In industries dealing with hazardous substances, the integrity and safety of storage tanks are paramount. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has developed the API 650 standards to address these ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 650, Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage, provides design rules for petroleum storage tanks. These rules are intended to provide reasonable margins ...

API's pressure vessel and tank committee recently concluded a 5-year effort to revise Standard 650, which provides design rules to give reasonable margins against failure of petroleum storage tanks ...