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HYDROCARBON
ENGINEERING
for storage
Suresh K Ravindran, Honeywell Process Soutions, India,
explores a design and
implementation philosophy for tank storage overfill prevention.
SAFEGUARDS
H
industan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a
Government of India enterprise with Navratna
status, markets a wide range of petroleum
products, such as fuels and specialties to the tune
of 31 million tpy, with product sourced from its own and
joint venture (JV) refineries.
HPCL's infrastructure is at par with that of the best global
corporations in the hydrocarbons sector. Over the last four
decades, the company has consistently been breaking new
ground in production and marketing.
HPCL’s consistently good performance has been made
possible by a highly motivated workforce of over 11 000
employees working all over India at its various refining and
marketing locations.
Challenge
It is a given that refineries and chemical plants have large
volumes of hazardous chemicals. Even small accidents can
have major repercussions, with property and production loss
paling in comparison with the loss of human life.
