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Vol. 22, No. 5 Week of January 29, 2017
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


A marine terminal containment headache

Damage to the membrane for containing oil from a storage tank spill at the Valdez Marine Terminal raises concerns and questions

ALAN BAILEY

Petroleum News

The 14 large crude oil storage tanks in the east tank farm at the Valdez Marine Terminal sit in basin-like enclosures lined with impervious material, designed as secondary oil containment, should a tank develop a leak. The idea is to hold any spilled oil for a sufficient time to enable responders to....

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