Processing of procedures for oil and gas recovery facilities

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With increasingly strict environmental regulations, oil storage facilities in refineries or gas stations are required to install oil and vapor recovery systems. Manufacturers of such systems typically design them as a series of interconnected units for effective recovery. However, regulatory authorities have issued guidelines prohibiting such serial connections. Those who have installed oil and vapor recovery systems need to know how to deal with inspections by these authorities, as well as how to complete the necessary safety procedures. What is required to pass the safety assessments, and is project registration necessary? **Notice of the General Administration of Work Safety on Further Strengthening the Safety Management of Chemical Tank Areas, An Jian Zong Guan San [2014] No. 68: (II) Strengthen the production and operation management of chemical tank areas. Under normal operating conditions, it is strictly prohibited to allow any space to form between the floating disk of an internal floating roof tank and the material contained within it. In special cases where operation at an extremely low liquid level is necessary, it is essential to ensure that the feed flow rate is below the specified limit when resuming feeding, in order to prevent accidents caused by static electricity. When high or low level alarms occur, immediate action must be taken. When there are fluctuations in the upstream equipment, it is necessary to strengthen the analysis and testing of materials entering the tank area, in order to prevent high-temperature materials or light components from entering the storage tanks and causing accidents. For tank farms with loading and unloading platforms, strict management of loading/unloading operations and vehicle usage is required to prevent unauthorized activities from compromising the safety of the tank farm. Strictly follow the requirements for change management to strengthen the change management in the tank farm. Suspend the use of the exhaust gas connection and recovery system for multiple chemical storage tanks immediately; it can be put back into use only after passing safety assessments.