Why We Light Fire Under an Oil Tank

Описание: There are two kinds of oilfields: summer oilfields and winter oilfields—and in the winter, freezing temperatures make everything harder.

We have to heat our crude oil storage tanks to keep the brine water from freezing solid. If that water doesn’t separate from the crude, tanker trucks end up hauling water to the refinery (and refineries reject contaminated oil immediately). Here’s how we keep tanks warm the old-school way.

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