3D Scanning for Tank Farms & Terminals

Why tank farms & terminals sites scan

Tanks change shape. Settlement tilts them, shells go out of round, and floating roofs bind — and every one of those is a geometric measurement that API 653 evaluation depends on. Scanning captures the whole shell in a fraction of the time a manual survey takes, with far more points to evaluate against the annex criteria.

What it is actually used for

Settlement surveys evaluated against API 653 Annex B criteria; shell verticality and out-of-roundness; floating roof and seal geometry; nozzle and appurtenance position capture for repair design; and capacity/strapping capture where calibration matters commercially.

What a scan will not tell you

What a scan does not give you: reality capture records SURFACES. It measures geometry to millimetres and it will not tell you remaining wall thickness, whether a weld contains lack of fusion, or how much life an asset has left. Those are examination questions, answered by ultrasonics, radiography and the rest of the NDT method set — which is why scanning and inspection belong in the same programme rather than substituting for one another.

How scanning and inspection work together here

Geometry is only part of a tank programme. Floor scanning by MFL, shell UT thickness and weld examination supply the condition half — see what an API 653 inspection actually involves. API 653 tank inspection · UT thickness work · tank programme consulting.

How Atlantis delivers

Atlantis mobilises scanning crews to your site — terrestrial laser scanning, photogrammetry and drone capture as the asset demands — and delivers registered point clouds, meshes and the deliverable your engineering team actually consumes. We do not claim a survey office in every market, and say so plainly.

3D scanning services · turning captured geometry into a digital twin · scope a scan.

Scanning in other sectors

Refinery & Petrochemical · Shipyard & Marine · Power Generation · Aerospace & Defence · Fabrication & Modular Construction · Mining & Bulk Handling.