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PREVIEW • THIS YEAR’S TSA CONFERENCE PACKS EVEN MORE INTO ONE DAY THAN PREVIOUS EVENTS, WITH ANOTHER SELL-OUT EXHIBITION TO SEE


THE TANK STORAGE Association (TSA) represents operators in the third-party bulk liquids storage sector in the UK. Its 19 member companies provide more than 8m m3


of


storage capacity for petroleum products, chemicals, edible oils and fats, biofuels and other liquids. The closure of a number of UK refineries


in recent years means that the country is increasingly reliant on imported fuels. It is the job of TSA’s members to handle those imports – 86 per cent of their tank capacity is dedicated to storing oil and fuels – meaning that the sector represents a strategically vital cog in the nation’s energy security machine.


One of TSA’s main tasks is to ensure that its members’ needs and concerns are recognised by UK government agencies, particularly in respect of any new or emerging legislation that may impact their activities. It is noticeable that, for the past ten years or more, those agencies have been very open to dialogue and have involved TSA and other representative associations in the decision-making process. TSA’s annual conference, which this year


takes place on 29 September, reflects that mission, with speakers lined up from the competent authorities alongside industry experts and consultants. The concurrent exhibition will be full of all manner of services


and equipment designed to help terminal operators run their facilities more safely and more efficiently, and to cope with new technical requirements and demands from the regulators and from their customers.


SAFETY IN NUMBERS Over the past ten years – particularly since the explosion at the Buncefield oil storage depot in December 2015 – terminal operators have paid a great deal more attention to process safety management at their sites. Indeed, this was a major focus of the report into the Buncefield event, and its implications continue to reverberate not just through the UK industry. TSA now uses the API 754 standard to


collect and analyse process safety data from its members. Since 2000 there have been no more than two Tier 1 events – those involving a significant loss of containment – in any one year. “Overall, the rate at which these events occur continues a downward trend since recording began,” says the Association. A very similar picture emerges from data on Tier 2 events, which involve a small loss of containment, with only one such incident recorded in both 2014 and 2015.


HCB MONTHLY | SEPTEMBER 2016


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