LPG Transfer Pipe(line) through Oil Products Tank Farm

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Does anybody know whether there is a ruling, legislation, guideline or similar (in any country) which prohibits or strongly recommends against the routing of an LPG transfer line through an oil products tank farm? The situation I am thinking of is an existing marine terminal. LPG would be offloaded at piers which could be used for both oil products and LPG. The LPG would be transferred through a pipeline routed through the existing oil products tank farm to the LPG storage facilities which are off site. Of course the engineering would take the relevant codes (spacings etc.) and risk analyses into account. Right now I am interested whether this configuration is allowed by law etc. I could not find any ruling against.

 

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Yes that is true. Technology is available. However, these are all new concepts for the operator. E.g. there is currently no cathodic protection in his plant. He has no pipeline near the water table. It would take a bit of selling. Over the road the next plant has an underwater pipeline. But this operator still needs to warm up to the other alternatives out there. Thank you for your posts.