This high-performance fuel and liquid filtration skid is engineered for reliable industrial filtration and transfer applications. The system combines a DESMI positive displacement pump with Eaton duplex filtration units, mounted on a robust skid base for easy installation and mobility.

Key Features

• Heavy-duty skid-mounted filtration and pumping system
• Designed for continuous industrial operation
• Integrated DESMI pump for efficient fluid transfer
• Eaton duplex filtration housings for uninterrupted filtration
• Automated control panel with digital monitoring interface
• Corrosion-resistant piping and structural components
• Compact modular design for easy transport and installation

The PETROBUILD Offloading & Dispensing Skid is a fully integrated, containerised fuel transfer solution designed for the safe, efficient, and accurate offloading and dispensing of petroleum products.

The skid is engineered for use in mining, construction, fuel depots, transport operations, and remote industrial applications where reliable fuel transfer and metering are essential.

The system combines high-performance pumping, precision metering, filtration, and robust Schedule 40 piping within a secure ISO container structure. The skid is suitable for compatible petroleum products.

The skid is designed to perform two primary functions:

1. Offloading fuel from road tankers or bulk delivery vehicles into storage tanks.
2. Dispensing fuel from storage systems into mobile equipment, vehicles, or secondary storage.

The entire system is mounted within a containerised structure for portability, environmental protection, and operational safety.

Offload a full diesel tanker in about 72 minutes

For sites that run on diesel delivered by road, the offloading point is where time, stock and safety are won or lost. Petrobuild’s Diesel Tanker Offloading & Transfer Pump System puts that whole point on one factory-built skid.

The pump, filtration, metering, valves and controls are assembled on a single modular steel skid, wired, pressure-tested and given a factory acceptance test in Johannesburg before it leaves for site. On arrival it connects to the tanker on one side and to your storage tanks on the other.

From tanker to tank in six steps

1. The tanker is bonded to the skid earth, then coupled with a 3″ API female coupling on a 6 m diesel-rated composite hose.
2. Protect the pump. A suction isolation valve and a 3″ basket strainer stop debris before it reaches the pump.
3. A Gorman-Rupp self-priming centrifugal pump delivers 500 L/min at 3 bar, driven by a 5.5 kW, 380 V Zone 2 motor.
4. Protect the line. A non-return valve and a pressure relief valve sit on the discharge side.
5. Filter and meter. A 25 µm filter cleans the fuel, and a trade-approved flow meter records every litre.
6. A transfer manifold, with an isolation valve per tank outlet, sends each delivery to the tank you choose.

At 500 L/min a 36,000-litre road tanker is empty in about 72 minutes, or 90 minutes at 400 L/min. The 5.5 kW motor carries about 20% margin over the calculated shaft power.

Every litre accounted for

The TCS 700-25 flow meter is NMI trade approved and fitted with an air eliminator, strainer and mechanical register. Air is removed before it reaches the register, so the reading reflects fuel delivered, giving you an accurate figure for stock reconciliation.

Safety built in, not bolted on

The safety devices are fitted and tested at the factory:

• a bonding cable on a manual reel and clamp, used before any hose is connected
• a latching emergency stop that trips the pump at any point in the transfer
• a spring-loaded hi-lift safety valve set at 15 bar, plus thermal relief with a check valve cracking at 5 bar
• a Zone 2 spark-proof motor, supplied with its Ex certificate
• a 9 kg fire extinguisher on the skid

Pipework, valves and fittings are carbon steel to ANSI Class 150, fabricated and installed to SANS 10131 and SANS 10089, welded to ASME Section IX and finished in a Hempel coating system. Ball valves are fire-safe to API 607 and API 6FA.

Sized to your site

No two tank farms are the same. Send us your tank farm layout, pipe run lengths and the height of the highest tank inlet, and we size the transfer manifold and confirm the pump’s duty point with a final hydraulic calculation. Where a long run calls for it, the manifold header is upsized from 3″ to 4″.

Ready in 3–4 weeks

Each skid is assembled to order and ready for dispatch 3–4 weeks after order, ex works Johannesburg. From there we can take care of the rest:

• road delivery, including cross-border clearing
• installation, mechanical tie-in and cable termination
• pressure, flow, functional and emergency-stop testing at commissioning
• operator training on site, with handover documents

Every system ships with a documentation pack: data sheets, general arrangement drawing, P&ID, hydraulic calculation, electrical schematic, motor Ex certificate, and the welding and FAT procedures.

Backed after handover

Equipment and workmanship carry a 12-month warranty from takeover. The pump, meter, valves and filtration are standard catalogue items held in South Africa, with OEM parts from Johannesburg stock. We recommend a commissioning spares kit and a two-year operating kit with every order, and a maintenance agreement is available on request.

Complete the fuel farm

Pair the skid with the PB-68, Petrobuild’s 40 ft high-cube self-bunded diesel tank. Double-walled within a container frame, it holds 65,570 L at safe fill.