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| Richard Crawford from Integrated Global Services, a solution provider at the marcus evans Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2012 and Power Plant Management Summit 2012, on asset safety and optimization. |
NEW YORK, May 2, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Metal wastage from erosion and corrosion can lead to expensive unscheduled downtime, the costly repair or replacement of critical equipment and machinery, and potentially unsafe working conditions, says Richard Crawford, President, Integrated Global Services.
From a solution provider at the upcoming marcus evans Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2012 and Power Plant Management Summit 2012, Crawford discusses environmental health and safety and energy management optimization.
- How can efficiency be increased in the petrochemical, refining and generation space?
Plant managers are being asked to produce more with the same aging equipment that was used 10, 20 and even 50 years ago. They are also being challenged with the increasing amount of heavier and sourer fuels.
Industry executives believe that there is a need to move into alternative fuels that are cheaper or have a less intrusive environmental footprint; however, they must also continue focusing on operating with conventional fuels more efficiently.
There is now immense pressure to do more with less. The continued investment in technology improvements for increased throughput, efficiency, and reliability will become increasingly important over the next few years.
- How could they protect their assets?
Addressing the issue of metal wastage from erosion and corrosion is essential, as it can lead to expensive unscheduled downtime, the costly repair of equipment and potentially unsafe working conditions. A well designed surface protection system involving customized shop-applied or onsite thermal spray, weld overlay, and ceramic coatings can extend an asset's lifespan and lessen maintenance expenses within the constraints of even the shortest plant shutdowns. Plant operators must carefully consider these alternatives to traditional epoxies and an operate-until-failure approach to avoid unexpected vessel or boiler wall thinning and the associated costs of operating without a preventative maintenance strategy.
Perhaps the most important point is that when machinery fails due to corrosion or erosion, it is critical to investigate the issue and address the root cause of the failure, and to lay the groundwork for a more reliable outcome going forward.
- What environmental concerns should plant managers focus on?
It is critical that plant managers perform risk assessments to anticipate the likelihood and impact of related risks specific to the plant. Obviously, a sour gas processing plant has a dramatically different set of potential environmental concerns than an oil burning power plant. Most visible environmental risks need to be addressed at the corporate level, as the political impact of an environmental mistake can literally destroy a company's ability to operate flexibly. The effects of another large spill or explosion at a domestic refinery would be disastrous to efforts to maximize domestic extraction and production, so there is a strong need for this kind of proactive approach to risk management.
- How can plant safety be improved?
As a multi-national contractor, we have benefitted from being able to witness different safety programs across industry and geography. In whatever format they are implemented, behavior-based safety should be implemented, particularly in culturally diverse international workforces. In the petrochemical and refining space, we have seen that many plant-specific programs are often quite specific to a plant, which makes it challenging to introduce new service providers to their own way of doing things.
However, on the generation side, contractors find it easier to get up to speed with all requirements regarding safety and efficiency, perhaps because they are more acclimated to the process of packaging the requirements and instructing new providers.
For more information please send an email to info@marcusevanscy.com or visit the event websites below:
Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2012: www.petrochemicalrefiningsummit.com/RichardCrawfordInterview
Power Plant Management Summit 2012:
www.ppm-summit.com/RichardCrawfordInterview
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About Integrated Global Services
Integrated Global Services (IGS) provides surface protection solutions for mission-critical equipment. IGS' integrated service offering of Metalspray(R), weld overlay, large particle ash (LPA) filtration, and mechanical services helps power, oil and gas, paper, and other critical processing companies operate their equipment reliably and safely. A world leader in onsite thermal spray with over 2,000 successful projects completed, IGS offers proprietary materials and application processes and experienced project management for dependable assistance in planned or emergency shutdowns. www.integratedglobal.com.
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