LEC’s Tank Battery Lightning Protection Product – A Wise Investment
Lightning protection is a wise investment for the oil production and storage industry. If a storage tank or a tank battery is adversely affected by a lightning, the results can be monumental. - Parts of that battery may become heavily damaged, and the battery will not only become useless but will also become a liability. - Production from the field will be severely reduced or possibly stopped. - Production might be continued with the use of fractured tanks and trucking water for disposal, but these are expensive options. - Rebuilding the battery not only takes time, but it diverts expensive man-hours from other needed activities. - If slightly radioactive fluid was being produced or the battery was in an urban area, liability concern will predominate. - Even if the tanks are not struck directly by a lightning termination, a nearby lightning strike can still create an internal spark that can and, in some cases, will lead to an explosive event and a catastrophic fail