API 650 storage tanks fabricated and erected in Egypt
API 650 is the reference standard for welded atmospheric storage tanks, and buyers in Egypt's petroleum and gas sector treat it as a pass/fail requirement rather than a preference. Meeting it is not a matter of copying a drawing: it needs qualified welding procedures, controlled plate handling, a disciplined NDT regime and a document dossier that a third-party inspector can accept at first submittal.
What the scope covers
TARRADCO has been fabricating tanks in Alexandria since 1985. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Approved Supplier, Reg. No. 124. Our management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
- Welded atmospheric tanks to API 650 for crude, product, water and process service
- Shell course rolling, bottom and annular plate layout, cone and dome roof structures
- Nozzle and manway sets, reinforcing pads, stairways, platforms and handrails
- Welding to qualified procedures, with welder qualification records issued in the dossier
- Radiography, ultrasonic, dye-penetrant and vacuum box testing as the ITP requires
- Hydrotest, settlement monitoring and handover documentation
- SA 2.5 blasting and airless coating, internal lining to the specified system
- Site erection crews: qualified welders, pipe fitters and riggers from our own workforce
Certifications & standards
- Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Approved Supplier, Reg. No. 124
- Triple ISO certified: 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018
What moves the price
The variables we quote against
Diameter, height and shell course count against the API 650 design basis
Plate grade and any stainless or clad requirement for the stored product
Roof configuration, including internal floating roof where vapour loss matters
Radiography percentage and third-party witness points defined in the ITP
Internal lining and external coating system to ISO 12944 exposure class
Shop fabrication versus field erection, and access at the receiving site
Confirmed figures
- Largest tank delivered to date: 30 m diameter
- 400–1,000 tonnes fabricated per month at the Alexandria yard, depending on workload
- 100 qualified welders on the permanent payroll
The yard
Alexandria yard capability
Our head office and main fabrication yard sit at OM Zegio, behind the EZDK factory in Alexandria, on a facility of more than 20,000 m², working since 1985.
Tour the factoryLarge Sheets Rolling Machine
Heavy plate rolling up to industrial thickness
CNC Plate Cutting Machine
2.5 × 12 m bed — precision plasma & oxy-fuel
Submerge Automatic Welding Machine
18 m linear travel — high-deposition SAW
Hydraulic Press Brake
Heavy-section bending & forming
Punching & Notching Machine
Profile cutting, hole punching, slotting
Overhead Cranes (multi-bay)
Yard-wide lifting across a 20,000+ m² facility
Sandblasting Chamber
SA 2.5 surface preparation to spec
Airless Painting Systems
Industrial-grade protective coatings
Petroleum & gas sector clients
Names already published in our client list on this site.
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