BTC PROJECT EIA TURKEY FINAL EIA

The tank farm will comprise seven 150,800m capacity, floating roof storage tanks. Nominal dimensions of each tank will be 100m in diameter and 19.2m in height. The tanks have been designed to accommodate sloshing. The footprint for each storage tank will be approximately 0.78 ha. The bunded areas for the storage tanks will be designed to accommodate 110% of the net tank volume and will be approximately 4ha in area. A suitable liner (potentially a bentonite mix) will cover the base of the whole tank farm to prevent any leakages through to the soil below. The liner material below the tanks will be designed in accordance with current practices for retaining fluids used in the EU landfill/hazardous waste industry. The permeability and thus integrity of the liner will be reported on and proof tested during construction, to ensure that it meets the specified requirements. The base of each tank will be lined with 5cm sand and asphalt, which will be underlain with 10cm bitumen and gravel. A perforated steel pipe will pass beneath this layer within a layer of gravel and sand. Any leakages will be collected by the pipe and detected at the outlet. Beneath the pipeline the bentonite seal will serve to prevent leakages entering the soil. The sides of the tank bunds will be lined with sand asphalt, which is more stable in the hot weather conditions that prevail at the terminal site than most of the available alternatives. The tanks will be constructed in accordance with American Petroleum Institute (API) 650. Each tank will be provided with six side entry mixers to prevent excessive wax formation of the crude oil within the tank. Fixed foam rim seal fire fighting and external tank shell cooling systems will be provided in accordance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes (see Section 9.4.11). Pipe headers and valve manifolds will be provided for loading and unloading individual tanks, as well as for transferring product between tanks. Two Transfer Pumps will be used to transfer product between the seven storage tanks and as boosters for when the transfer lines are being pigged. Minimum safety distances between and around tanks will be in accordance with NPFA and Turkish Standards (1).

9.4.4
9.4.4.1

Transfer pipelines
Transfer lines

Twin 42 inch (1,050mm) nominal diameter loading lines, approximately 2.4km in length, will transfer product from the tank farm to the Jetty by gravity feed. Each transfer line (also referred to as loading line) will have provision for a pig launcher and pig receiver to allow bi-directional pigging of the lines. The two loading lines will be buried, and follow the route shown on Figure 9.5.

(1) The 'Charter on the Measures to be taken at the Works and Businesses which Utilise Flammable, Explosive, Hazardous and Detrimental Materials' issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

THE MARINE TERMINAL OCTOBER 2002 9-8