Register now for the American Petroleum Institute 2025 API Storage Tank Conference & Expo Oct 20-23, 2025 – Phoenix
About the API Storage Tank Conference
The API Storage Tank Conference has been an annual event since 1995. It is considered the only meeting designed specifically for high-level storage tank professionals and has built a loyal and dedicated attendee base over the years.
This conference is volunteer-driven, both at the planning committee and speaker level, consistently delivering a compelling program focused on safety, best practices, and innovation. Attendees also have the opportunity to earn Professional Development Hours (PDH), helping them maintain certifications and required continuing education hours.
Beyond technical learning, the event fosters networking and idea exchange, with dedicated sponsors and exhibitors showcasing their latest products and services to support the industry’s ongoing growth and success.
Who Should Attend
- Tank, Valves, and Piping Professionals
- Tank Owners, Managers, or Operators
- Experienced Storage Tank Professionals
- Senior Tank Designers or Construction Specialists
- Representatives of Oil and Petrochemical Refineries, Utilities, Pipelines, Tank Cleaning Firms, and others interested in Confined Spaces and Safe Tank Entry
- Refinery and Terminal Owners, Managers, or Operators
- Senior Design or Construction Specialists
Professional Development Hours (PDH) / Continuing Professional Development (CPD):
- 7 hours will be provided for the October 8th API/STI-SPFA Course.
- 14 hours will be provided for the October 20–23, 2025 Conference.
- Total: Up to 21 hours available.
Attendees must scan their badge at the door to document attendance. Session logs and certificates will be emailed after the Conference.
2025 Presentations Include:
- Keynote: The Power of Relationships – Joe Sauger, Buckeye Partners
- An Alternate Method to Verify the Anchorage Requirements for Storage Tanks
- Soil-Side Corrosion Monitoring and Inspection Predictions of Aboveground Storage Tank Bottoms
- CUI2 – Concise UAV Integration for Corrosion Under Insulation
- Using Reliability Gap Assessments for Successful API 2350 Compliance
- Cascading Failures – US Chemical Safety Board Case Studies
- Modernizing Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) with Optical Gas Imaging
- Seismic Evaluation of Storage Tanks under New State Regulations
- Engineering Analysis of Double Deck Roof Crude Storage Tank Failure under Rainwater Load (Case study)
- Spiral Welding of Vertical Storage Tanks
- Project Pitfalls by Owner/Operators
- Tank Bottom-Side Corrosion Calculations: A 25-Year Study of the Validity of API’s Tank Corrosion Rate
- Optimizing In-Service Tank Inspection Using Advanced Ultrasonic Techniques
- From Inspection to Assessment – Maximizing Your Tank’s Operation
- Update From the API 579 AST Task Group on Fitness-for-Service of Tanks
- UT Phase Array (New Technique) – Inspection Shell to Annular Plate
- Ensure Your Tanks Are API MPMS-Compliant from Design to Maintenance
- High Confidence API 653 and API 575 Data and Reporting Through Internal Robotic Inspections
- The Importance of Tank Coating Assessments and Specifications
- Are you current on API Standards? – Update on What’s New or Coming Soon
- Robotic Tank Cleaning – A Step Change in Safety
- Vapor Recovery During Tank Cleaning & Processing— Cost, Compliance, and Safety Impacts
- True Vapor Pressure Limits of Floating Roofs
- Elevated Insight: How Drones are Transforming Storage Tank Inspections
- Corrosion of Aluminum Floating Roofs During Hydrostatic Testing
- How Long Should It Last? – An Operations Experience with Full Contact Floating Roofs
- Code Compliant EFR Repairs
- Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans Overview
- Evaluation of Advanced Submerged Robotic Inspection Technologies
- New Settlement Analysis Options in API 653
- Storm Surge Induced Failures of Storage Tanks
- Closing Keynote: Signals vs. Noise – Energy Markets and the Economy (API’s Chief Economist)
NEW! API Refrigerated Tank Conference
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Co-located with Day 2 of the API Storage Tank Conference
With the focus on reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and meeting growing demand, the API Refrigerated Tanks Conference will highlight refrigerated and cryogenic storage, innovation, emissions mitigation, and infrastructure advancement.
2025 Refrigerated Tank Presentations Include:
- Keynote: Refrigerated Storage Tanks – Current and Future Markets
- Assessment of Pressure Relief Vent Fires on LNG Storage Tank Roofs
- New API Standard for Inspection of Refrigerated Tanks
- Enhancing an Existing LNG Storage Tank by Repair and Upgrades (Case Study)
- Rehabilitation of an Ammonia Storage Tank (AT-911)
- Innovative Construction of Cryogenic Storage Tanks Using High Manganese Steel
- Midscale Modular Refrigerated Liquified Gas (RLG) Tanks
- Flexible, Scalable, Modularized LNG Storage Solutions
- Enhancing Safety and Efficiency: Acoustic Emission Monitoring
- Overview of LNG Risk Management
- Closing Keynote: Signals vs. Noise – Energy Markets and the Economy (API’s Chief Economist)
Workshops
API-NFPA Safe Tank Entry Workshop
Monday, October 20 – Tuesday, October 21, 2025
This two-day course covers Confined Space Hazard Identification, Classification, Decommissioning, Hot Work, Repairs, and Inerting. Hands-on practice includes atmospheric monitoring, calibration, and simulated testing.
API/STI-SPFA Repair, Inspection, Modification, and Upgrade of Field Erected Storage Tanks Course
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Designed for operators, inspectors, and engineers seeking to expand knowledge of field-erected tanks. Learn how to evaluate deficiencies, ensure compliance, and plan efficient repairs.
7 PDH (Professional Development Hours) will be provided for course attendance.
Course Topics Include:
- History of Tank Repair and Maintenance Standards
- API 653 Inspections
- Requests for Quotation for Repairs
- Changes in Service
- Tank Repairs and Modifications
- Tank Coatings Inspection and Repairs
- Tank Testing
- Return to Service
