Equipments insulation can protect refineries and petrochemical plants from losing the valuable heat energy, enhance the achievement by cutting down the operating cost induced from using heat energy. It is more meaningful especially in these days of higher oil price. A lot of information about piping insulation is available in most engineering textbooks and handbooks. It is also convenient to have such material introduced by vendors. Unfortunately, reference information of tank insulation is seldom mentioned. Backgrounds about tank insulation, such as ‘When to insulate’, ‘Types', ‘Material comparison and insulation thickness’ and ‘Insulation system’, and economical considerations are introduced in this article. Even if some parts of this information are results of the specified computer program, they can be consulted in some applications.