March 26, 2014 [Odfjell SE] - Odfjell Terminals (Houston) continues to grow and will add another tank bay that will come on line in 2015. The new bay will have nine 1,908 cbm tanks for a total capacity of 17,170 cbm.
All of the tanks will be carbon steel and will be designed for 2 PSIG (Pounds per square inch gauge). Seven of the tanks have been designated for a specific product and the other two remaining tanks will be available for variable service.
Constructing the new bay will be difficult because of the congested area. Bay 10 will be built where the old engineering and maintenance building, the drum storage warehouse and various other structures now reside. All of these structures must first be emptied and services relocated prior to demolition.
This process is underway and should be completed shortly. Teams of operations, HSE and engineering are working solutions for the temporary and longterm relocation of drums, sample storage and safety gear. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the team coming together to solve these issues.
The Bay 10 area is somewhat constrained by the close proximity of pipe racks, roads and existing tank bays. The construction process looks like it will be primarily a series operation rather than parallel.
Preliminary engineering will be occurring during the demolition process and tank building will
start as soon as possible after that.
