. SPEC has designed double bottoming of existing tanks and worked with AR Watson and others on tank lifting and tank jacking for foundation repair / replacement, tank movement on or off site, and for tank movement to facilitate environmental remediation.
Services Provided: Tank Engineering, Inspection Program Assistance
Client: Various Major Oil & ILTA Member Companies, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Companies
