How it Works

A Closer Look at Our Lightning Protection Systems

Read More

Learn more about risk assessment, mitigation, installation, and maintenance.

Let us Help You

Ready to protect your assets? Give us a call to discuss a facility protection plan.

Which Lightning Protection System is best for your site?

Petro Guardian recommends that production and saltwater disposal facilities be equipped with lightning protection systems comprised of either appropriately placed dissipation points or a catenary system. There are a few factors that determine which protection plan is best a site. 

Dissipation System

A dissipation system is best for tanks that are horizontally vented and not venting flammable gas above the tank. 

Lightning Protection - Tank Battery
Facility Grounding & Bonding

grounding and bonding test well

To minimize the risk of static discharge from the isolated metal bodies, before any of the static mitigation and lightning dissipation devices are installed, it is important that all the metal infrastructure including isolated metal assets are electrically bonded to a common grounded backbone.

Read More 

Fiberglass Tank Static Drain (Static Lasso®)

Fiberglass Tank Static Drain (Static Lasso®)

 

The Static Lasso® is a system that deploys grounded non-corrosive material with a multitude of small points that remain in direct contact with the fluid and vapors inside a tank. In contrast to chains, rods, and plates, which are not effective since they present a flat surface, the Static Lasso® features a frayed carbon fiber assembly which contains a multitude of microscopic points.

Read More

Fiberglass Tank Static Protection
 

Fiberglass tanks at production and disposal sites are generally installed as part of a tank battery in combination with steel tanks. The risk of a lightning strike to an individual tank with a tank battery is almost impossible to evaluate, and a protection system is generally designed to protect the whole tank battery from a direct lightning strike. The protection system, however, must be designed in a manner that isolated metal bodies on the tank battery and on each individual fiberglass tank are bonded to the lightning protection system. A lightning rod based lightning protection system is installed directly over the tank vent piping infrastructure and bonding of isolated metal bodies is a core design component.

Read More

Truck Load Out Static Protection

Every year, truck fires and tank battery fires occur because of improper static bonding during load out. Petro Guardian manufactures and installs the appropriate truck load out assembly to ground and bond the truck before the start of the transfer operation.

Read More

Thief Hatch Static Protection

Thief Hatch Static Protection

Grounding the thief hatch assembly minimizes the risk of static accumulation. Thief hatch fires and injuries can be prevented by adequate bonding and grounding of the thief hatch lid and base.

Read More

Poly Chemical Tank Static Protection

Poly Chemical Tank Methanol Tank Lightning Static Protection

We install our Static Lasso inside the poly tank. It is vertically oriented from top to bottom with a bonding plate at the top of the tank. Conductor bonds the Static Lasso to the metallic stand and both are grounded at the base of the poly tank.

Read More

Fiberglass Tank Lightning Protection
Steel Tank Lightning Protection Grounding Bonding Lightning Arresters

The protection system is designed in a manner that isolated metal bodies on the tank battery and on each individual fiberglass tank are bonded to the lightning protection system. Further, A lightning rod based lightning protection system is installed directly over the tank vent piping infrastructure.

Read More

Steel Tank Lightning Protection

Lightning protection materials for steel tanks will comprise of air terminals as strike termination devices, lightning protection conductor to accomplish effective grounding and bonding, and effective lightning surge protection for power and control circuits installed on the steel tanks.

Read More

SCADA Tower Lightning Protection

Petro Guardian offers a SCADA Lightning Protection System that consists of Streamer Delaying Air Terminals and Lightning Surge Protection Devices.

Read More

Main Panel Lightning Protection
Inside Main Panel Tank Battery Automation Lightning Protection by Petro Guardian

A Type 1 Lightning Surge Protection Device is installed at the main panel. This has a Voltage Response Circuit to filter the peak of lightning induced current in the power transmission line.

Read More

Branch Panel Lightning Protection

A Type 2 Lightning Surge Protection Device is installed at the branch panel. This has a Frequency Response Circuit to filter the peak of lightning induced current and EMI/RFI in the power line.

Read More

VFD Panel Lightning Protection
VFD Panel Lightning Surge Protection Oil Gas Automation Petro Guardian SineUp

A Type 2 Lightning Surge Protection Device is installed at the VFD panel 3Phase power breaker. This has a Frequency Response Circuit to filter the peak of lightning induced current and EMI/RFI in the power line.

Read More

Battery Panel Lightning Protection

Type 2 Lightning Surge Protection Device is installed at the UPS/ Battery Panel input branch panel. This has a Frequency Response Circuit to filter the peak of lightning induced current and EMI/RFI in the power line.

Read More

Control Panel Lightning Protection

Power Supply Lightning Protection

Current Loop Lightning Protection

MODBUS Lightning Protection

Power over Ethernet Circuit Lightning Protection

Read More

Tank Gauge Lightning Protection

Tank Gauge Lightning Protection

A Type 1 4-20mA 24VDC current loop Surge Protection Device is used to protect the Tank Level gauge. The copper pair has a shield wire routed with it.

Read More

Inspections For Lightning Protection System
 

Petro Guardian has developed a customized lightning protection system inspection program. It is leading the industry with a cloud based inspection database with a built in artificial intelligence to tag noncompliance.

Read More

Catenary System

Tanks need a catenary lightning protection system when they are vertically or individually vented. The wire will intercept a direct lightning strike so it does not enter the vapor space.  

Catenary Lightning Protection
Catenary

The definition of catenary is a curve formed by a wire, hanging freely from two points that are on the same horizontal level. So, in our case, a catenary lightning protection system over a tank battery, means there are two telephone poles on each side of the tank connected by a wire. Instead of a dissipation system where the terminals are vertical, think of catenary as a horizontal lightning air terminal. In line with the NFPA standards, the system is elevated and hung using calculations above the highest point on the tank battery.