Fuels Infrastructure Archives

13 Feb Replace Fuel Distribution System, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Posted at 12:26h in by brockwp

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey has been designated as the fourth Main Operating Base for the new KC-46A. The Pegasus is the nation’s newest aerial refueling tanker and strategic airlift aircraft and is rapidly replacing the aging ‘80s era KC-10A Extender. We were part...

30 Aug Replace JP-8 Fuel Storage Tanks, Mountain Home AFB

Posted at 20:42h in by TeamBrockenB

Mountain Home Air Force Base is the home of the 366th Fighter Wing flying F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bombers. It is an important base because of its proximity to nearby training ranges and as the permanent host to the 428th Fighter Squadron of the Republic of...

30 Aug DLA Advanced Document Brochures for Fuel Related Projects, Camp Lemonnier Djibouti

Posted at 20:37h in by TeamBrockenB

Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base in Djibouti City, Djibouti and is home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). It is the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa. This project...

30 Aug Inspect Vertical AST Tank 11, DFSP Point Loma

Posted at 20:32h in by TeamBrockenB

DFSP Point Loma is the largest DoD Fuel Storage Facility on the West Coast and directly supports the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet based in San Diego. Personnel from the Brockenbrough team performed an API-653 Out-of-Service inspection on Oil-Water Storage Tank 11 at DFSP Point Loma,...

13 Jun Replace Storage Tanks, Souda Bay, Greece

Posted at 18:28h in by TeamBrockenB

Brockenbrough provided bid documents for a new JP-5 fuel farm with two 500,000 gallon tanks, two 1,200 gpm pumphouses (one on top of each tank), a 1,200 gpm filtration building, and a 600 gpm truck off-loading station. The project connected these new tanks to a six...

13 Jun Replace Fuel Tankage, Craney Island

Posted at 17:09h in by TeamBrockenB

This project marked the third major tank replacement design Brockenbrough provided for Craney Island Fuel Terminal dating back to the 1980’s. The project provided 400,000 barrels of JP-5/F-76 storage and an additional 70,000 barrels of Reclaimed Fuel Oil (FOR) storage. The new tanks replaced nineteen circa...

13 Jun Repair POL Systems, DFSP Diego Garcia

Posted at 17:04h in by TeamBrockenB

Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is located on a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean. The footprint shaped island is located about 700 miles south of India, 1,500 miles east of Africa, and is part of the British Indian Ocean Territories. Both the Air Force...

13 Jun Follow-On API 570 Charleston AFB

Posted at 17:00h in by TeamBrockenB

This Enhanced Integrity Investigation and Assessment provided a more detailed inspection and analysis of the DLA capitalized JP-8 fuel piping located at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The assessment focused on several items of concern that were identified during the development of the initial “Integrity...

23 Feb Aircraft Parking Apron Modifications, Miramar

Posted at 20:31h in by TeamBrockenB

In preparation for the receipt of MV-22 helicopters, the existing parking apron striping was removed and a new parking plan was designed. Because of extreme high temperatures subjected to the concrete by the MV-22 down blast, special concrete coatings, heat resistant joint sealants and high temperature...