EEMUA
About us
EEMUA – the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association – is a non-profit membership organisation that exists to serve its member companies, which are the users of engineering equipment and materials. EEMUA is an internationally recognised source of expertise and information for the engineering industry with a cross sector, cross industry approach. Through its broad range of activities and its members’ breadth and depth of engineering expertise, EEMUA helps improve the safety, environmental and operating performance of industrial facilities in the most cost-effective way.
On Stand G41 we will be showcasing the support EEMUA offers to the international bulk storage industry – guidance, training and competency courses, e-learning and membership opportunities.
Products
EEMUA 159: Above ground flat bottomed storage tanks - a guide to inspection, maintenance and repair
EEMUA 159 is considered to be the most comprehensive users' guide available on above ground vertical cylindrical, steel storage tanks. It is also used worldwide by regulators as an example of what good practice looks like. EEMUA 159 is intended to assist in the establishment of essential inspection and maintenance requirements in order to minimise in-service problems and extend the useful life of these storage tanks. It offers guidance on tanks built to BS, EN or API standards for the storage of petroleum and chemical feed-stocks and products and refrigerated gases. These standards include BS 2654, API 620 and API 650, DIN 4119-1 and -2, CODRES, G0801 and EN 14015. In addition, since EEMUA 159 contains information on many topics that are not covered in API 653, the EEMUA publication can be considered complementary to the API standard.
Safe and efficient tank storage - EEMUA 159 training and competency courses
The EEMUA 159 training portfolio provides practitioner-level to awareness-level training, assessment and competency courses for tank integrity inspectors, assessors, engineers, managers and others responsible for process safety and for the safe operation and maintenance of in-service storage tanks for bulk fluids. All courses are based on the acknowledged guidance and good practice of EEMUA 159, 'Above ground flat bottomed storage tanks – a guide to inspection, maintenance and repair', together with other internationally recognised EEMUA user guides and other industry publications, as well as regulations and formal standards, such as ISO and API. EEMUA 159 training is accessible to everyone, wherever they are in the world – delivered online, blended, in the classroom, or in-house, to suit the engineering community and their work needs.
Specialist e-learning for industrial engineering ~ efficiency, safety, competence to reduce the risk of incidents
EEMUA offers a comprehensive range of e-learning awareness-level modules covering a wide range of engineering and process safety topics including storage tanks, plastic tanks, RLG storage tanks, alarm systems, control rooms, and cyber security. All the e-learning modules are built on acknowledged good practice guidance and are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
EEMUA 191: Alarm systems - a guide to design, management and procurement
Alarm systems form an essential part of the operator interfaces to large modern industrial facilities. They provide vital support to the operators by warning them of situations that need their attention and have an important role in preventing, controlling and mitigating the effects of abnormal situations. Since it was first published in 1999, EEMUA 191 has become the globally accepted and leading guide to good practice for all aspects of alarm systems. Developed by users of alarm systems with input from the GB Health and Safety Executive, EEMUA 191 gives comprehensive guidance on designing, managing and procuring an effective alarm system. It is intended to help in improving existing systems and in developing new facilities during plant construction or during alarm system refurbishments. Both of the international standards for the management of alarm systems for the process industries, ISA 18.2 from the International Society of Automation and IEC 62682: 2015, are aligned with EEMUA 191.
EEMUA 201: Control rooms: a guide to their specification, design, commissioning and operation
EEMUA 201 provides a comprehensive guide to the design of control rooms including the control building, physical aspects of the control room, working environment, console design, and control system graphics. The publication relates to human-computer interface (HCI) systems provided for people operating industrial processes and activities. HCI systems are one of a number of key areas that can influence - and optimise - human performance in the area of a centralised control room, so important in maintaining process and major hazard safety. EEMUA 201 gives guidance on: the factors to take into account when designing an HCI; display hierarchies; screen display format design; and control room design attributes which affect HCIs. It is for use by engineers and managers in both user and contracting organisations. The objective is not only to make plants more operable, efficient and able to avoid abnormal situations, but to be able to better manage such situations should they occur.
Specialist guidance for industrial engineering ~ efficiency, safety, competence to reduce the risk of incidents
EEMUA develops industry leading guidance and other publications that promote good and best practice. Engineers around the world recognise the technical quality of EEMUA guides and use them widely across a variety of engineering settings. For the storage tank sector this includes: EEMUA 159 (Inspection, maintenance and repair), EEMUA 180 (Frangible roof joints), EEMUA 213 (Emission reduction), EEMUA 183 (Prevention of tank bottom leakage), EEMUA 147 (Refrigerated liquefied gas), EEMUA 217 (Oil movements), and more. Make sure you visit the EEMUA team on Stand G41 - an opportunity to discuss the content and status of current and new EEMUA publications soon to be released, including EEMUA 213, Ed 2 (Emission reduction from oil storage tanks and loading operations). All guidance is developed by industry, for industry, incorporating the collective experience of EEMUA’s members and other stakeholders with reference to appropriate national and international standards, such as ISO and API.
