NORA CRUDE Oil Storge Tanks Case Study

The National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) was established in 1995 as a subsidiary of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation Limited (INPC). NORA is the State Agency responsible for the holding of national strategic oil stocks at a level determined annually by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Detector Used

Mercury Engineering in conjunction with MICROPACK, supplied, installed and commissioned a start of the art flame detection system which utilised the latest detector offering from MICROPACK; the FDS300.

The detectors were installed covering the bund areas, surrounding the storage tanks, along with the tank vents located on the roof of the tank.

FDS300_415x533 — Designed for hazardous industries where fast optical flame detection is critical and nuisance alarms are not an option! The MICROPACK FDS300 is an explosion-proof visual flame detector.

FDS300 Intelligent Flame Detector

Review process

Hazard Identification & a site-specific risk assessment.
The philosophy is defined.
Selecting the mapping technology.
Analysing the site and calculating coverage
Performance target review and a findings report.

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