Tanks & terminals

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The US EIA has confirmed that US crude oil exports increased following the disruption to refineries caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Transneft Diascan inspected 825 oil and petroleum product storage tanks last year.

ATS Group LLC has announced the acquisition of Willbros Tank Services from Willbros Group Inc.

Kathryn Clay has been appointed the new President of ILTA, and will take up her position on 1 March.

EnergyQuest reports that Australia’s total annual exports of LNG are up 26% to a record 56.8 million t.

Gasunie LNG Holding B.V., Oiltanking GmbH and Vopak LNG Holding B.V. aim to operate an LNG terminal in northern Germany.

According to the EIA, net withdrawals from natural gas storage amounted to 359 billion ft3 for the week ending 5 January 2018.

Ashtead Technology is using tank floor inspection technology manufactured by Eddyfi Technologies for safety and environmental reasons.

Zenith Energy has signed an agreement to acquire terminaling assets in Hamburg from Shell.

Quarles Petroleum has acquired the petroleum distribution business of Colonial Fuel Oil.

SemGroup Corp. has announced the sale of SemMaterials México to Ergon Asfaltos México for approximately US$70 million.

The project will see a new crude oil gathering system and storage terminal constructed in McMullen County, Texas, US.

Tallgrass Energy Partners has bought interests in the Pawnee crude oil terminal and Deeprock North.

Andeavor has enhanced its position in the Permian Basin through the acquisition of Rangeland Energy II, LLC.