Phillips 66 Pasadena Terminal

CUSTOMER

Phillips 66

PROJECT

Overfill Protection & Level Gauging

Intelligence at the Tank. Protection in the Zone.

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The Project

Combining Accuracy with Safety.

The fourth edition of API 2350 made it clear: preventing tank overfills and spills with appropriate technology is no longer optional. Small recurring spills during product delivery — or larger overfills from internal pressure build-up — carry serious safety, environmental, monetary, and regulatory consequences for a tank farm.

Phillips 66 — a global leader in refining, marketing, and transporting crude oil and petroleum products — operates a storage terminal in Pasadena, Texas, with 22 aboveground storage tanks and four sump tanks, holding gasoline, kerosene, and diesel transferred in by pipeline.

Our Partner

L&J Technologies — a Cognesense brand — is the global standard for bulk liquid storage measurement, control, and monitoring since 1976, and the technology behind reliable overfill protection at terminals worldwide.

One partner. Every obligation. Legacy meets future.

The Solution

  • MCG 1090 High Level Alarm Probes were installed on every aboveground and sump tank — with a spring-loaded displacer and integrated solenoid enabling full self-testing from the control room.
  • The MCG 7000 Alarm Monitor runs automatic self-checks, horn outputs, emergency shut-off, and battery backup for outages — supporting up to 100 alarm probes on a single 4-wire data highway.
  • MCG 2000MAX Transmitter is mounted on every float and tape gauge, using absolute magnetic encoding to convert mechanical readings into digital signals — no batteries, no recalibration after power loss.

Testimonial

“The L&J engineering system not only serves as an accurate overfill alarm but also delivers the independent overfill protection that we were looking for. All of our tanks are outfitted with an MCG 2000MAX Transmitter and an MCG 1090 High Level Alarm Probe to make sure we have reliable level detection and overfill protection. The benefit of the MCG 1090 is its self-test feature. We have our alarm monitor set to test the probe and its communication every morning, and we have all of that data communicate directly to our control room.”

— Noel Cordova, Phillips 66 I&E Technician

Outcome

Phillips 66 combines reliable gauging with independent overfill protection — full API 2350 compliance with accurate, defensible data.

Featured in part in Tank Storage Magazine.

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More Information

Download the datasheet — L&J Technologies, a Cognesense brand.

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Measure. Monitor. Protect.