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Storage tank inspection to API 653, API 650 and the Australian Standards
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Storage tanks are inspected under API 653 once they are in service, against API 650 or API 12C as built, and alongside AS 1692 and AS 1940 in Australia. Articles in this category cover what those codes require, how tank floors are scanned for corrosion, and how inspection data becomes a remaining-life figure you can plan around.

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API 653 Tank Inspection in Australia

What API 653 requires: the three inspection types, how intervals are set from measured corrosion rates, and how remaining life is calculated.

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Tank Floor Inspection: MFL vs Ultrasonic Testing

How magnetic flux leakage and ultrasonic testing are used on tank floors, what each detects, where each has limits, and why both are needed.

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