This course provides participants with a comprehensive knowledge of Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs) and their application in oil & gas terminals, petrochemical plants and industrial process areas. The course presents a complete, code-driven approach to the design and fabrication of ASTs in strict accordance with API 650, covering everything from material selection and shell thickness calculations to welding sequences, field erection methods, and hydrostatic testing. Participants will learn how to interpret and apply API 650 requirements for tank shell, bottom plates, fixed and floating roofs, wind girders, anchorage, and seismic design. The training also addresses critical fabrication topics such as distortion control, NDT acceptance criteria, tolerances, and inspection hold points. Through worked examples, case studies, and a final walkthrough on Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction per API 653, participants will gain practical skills to ensure code compliance and improve tank integrity and durability.

This is a five-day course designed to provide participants with a complete understanding of aboveground storage tank (AST) design and fabrication in compliance with API 650. The course begins with an introduction to API 650 scope, materials selection, corrosion allowance, and welding fundamentals. Afterward, we explore shell thickness calculations using the one-foot and variable point methods, wind girder design, and nozzle reinforcement requirements. This is followed by bottom plate layout, fixed and floating roof design, anchorage for seismic loads, and overturning checks per Appendix C & E. These include presentation of fabrication techniques such as plate rolling, erection methods (jack lifting, air lifting), welding sequences, distortion control, and hydrostatic testing procedures. The last day of the course concentrates on key appendices (A, I, J), QA/QC plans, common fabrication defects and repairs, and a complete design-to-fabrication case study of a 34,000 m³ tank.