ThinkTanks:
A Forum for Inspection Industry Insight & Exchange
ThinkTanks is a technical conference hosted by Ranger Inspection™, created to support knowledge-sharing, thoughtful discussion, and practical insight across the inspection industry.
Each ThinkTanks event brings together industry professionals to explore real-world challenges, evolving standards, and emerging technologies that shape how inspection work is performed. The focus is on experience-driven discussion, technical depth, and information that participants can apply directly in their roles.
What ThinkTanks Covers
🔹 Aboveground storage tank design, inspection, and integrity
🔹 Engineering considerations and API-related topics
🔹 Case studies and lessons learned from field experience
🔹 Emerging technologies and inspection methods
🔹 Owner/operator perspectives and technical demonstrations
Content is designed for engineers, inspectors, owner/operators, and regulators who value practical insight over sales-driven presentations.
Professional Development
Many ThinkTanks sessions may be eligible for Professional Development Hours (PDH), subject to approval by individual certifying bodies.
ThinkTanks reflects Ranger Inspection’s commitment to advancing technical understanding and supporting meaningful dialogue within the inspection community.
Greg Mann | Ranger Inspection™
David Cushman | West Virginia Paint LLC
Phil Myers | PEMY Consulting
John Cornell | H.I.R. Technical Services
Earl Crochet | Crochet Midstream Consulting
Andrew Yearwood | PEMY Consulting
Previous ThinkTanks Speakers
With many more!
Meet and learn from industry leaders!
Enjoy a program of speakers and presentations covering the latest industry topics.
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Previous ThinkTanks Presentations:
- Effective use of Side‐Entry Tank Mixers for Aboveground Storage Tank Industry
- INC ‐ API 12 Series Standards Update
- The Grim Reaper: Tank Lining Failures
- TransCanada Pipelines ‐ Underground Storage Tanks in the Oil & Gas Industry
- SYSCOR Controls & Automation Inc. ‐ Floating Roof Monitor Tracker
- What exactly happened in West Virginia? Tank Foundations/Settlement Problems
- Gasoline Storage Tank Vapor Clouds – How Much Risk?
- Lightning Protection & Risk Analysis
- API MPMS Chapter 2: Calibration
- Enbridge Pipelines: API Standards update
- Tank Repair Topics
- Industry Trends in Tank Overfill Protection
- History: Product Storage over the last 5000 years
- “Why Floating Roof Seals are Like Tires: Evaluating the Options When Specifying and Purchasing a Seal”
- Esso Imperial Oil Research and Engineering ‐ High vapour pressure crude test procedure ASTM D6377
- Optical flame detection for tank rim seal fire
- Floating Roofs
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Strange Failures and Novel Innovations in the World of Coatings and Linings
- Shop Fabricated Tank Standard STI – SP031
- Static Electricity Ignitions – Recognizing, Evaluating, and Controlling the Hazard
- An Assessment of the Impact of Edge Settlement and Tank Lifting on the Floor to Shell Joint of Aboveground Storage Tanks
- Floating Roof Design
- Technologies for In-Service Measurement of Seal Gaps in Internal Floating Roof Tanks
- Confined Spaces, Are They Safe to Enter? Why do People Die in Confined Spaces?
- Keynote Speaker: Energy Market Overview
- API 545 Lightning Protection
- Saskatchewan Upstream Petroleum Industry Storage Standards S-01 an Update
- Don’t Get Burned by Hot Work – Best Practices for Aboveground Storage Tanks
- The Importance of Determining The Correct Original Thickness
- Common Sense? Not So Common After All
- LNG Tap Group Update
- Change Management in Tank Farm Secondary Containment
- Value of 3D Laser Scanning for Storage Tank Inspections
- How Do You Know What's Really Happening Inside Your LNG or Other Cryogenic Liquid Tanks?
- New API Standard for Inspection of Refrigerated Tanks
- Temperature Measurement for Better Volume Accuracy
- How to Do API 653 Laser Scan Settlement Analysis
- Regulatory Updates and Trends for Aboveground Storage Tanks in the U.S. and Canada: Emissions and Fire Suppression Insights
- Tank Inspections, Robots & Drones: An Owner's Perspective
- Levelness Parameters for Bolted Tanks, Part 1
- The Power of Two: The Inseparable US-Canada Energy Partnership
- Bearing Plate Advantages in Modern API 650 Tanks
- Leveraging New Drone Technologies for Asset Integrity
- Tank Inspection 101 Round Table
- API 650, 625, and 620 Potential Wind Related Changes
- Drone Applications for Asset Integrity
- Future of ICP: Building on Proven Value and Advancing What’s Next
- Driving Safety Through Global Inspection Standards
- Accurate Measurement | Establishing Automatic Tank Gauging and Temperature Correction
- Addressing the Talent Gap in Oil and Gas: Building the Future Workforce Through Certification Programs
- PHMSA R&D Projects Co-funded and Executed by PRCI on Tanks and Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors, Cathodic Protection and Alternative Bottom Designs
- Safety Looking Down from the Top
- Degassing Tanks, Why Beneficial?
- Tank Pipe Support Design, Options and Issues
- Crude Oil Tank Bottoms Recovery Utilizing Latest Tank Bottom Cleaner and Effective Mixing
- Understanding Settlement and Related Issues
- Robotic Tank Cleaning Operations: Increasing Safety and Efficiency
- Product Blending, Enhancing & Upgrading with Side Entry Tank Mixers and the Use of Engineering Simulation to Determine Required Flow Patterns
- Evaporation Loss Estimation (CELE) Update
- Emissions Impact from Tank Cleaning & Floating Roof Landing Losses
- Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations
- Testing Atmospheres – Safely
- Assessing New Technologies for Oil Tank Inspections
- No Entry Cleaning of Crude Tanks
- Tank Gauging Installation Considerations
- Making Terminal and Tank Project Management a Competitive Advantage
- Inspecting and Protecting External Floating Roof Surfaces - Connecting a Missing Link
- Macroeconomic Discussion Including Impacts of Inflation, Monetary Policy, Real Assets, and Cryptocurrency
- Tank Foundation Settlement Tolerance: A Case History from Port Moody, BC
- API 2350 5th Edition: The Good, The Better, The Unexpected
- Lessons Learned from 36 Years of Flammable Liquid Firefighting
- Emerging Drone Technologies for Inspection and Analysis in the Oil and Gas Industry
- AST Corrosion Control and Monitoring with VCI Applications
- The New API 12R1 and What It Means for the Upstream Industry
- Update on Latest Documents Published by API's Subcommittee on Aboveground Storage Tanks
- Corrosion Control Inspection, Monitoring, and New Technologies for ASTs
- New API Publication on Natural Disasters and Tanks
- State of the Art Robotics Technology
- Addressing Risk to ASTs in the Chemical Industry
- Advocating for Risk Based Inspections in the US
- API Standard's Global Impact on Safety, Sustainability and the Future of Oil and Gas
- You're Storing That!?!
- Emission Control Devices for Above Ground Storage Tanks
- LNG: A Case Study of Corrosion & Repair
- NextGen Credentialing: Bridging the Technology Gap
- Advanced Floating Roof Failure and Corrosion Analysis
- Aboveground Storage Tank Floating Roofs and Sneaky Integrity Issues
- From Data to Analysis: The Power of 3D Technology in Oil and Gas
- New API Recommended Practice 626 Inspection and Assessment of Refrigerated and Cryogenic Tanks
- Aboveground Storage Tank Soil-side Corrosion Monitoring Technology – Benefits and Issues
- Floating Roof Inspections & Achieving Compliance
- From Fabric to Function: Engineering the Next Generation of Emission Barriers
- Bolted Tank Failures, “A Few Bad Actors.”
- My Tank Runneth Over, API Psalms 23:5