Storage tanks and impoundment facilities are key to Oil and Gas operations. Secondary containment of liquids stored in tanks mitigate risks and damage as a result of tank failures, accidental flooding, spills and leaks. Reinforced Earth walls are built to create areas of confined space to impound spilled hazardous liquid for treatment, conveyance and controlled disposal.

Geoquest engineers are experts in designing containment solutions that are accepted worldwide. We use techniques and materials that are inherently designed to meet cryogenic safety standards for rapid thermal shock and explosions. Reinforced Earth walls are proven through full-scale cryogenic testing and live accident documentation to perform under extreme conditions. For instance, stable structural performance at temperatures of -160 degrees C° for liquid natural gas, and up to a flame temperature of 1100 degrees C° has been documented. These walls are also routinely designed to mitigate damage caused by explosions and bombardment. A series of tests spanning 40 years confirms the efficient performance of Reinforced Earth structures subjected to high-level pressures.

Due to their high resilience and ductility, these walls also withstand natural forces such as earthquake, hurricane, rockfall and avalanche.

Our teams work with engineers to solve problems relating to storage tank settlement. As opposed to cast-in-place walls, a Reinforced Earth ring wall mitigates the effects of settlement. These walls can shift naturally with the tank bottom, which controls differential settlement between the center of tank and edge of tank.

For pipeline protection, whether on land or in water, we provide a protective shelter from the elements using either TechRevetment geosynthetic formed concrete mattress or TechSpan concrete arches to protect pipelines from external assault, scour, and to mitigate damage in the event of leakage.