On November 4, a practical class in the discipline “Oil Storage Facilities” was held at Ural Petroleum LLP for students of group ND-41O of the educational programme 6B07204 – “Oil and Gas Engineering”. The class was organised and conducted by M.K. Kiikbayev, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering. The aim of the class was to consolidate the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom in real production conditions.

Ural Petroleum LLP is an enterprise engaged in the storage and processing of oil and petroleum products. First, the students received a safety briefing from the company’s specialists and then toured the production site. The main focus of the class was the tank farm, where tanks with capacities of 1,000 and 2,000 m³ are installed for storing fuel oil, crude oil and light petroleum products. The students studied the layout of the tank farm and its equipment, the processes of receiving, storing and dispatching products, as well as the operation of the instrumentation and the piping system.

During the class, the differences between horizontal steel tanks (RGS) and vertical steel tanks (RVS) were examined using real facilities as examples. RGS tanks have a small capacity and are easy to install, so they are used for storing and distributing small volumes of products. RVS tanks have a large capacity and are widely used in tank farms that store significant volumes of oil and petroleum products.

The practical class gave students a clear understanding of their future professional environment and allowed them to link theoretical knowledge with practice. Such cooperation between the university and industry helps improve the quality of training of qualified specialists. The organisers thanked the company’s management for the warm welcome and for the opportunity to learn from the specialists’ experience.