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API 650 & 653 – Introduction to the Design and Repair of Storage Tanks

This course provides engineers and technicians with the theoretical and practical skills needed to design, inspect, and repair atmospheric storage tanks in accordance with API 650 and API 653, covering tank wall and bottom design, roof configurations, fitness for service evaluation, inspection procedures, and repair and alteration methods.

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API 650 & 653 – Introduction to the Design and Repair of Storage Tanks
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Summary

This course provides engineers and technicians with the theoretical and practical skills needed to design, inspect, and repair atmospheric storage tanks in accordance with API 650 and API 653, covering tank wall and bottom design, roof configurations, fitness for service evaluation, inspection procedures, and repair and alteration methods.

This course provides engineers and technicians with the theoretical and practical skills needed to design, inspect, and repair atmospheric storage tanks in accordance with API 650 and API 653, covering tank wall and bottom design, roof configurations, fitness for service evaluation, inspection procedures, and repair and alteration methods. 
  • Understand the structure, scope, and application of API 650 and API 653 standards
  • Design and perform calculations for the primary components of storage tanks 
  • Evaluate tank condition and determine fitness-for-service requirements 
  • Understand tank inspection methods, examination procedures, and verification testing 
  • Identify and apply appropriate repair, alteration, and maintenance techniques for storage tanks
The course trainer, Javier Tirenti, also regularly teaches API 510 – Pressure Vessel Inspection and Repair and Design of Mechanical Equipment in Industrial Plants.

Who should attend?

Mechanical Engineer, Tank Engineer, Inspection Engineer, Asset Integrity Engineer, Plant Engineer, Piping Engineer, Structural Engineer, Quality Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, NDT Technician, Project Engineer, Safety Engineer 

How will I benefit?

Gain a practical understanding of API 650 and API 653 requirements for the design, inspection, repair and maintenance of atmospheric storage tanks 

Learn to perform basic tank design calculations, including shell, bottom, annular plate and roof sizing using industry-recognized methods 

Develop the ability to assess tank condition and fitness for service through thickness evaluation, corrosion assessment and foundation reviews 

Understand inspection planning, NDE techniques, radiographic examination, hydrostatic testing, and compliance verification requirements 

Build confidence in selecting and implementing appropriate tank repair and alteration methods while improving safety, reliability and regulatory compliance 
Contributes 14 CPD hours

Key topics

  1.  API 650 Fundamentals and Design Requirements 
  • API 650 code organization, scope, design criteria, and applicable standards 
  • Material selection, corrosion mechanisms, corrosion allowance, and material specifications 
  • Tank wall design principles, one-foot method calculations, and shell thickness determination 
2.    Storage Tank Component Design 
  • Bottom plate and annular plate design requirements and fabrication considerations 
  • Roof selection and design, including fixed, supported, and self-supported roofs 
  • External and internal floating roof configurations and application criteria 
3. API 653 Inspection and Fitness-for-Service
  • API 653 purpose, scope, references, and suitability-for-service requirements 
  • Evaluation of tank shells, roofs, bottoms, foundations, and minimum thickness criteria 
  • Inspection planning, inspection intervals, and internal/external inspection practices 
4. Testing, Repairs and Alterations 
  • NDE methods, radiographic examination, hydrostatic testing and inspection checklists 
  • Tank repair techniques including shell plate replacement and lap-welded patch repairs 
  • Tank alterations, penetration modifications, and repair of fixed and floating roofs 

Mapped against UK- SPEC competencies: A, C, B and E

  1. Knowledge and understanding - For Chartered Engineers: ‘Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to optimize the application of existing and emerging technology’ For Incorporated Engineers: ‘Use a combination of general and specialist mechanical engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology’
  2. Responsibility, management or leadership - For Incorporated and Chartered Engineers: 'Provide Technical and commercial leadership’
  3. Design and development of processes, systems, services and products - For Chartered Engineers: ‘Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to the analysis and solution of mechanical engineering problems’ For Incorporated Engineers ‘Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct commission, operate, maintain, decommission and re-cycle mechanical engineering processes, systems, services and products’
  4. Professional commitment - For Incorporated and Chartered Engineers: ‘Demonstrate a personal commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the profession and the environment’

Meet our trainers

These trainers regularly teach API 650 & 653 – Introduction to the Design and Repair of Storage Tanks.

  • Javier Tirenti

    Javier Tirenti

    Senior Mechanical Engineer and master’s in business administration (MBA). More than 25 years of experience in design, calculation and fabrication of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks, piping systems and structures in general.

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  • Duration:
    2 days
  • Location:
    Virtual classroom
  • CPD Hours:
    14.0
  • UK-Spec:
    A, C, B, E

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Available dates for API 650 & 653 – Introduction to the Design and Repair of Storage Tanks

2 day course

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14-17 Sep 2026 14, 15, 16 & 17 September 2026 (13:30-17:00 BST)
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1-4 Feb 2027 1, 2, 3 & 4 February 2027 (13:30-17:00 GMT)
10% discount available until 1 December
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6-9 Sep 2027 6, 7, 8 & 9 September 2027 (13:30-17:00 BST)
10% discount available until 6 July

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