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An original approach to forecasting the remaining safe service time of a corroded steel shell of a tank used to store liquid fuels is presented for the case where the reconstruction or repair is not planned. The estimated durability is determined by the forecast corrosion progress described based on the previous trends catalogued during earlier, periodically performed checks of the monitored structure...