API 653: Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction Training Course

Course Category : Oil & Gas Management

This course focuses on enabling participants to professionally apply API 653 requirements for inspecting aboveground storage tanks, assessing their integrity, and executing repair, alteration, and reconstruction activities in line with internationally recognised engineering best practices.
Duration: 5 Days – Level: Advanced

Introduction

API 653 is one of the most critical international standards governing the inspection of aboveground storage tanks in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Its importance lies in ensuring in-service tank integrity, minimising failure risks, and protecting people, assets, and the environment.
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of API 653 requirements, covering fitness-for-service evaluation, shell, bottom, and foundation inspection, as well as repair, alteration, and reconstruction activities, aligned with relevant API and ASME standards and real-world field practices..

Targeted Audience

Storage Tank Inspectors
Inspection Engineers
Corrosion Engineers
Mechanical Maintenance Engineers
Process Engineers
QA/QC Inspectors
Project Engineers
NDT Engineers
Fabrication and Welding Engineers

Targeted Skills

Interpreting API 653 requirements
In-service tank inspection
Fitness-for-service evaluation
Corrosion and damage mechanism analysis
Repair and alteration planning
Welding and inspection compliance
Risk assessment and tank integrity
Inspection reporting and compliance

Expected Outcomes

Accurately interpret API 653 scope and requirements.
Evaluate tank shell and bottom thickness limits.
Calculate maximum allowable fill height.
Identify damage mechanisms and deterioration causes.
Apply cathodic protection requirements.
Assess welding and inspection per ASME IX.
Plan and execute repair, alteration, and reconstruction works.
Prepare compliant inspection and integrity reports.

Training Topics Index

Scope and definitions
Fitness-for-service
Shell evaluation
Maximum fill height
Bottom inspection and RPS
Foundation assessment
Brittle fracture

Welding and examination
Bottom settlement
API 650 interface
Material requirements
Joint design
Inspection and testing

API 575 tank types
Causes of deterioration
Inspection methods
API 651 cathodic protection
API 652 linings
Inspection parameters

ASME Section IX
WPS, WPQ, PQR
Essential variables
Material classifications
API 571 damage mechanisms

API 577 welding inspection
Hot tapping and in-service welding
ASME Section V
RT, PT, MT
Inspection planning optimisation

Course Features

Updated and Interactive Content
Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
Verified Certificate with a QR Verification Code