Houston Ship Channel Terminal Expansion – Detailed Engineering and Design

Houston Ship Channel Terminal Expansion – Detailed Engineering and Design

Orbital Engineering worked closely with a Midstream oil and gas client on the Houston Ship Channel who purchased and prepared a site for additional receipt, storage and distribution of gasoline and other products. The $200MM TIC project included the design and installation of twelve (12) 150,000 BBL storage tanks, one (1) 15,000 BBL transmix tank, six (6) transfer pumps with a combined max capacity of 55,000 BPH, one (1) blending pump, two (2) stripping pumps and two (2) sump pumps. The product is moved through the facility by use of a 200’x50’x25’ deep outbound manifold pit and a 175’x50’ inbound wing manifold with most product pumps centrally located on a 60’x60’ pump pad.

Civil site work including berms, drainage and roadways for the entire tank facility were designed and prepared as well as all tank vapor collection, tank facility fire protection and tank foam distribution systems. Plant 3D was utilized for modeling the facility and allowed for quick production of project piping orthographic and isometric drawings. Orbital was also asked to revise and further maintain intelligent project P&ID’s which were developed using Plant 3D.