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Inspection of tanks and pipelines

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has awarded iFluids Engineering to carry out study on "INSPECTION OF TANKS AND PIPELINES FOR HPCL SURYAPET TERMINAL" as per OISD 129,130 for evaluating the current physical condition of assets.

The Suryapet liquids storage terminal owned by HPCL is located in Telangana State of India. This liquids storage terminal became operational in 2002 ,The terminal primarily stores chemical and petroleum products.

Scope of work:

  1. Measuring & evaluating the current physical condition of Tanks,Pipelines, & Chequred plate for corrossion, seepage,cracks ,etc.
  2. Co-relating assets deterioration rate with their actual design life
  3. To Advice the concerned Operational team for future inspection schedules as per remaining life run with reference to OISD- 129, OISD-130

The facilities to be covered under the Inspection are

Sl NoFacilityQuantity
1External Inspection tank 20.5M D*13M H2
2 External Inspection tank 37.5 D*18M H2
3 External Inspection tank 23M D*13M H1
4 External Inspection tank 15.5 M D*9M H2
5P/L Visual &UT test Inspection20000
External Inspection of Tanks

Tank Fittings

Tank Shell

Tank roofs

Ultrasonic Thickness Survey on Pipelines (UT Test)
Methodology
  1. A Kick off Meeting with Client will be organized
  2. Collecting of P&ID, Isometric drawings, and previous inspection report
  3. Piping Visual Inspection will be assigned to a API 570 certified Piping Inspector
  4. Shall be listing out additional Inspection points in the time of Piping Visual Inspection
  5. Tank Visual Inspection will be handled by API 653 certified Tank Inspector
  6. Checklist will be maintained as per OISD requirement. Observations and Recommendations will be noted in the Checklist and documented with Site Photographs.
  7. UT Kit (through coat) will be Calibrated before QC inspector.
  8. Thickness will be measured by using UT kit and shall listed out in the report.
  9. If any severe abnormality observed, FFS will be suggested.
  10. Remaining life calculation will be performed by Piping Inspectors and report with recommendations will be submitted to client.
Completion Schedule:

The completion period of the project is 1 month.

Safety Integrity level

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has awarded iFluids Engineering to carry out Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Assessment for the process units of Gujarat refinery. The Gujarat Oil Refinery is located at Koyali, Vadodara District in Gujarat. It is the second largest and one of the most complex refineries in India.

Gujarat Refinery has about 40 operating units with a present capacity of 13.7 MMT per year and is gearing up for further expansion across an area of 148 acres.The refinery was commissioned in the year 1965.

Below are the list of process units that will be covered under this study.

  1. AU1 - ATMOSPHERIC DISTILLATION UNIT -1
  2. AU2 - ATMOSPHERIC DISTILLATION UNIT -2
  3. AU3 - ATMOSPHERIC DISTILLATION UNIT -3
  4. AU4 - ATMOSPHERIC DISTILLATION UNIT -4
  5. FPU1 - FEED PREPARATION UNIT -1
  6. FPU2 - FEED PREPARATION UNIT -2
  7. VDU - VACUUM DISTILLATION UNIT
  8. VBU - VIS –BREAKER UNIT
  9. BBU - BITUMIN BLOWING UNIT
  10. CRU - CATALYTIC REFORMING UNIT
  11. FGH - FOOD GRADE HEXANE
  12. FCCU - FLUIDISED CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT
  13. MTBE - METHLY TERIARY BUTYL ETHER
  14. HGU1 - HYDROGEN GENERATION UNIT -1
  15. DCU - DELAYED COKER UNIT
  16. SRU3 - SULPHUR RECOVERY UNIT-3

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