Leak Detection Methods for Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks and Piping

Course Description:

As of December 1993, all petroleum underground storage tanks (USTs) must have adequate leak detection in place.  This course provides information about the following methods that EPA has identified for UST owners and operators to use to meet federal leak detection requirements:  1) Secondary containment with interstitial monitoring,  2) Automatic tank gauging systems (including continuous ATG systems),  3) Vapor monitoring (including tracer compound analysis),  4) Groundwater monitoring,  5) Statistical inventory reconciliation,  6) Other methods meeting performance standards.

This course is intended for, petroleum engineers, chemical engineers, geotechnical engineers, environmental engineers, and civil engineers.  An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about the above six EPA identified methods for meeting federal UST leak detection requirements.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Be familiar with the general Federal leak detection requirements for petroleum underground storage tanks and piping
• Be familiar with secondary containment with interstitial monitoring, as a method for meeting federal petroleum UST leak detection requirements
• Be familiar with groundwater monitoring
• Be familiar with statistical inventory reconciliation