Hayti, MO - Railcar to Marine Transfer Facility
Hayti, MO · Marine

A Leading Innovator in Engineering and Design Services
Aura Engineering, LLC provides professional engineering and design services to the petrochemical, chemical, and storage terminal industries. For nearly 30 years, it has delivered safe, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions for plants, terminals, refineries, pipelines, and facilities across the United States. Aura is a U.S. Coast Guard Certifying Entity with decades of regulatory involvement in vapor control and marine compliance.
U.S. Coast Guard Certifying Entity
Chris LawrenceCompliance Specialist
Ashley CastleCompliance Specialist
Provides comprehensive solutions for chemical and petrochemical storage facilities, guiding projects from initial planning through installation.
Creates custom terminal designs to suit specific storage, piping, and distribution needs.
Evaluates capital project viability within defined budget constraints and target timelines.
Ensures facility systems are safely integrated and operational within budget and on schedule.
Delivers training for personnel in safe terminal operations and equipment upkeep.
Offers maintenance plans to preserve terminal performance across national networks.
Provides technical consulting on storage tank safety, layouts, and regulatory compliance.
Delivering turnkey pollution control systems, Aura Engineering designs and installs customized solutions to handle diverse vapor recovery and thermal destruction challenges.
Engineers customized vapor collection and treatment setups tailored to specific flow rates and application constraints.
Provides on-site service and diagnostic troubleshooting for systems from various manufacturers.
Supplies critical components and replacement parts to keep emissions reduction equipment operational.
Assists clients with acquiring new state air permits, reviewing existing applications, or aligning designs with permit limits.
Collaborates with regulatory bodies to certify, recertify, and maintain compliance for marine facilities.
Providing specialized systems for loading and unloading chemicals and petrochemicals, Aura Engineering designs custody transfer operations across truck, rail, marine, and pipeline systems.
Focuses on truck and railcar loading systems, including Lease Automated Custody Transfer (LACT) meter runs.
Specifies and procures pumps, piping, flow meters, and control valves for transfer facilities.
Develops greenfield and brownfield layout designs, drainage grading plans, and equipment survey layouts.
Guides operations to meet standards from API, PHMSA, and DOT for the safe transfer of petroleum products.
Designing reliable power distribution and automation logic, Aura Engineering ensures terminal and vapor control systems function with precise control.
Handles low- and medium-voltage distribution design, equipment sizing, and fault current or arc-flash studies.
Conducts Class I, II, or III, Division 1 and 2 hazard assessments and corresponding layout plans.
Custom designs and manufactures industrial control panels, including explosion-proof and pressurized enclosures.
Implements PLC programming, system architecture design, and cause-and-effect matrices to automate processes.
Prepares loop drawings, instrument installation details, and specifies sensors and valves.
Integrates specialized software and hardware to automate data collection and terminal workflows.
As an established certifying entity, Aura Engineering provides comprehensive regulatory compliance support for marine vapor control operations.
Conducts official third-party certifications for new or heavily modified marine vapor control systems.
Offers training and refresher courses to meet 33 CFR 154.2030 requirements for transfer operations personnel.
Performs mandatory testing and diagnostic troubleshooting under 33 CFR 154.2150(r) guidelines.
Conducts required evaluations of marine vapor control systems to maintain compliance with 33 CFR 154 Subpart P.
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