Petrochemical Plant Consulting

Petrochemical plants and refineries contain some of the harshest environments – subjected to extreme pressures and temperatures, as well as highly corrosive environments. These plants continually face plant aging concerns, which may lead to safety issues, as well as costly unplanned maintenance and outages. We provide engineering evaluations on such issues to API B31.1 (Power Piping) and API B31.3 (Process Piping) – as well as other Codes including API and ASME.

Process equipment often involves thermal mixing, which causes high cycle thermal fatigue and turbulent flow, which causes erosion and erosion/corrosion. High velocity flow produces vibration, potential water hammer and flow conditions sometimes resulting in mechanical instabilities and subsequent flow-induced collapse.

In order to design, build and operate such equipment, engineering expertise in metallurgy, welding and elevated temperature applications is required. In addition, this equipment is asked to perform safely and efficiently to – and often beyond its design life – in order to minimize plant life cycle costs.

Our team of engineers have over 30 years experience in resolving corrosion, weld, seismic/vibration and other plant issues. Because of our advanced experience – we’ve been called to provide Engineering Expert Witness Testimony on various complex issues.