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No 1 Fuel Tank, RAAF No.10IAFD, Northam, Western Australia, 2013 Aerial view of RAAF No.10 IAFD –Northam, note underground tank In 1939, with the commencement of World War II, the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) identified the necessity to increase bulk storage and supply of aviation fuel across Australia for the purpose of defending Australia.
The sale did not include the six coastal Oil Fuel Depots owned by the MoD, which continued to be operated and maintained by the residual OPA. [29] Following its acquisition by CLH (later rebranded to Exolum), the GPSS was renamed in 2015 to the CLH Pipeline System, [31] and then in 2021 to the Exolum Pipeline System. [32]
The Fuel Tanks No.4 and No.5 were built in a second stage of construction of the No.3 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot at Cootamundra following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Completed by 1944, the two tanks were identical in their specifications and have a capacity of 1,363,827 litres (300,000 imp gal) each.
A convoy of fuel trucks from the 475th Quartermaster Group prepare to depart Manchester Fuel Depot to deliver a load of aviation fuel to Joint Base Lewis-McChord during the 2017 Quartermaster ...
In 1998, the entry into aviation fuelling business led to the idea of purchasing Omnitank's 50-percent interest in Omni Aircraft Service at Munich Airport. At that time, the company was offered for sale to Marquard & Bahls AG, Skytanking's parent company. [3] Skytanking was established as a separate division of Marquard & Bahls, Hamburg, in 2001.
The Exolum Group is a Spanish multinational company offering services for the transportation and storage of oil products. The Exolum Group is made up of Exolum Corporation, S.A., Exolum Aviación, S.A., Terminales Químicos, S.A. (Terquimsa), CLH Pipeline System Ltd (CLH-PS) in the United Kingdom, CLH Aviation Ireland in Ireland, CLH Panamá and CLH Aviación Ecuador. [1]
The M970 Semi-Trailer Refueler is a 5,000-U.S.-gallon (19,000 L; 4,200 imp gal) fuel dispensing tanker designed for under/overwing refueling of aircraft. It is equipped with a filter/separator, recirculation system and two refueling systems, one for underwing and one for overwing servicing.
Aircraft refueller at Vancouver airport. Most airports also have their own dedicated oil depots (usually called "fuel farms") where aviation fuel (Jet A or 100LL) is stored prior to being discharged into aircraft fuel tanks. Fuel is transported from the depot to the aircraft either by road tanker or via a hydrant system.