Project Information
- IPC Fuel Storage Tanks - Plantel "La Garita"
- 2012
- Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo, S.A. - RECOPE
- La Garita Campus, Costa Rica
- Oil & Gas
Scope of the project
IPC project for the construction and installation of four fuel storage tanks of 8,000 m3 each, including: replacement and installation of the piping system, expansion of the existing manifold, supply and installation of 12 motorized valves, roads, guardhouse, design of electrical conduits and instrumentation, fire protection system: cooling, foam and network, grounding, lighting, cathodic protection and other complementary works. The tanks have a geodesic dome roof and floating aluminum cover, 2 for storage of 25 mbls of gasoline each and 2 for diesel of the same capacity.
Includes:
- Earthworks
, tank foundations, concrete dams, interconnection of process pipes and fire protection system, lighting, instrumentation. - Equipment energization, testing, training and commissioning.
Four tanks
- Two steel ones with a nominal capacity of 8000m3 (50000 bbls) for gasoline.
- Two steel ones with a nominal capacity of 8000m3 (50000 bbls) for Diesel.