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If you intend planning to store a great amount of fuel for your future requirements, you should to do so using self-bunded tanks. These are storage tanks with two steel walls which allows for self-containment and onsite fuel storage.

This is the perfect solution for your fuel requirements, particularly if your business involves running a fleet of fuel-hungry vehicles for a specific job. Instead of driving back and forth to petrol stations during operations, why not have self-bunded tanks at your site ready?

The tanks are quite easy to relocate and, in addition, can also be fitted with various optional equipment, for example valves and hoses to transfer the contents. This article discusses some important information regarding self-bunded tanks, and help you in your consideration of purchasing one for your future needs.

Self-Bunded Tanks Applications
There are a lot of situations where self-bunded tanks could prove to be useful. Possible situations include diesel and petroleum storage and applications. As discussed earlier, this could be easily installed in your base or site of operations so that vehicles and machineries requiring fuel doesn’t need to travel just to refuel. If you think that it would be inefficient for workers to drive to and from petrol stations, you can get small self-bunded tanks for your oil fuel storage easily accessed in your back yard. You could also use self-bunded tanks for storing biodiesel, oil, and waste oil, among others. The thick double walling of the tanks makes them the best storage option for volatile liquids such as the ones mentioned before.

Self-Bunded Tanks: Built Tough
The tanks are built for strength and durability; please rest assured, there will be no leaks or spillage of the valuable liquids that you store for years to come. One aspect that you can absolutely trust is the two-skin wall feature of these self-bunded tanks. This way, even if the liquid was able to seep through the first wall, there’s yet another thick wall that will prevent it from leaking and contaminating the area. Because of this, you can easily take precautionary measures to address the problem. A leak through the first wall is extremely unlikely though, as these tanks are coated for protection to make certain that there are no unnecessary reactions between the tank and the liquids that it contains.

Other features of self-bunded tanks that you can count on include dished and flanged ends for better durability, and the protective layer which are in line with customer preference and code requirements. In addition, these tanks are fitted with a monitoring system to warn against overfill and also to warn you of any leakage from the inner wall of the tank. In addition to having double walls, these self-bunded tanks also have a separate compartment that provides spill containment. There is a large spill containment sump right beneath the pumping system, and a large spill box placed around the main access at the top of these tanks.

Installation
As mentioned earlier, these self-bunded tanks can easily be relocated to your site of operations. Installation is also trouble-free, as it can be located anywhere as long as there’s a compacted gravel pad or a concrete floor. This ease of installation of these self-bunded tanks minimizes related costs, as well as the impact to the environment and the overall set-up time.

Looking for self-bunded tanks? Logitank can help. Check out our range of self bunded tanks and hydrocarbon fuel storage tanks.