What needs to move?
Understand the product and the requirements of receipt, storage and handling.
02 / PETROLEUM SYSTEMSKeep energy
Keep energy
moving.
Storage, handling and distribution, considered as one operating system.
Explore the system
THE OPERATING QUESTIONCapacity is one part.
Capacity is one part.
The interfaces matter too.
Define what arrives, where it is stored and how it leaves the facility.
What must the site support?
Consider storage requirements alongside throughput, dispatch patterns and space.
How does it all connect?
Bring transfer equipment, measurement, utilities and operating needs into the project definition.
01 / THE FACILITY SYSTEMFrom receipt
From receipt
to dispatch.
APICAL’s published oil and gas scope includes energy storage and distribution projects, including domestic LPG bottling.
Define the complete connection.
Each facility needs an arrangement suited to its product, capacity and operating model.
Explore three simplified parts of that system.
Look at the project interfacesPRODUCT → FACILITYILLUSTRATIVE SEQUENCES
RECEIPT → STORAGE
- 01Product receipt
- 02Transfer
- 03Storage
- 04Inventory
Storage begins with the connection.
Consider the product receipt, transfer arrangement and storage requirement as one coordinated system.
All facility sequences
Storage begins with the connection.
Consider the product receipt, transfer arrangement and storage requirement as one coordinated system.
- Product receipt
- Transfer
- Storage
- Inventory
Make dispatch part of the system.
Connect storage with the transfer, measurement and loading arrangements needed for onward distribution.
- Storage
- Transfer
- Metering
- Loading
- Dispatch
A different product. A defined process.
LPG bottling brings bulk receipt, dedicated storage, cylinder filling and dispatch into a product-specific facility.
- Bulk receipt
- LPG storage
- Cylinder filling
- Dispatch
Conceptual sequences, not facility designs. Product-specific protection, utilities, checks and operating procedures belong in the project scope.
02 / PROJECT INTERFACESAn integrated facility.
An integrated facility.
At every stage.
Storage equipment is connected to the systems that receive, transfer, measure and distribute the product.
The product connection.
Define receipt arrangements, transfer equipment and measurement requirements together.
The facility arrangement.
Consider storage, containment, access and supporting utilities within the site concept.
The onward connection.
Bring loading, distribution and the operating team’s requirements into the design.
03 / APICAL’S ROLEFrom project definition
From project definition
to operation.
Connect planning, technical design, procurement, installation and commissioning around an agreed project scope.
OPERATING NEED → PROJECT DEFINITION
Understand what needs to move.
Frame the product, capacity, receipt and dispatch requirements alongside the constraints of the site.
- Opportunity & feasibility
- Concept development
- Project definition
All project stages
Understand what needs to move.
Frame the product, capacity, receipt and dispatch requirements alongside the constraints of the site.
- Opportunity & feasibility
- Concept development
- Project definition
Coordinate the facility interfaces.
Develop the arrangement around storage, transfer and distribution, with equipment specifications and operating requirements considered together.
- Engineering design
- Equipment specifications
- Technical studies
Bring the project to the site.
Connect procurement, installation and commissioning with the agreed design and delivery scope.
- Procurement support
- Installation & supervision
- Testing & commissioning
Keep the operating needs in view.
Support maintenance, inspection and technical training around the requirements of the facility.
- Operations support
- Maintenance & inspection
- Technical training
LET’S DEFINE THE CONNECTION
What needs
to move?
Tell us about the product,
location and facility requirement.
We can begin there.
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