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EUROJOIN 7 6 p.
Heat Exchanger p. 7
Tubular Inspection

CAPE 2009 p. 11
1st Announcement
& Call For Papers

US CSB p. 12
Determines
Valero Fire

Scot Haines p. 14
Interview Hess Corp.

2009 NPRA p. 17
Reliability &
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 Kuwait Pipeline Conference and Exhibition
25 - 27 November 2008, Radisson SAS Hotel - Kuwait
The Kuwait Pipelines Conference and Exhibition aims
at being the premier event for the pipelines industry in
Kuwait and the Gulf region, and to be an international
annual event in recognition of the specific needs and role
of the pipeline industry in the region. The conference and
exhibition will provide important networking opportunities
for the industry and stakeholders. The conference will focus
on the progress relating to the pipeline development and
operation including:
1. Project Management
2. Design & Construction
3. Environmental Issues
4. GIS/Database Development
5. Facilities Integrity
6. Pipeline Integrity Management
7. Materials & Joining
8. Operations & Maintenance
9. Pipeline Automation & Measurement
10. Risk & Reliability
11. Standards & Regulations
Conference topics:
1. Project Management
Pipeline Projects and aspects of Cost, Schedule and Quality
associated with them.
2. Design & Construction
System Planning (Hydraulics), Design, Survey, Logistics,
Construction, Geotechnical, Quality Control and Quality
Assurance, Testing, Commissioning, Pipelines, Coatings,
Compressor and Pump Stations, Terminals, Pigging
Facilities, Valves, Piping Stress Analysis, Change of
Service, Abandonment
3. Environmental Issues
Socio-Economics, Community Involvement, Permitting
Strategies, Reclamation, Mitigation, Abandonment, Land
Issues, Emissions/Hydrotesting Fluids, Remediation,
EIA, Cumulative Effects Assessment, Route Selection,
Monitoring, Water Crossings
4. GIS/Database Development
Records Management, Case Studies, Database Design,
Implementation, Satellite Imaging and Remote Sensing,
Geomatics, Coordinate Systems, GPS Applications, Field
and Inspection Data Management
5. Facilities Integrity
Tanks, Pumps, Compressor Stations, Yard Piping, Station
Piping—This new session is all about managing the integrity
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of assets inside a fence and not on a pipeline right of way.
Historically these assets have not been subject to the same
type of scrutiny as pipeline assets but requirements are
changing.
6. Pipeline Integrity Management
Cathodic Protection, Stress Corrosion Cracking,
Mitigation, Defect Detection and Assessment, Repair, Risk
Assessment, Materials Science, External and Internal
Coatings, Internal Corrosion Control, Inhibitors, Managing
Integrity, Engineering Critical Assessment, Mitigation,
Direct Assessment, Inspection Tools (Internal and External)
for Transmission and Production Pipelines, Assessment
Technologies, Telluric Currents
7. Materials & Joining
Materials Design, Manufacture of Steel and Pipe, Alternative
Materials, High Strength Pipe, Welding, Hot Tapping,
Mechanical Joining, Non-Destructive Examination, Quality
Control and Assurance, High Pressure Operations, Fracture
Control, Properties of and Evaluation of Welds
8. Operations & Maintenance
Applications of Technology, Operating Experience,
Preventative-Maintenance Techniques, Life-Cycle
Engineering, Operating Equipment Optimization, Useful Life
Extensions, Operating Cost Reductions, Vendor Alliances
9. Pipeline Automation & Measurement
SCADA, Communications, Automation, Control Devices,
Instrumentation, Sensor Technology, Measurement
and Metering, Hydraulic Simulations, Leak Detection,
Operations, Simulation and Trainers
10. Risk & Reliability
Risk Assessment, Risk-Based Maintenance Planning,
Failure Data Analysis and Failure Rate Estimation, Failure
Consequence Modeling, Risk Tolerance Criteria, Pipeline
Security
11. Standards & Regulations
Compliance, Code of Practice, Safety, Environment,
Management Systems, Comparison of Standards,
Abandonment Issues, Quality Assurance, Survey, Material
Identification Systems, Regulatory Styles, Goal Based vs.
Prescriptive Regulations
Abstracts should be send by email to : papers@kuwait-
pipelines.com For more information visit the web site
www.kuwaitpipelines.com
 Announcement
API RBI European Workshop
The meetings and workshop will convene October 27-31, API RBI – The Documented Industry Approach
2008 in Milan, Italy.
• Michael Renner, based in Leverkusen Germany, Bayer
The American Petroleum Institute Risk-Based Inspection Technology Services, an international industry leader in
event has been will be held in conjunction with: materials and corrosion engineering, will present a case
study on KBISTM – Inspection Management Integration
• Bayer Technology Services, Germany for API RBI in Organizations Dedicated to Operational
• Hess Corporation, USA Excellence.
• Instituto Soldadura e Qualidade , Portugal (the
Portuguese Welding Institute) • András Seregi, piLine, Ltd., Budapest Hungary, will discuss
• Istituto Italiano della Saldatura, Italy (the Italian developing a risk mitigation strategy (Risk Benchmarking).
Welding Institute)
• LyondellBasell, Netherlands • David Osage, chairman of the API RP 579 Fitness for
• piLine Ltd., Hungary Service committee, will discuss the integration of Fitness-
• Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technology, Germany For-Service and Risk-Based Inspection. He is the principal
author of API 579 Fitness-For-Service technology,
Risk-Based Inspection has become an integral part of developing many of its assessment methodologies and
the plant’s work process, as engineers supporting technical information.
and inspectors compare risk-
based intervals against • Lynne Kaley will open
fixed and condition-based the workshop with a
frequencies. Managers welcome and introduction
are starting to understand presentation. Lynne has
the potential benefits of risk led the development
management, but most are and application of RBI
only scratching the surface technology in the industry
of the business benefits and has served as the
RBI can provide. At the Project Manager of the API
same time, regulators are RBI Joint Industry Project
interested in the technical since 1996.
basis for the calculation as well
as the background and quality of • Phil Henry of the Equity
the work that is performed. Engineering Group will highlight and
discuss the various changes in the new
Can the continuing development of 2nd Edition of API RP 581 Base Resource
RBI technology, including the new API RP Document. Phil, subject matter expert in
581, facilitate cooperation in creating uniform regulatory pressure relief systems, led the development of API RBI
standards and perhaps lead the way to creating a global pressure relief methodology. He has also been the lead
standard? Could RBI lead the way to creating Best Practices developer of RBI heat exchanger bundle and consequence
that assure safety and drive business decisions in non- modeling technology in API RBI.
regulated as well as regulated areas?
Regulatory Roundtable:
This workshop will focus on the emergence of RBI as an EU Compliance, Inspection Planning
international standard for risk analysis, inspection planning, and Regulatory Acceptance
and proactive risk management practices. There will also
be a day of open training on the new edition of API RP 581 • Dr. Aleksandar Jovanovic, Steinbeis Advanced Risk
RBI technology followed by User Group hands-on software Technologies, will report on the EU RBI guide document
training. CEN CWA 15740:2008 adopted in April 2008.

A panel of International Subject Matter Experts will • Obtaining Government Approval in France & the
share their expertise on... Netherlands – LyondellBasell

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Announcement -
API RBI European Workshop
• Djordje Mihajlovic, Vice President of the NIS Petroleum
Industry of Serbia, will present recent experiences of
NIS in combining the API RBI approach with the new EU
requirements and other requirements, and integrating it with
RCM, RCFA, HAZOP and other components of overall risk
management in refineries and other plants of NIS.
• Stefano Pinca, Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (IIS), will
present a case study on using RBI to determine inspection
frequencies as well as discuss RBI acceptance in Italy.
• Scot Haines will discuss using RBI to evaluate current best
practices related to Integrity Management and to quantify
high-level relative risk for onshore and offshore producing
and midstream applications. Scott is the technical expert for
the Hess Corporation GPN Integrity Management initiative
to evaluate the relative risk for Hess assets worldwide.
• Ricardo Costa, Instituto Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ), will
present a case study on the impact of RBI on long term
inspection planning.
• Tim McGhee, Saudi Aramco, will present a case study on
the use of RBI to extend/shorten inspection intervals.
SESSIONS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th
v Morning Session
Ø API RBI User Group Meeting
v Afternoon Session: Open Meeting
Ø API RBI – The Documented Industry Approach
Ø API RP 581 - Base Resource Document, 2 Edition:
What Changed?
Ø Inspection Planning Case Study: KBIS -
Inspection Management Integration for API
RBI in Organizations Dedicated to Operational
Excellence
Ø Risk Benchmarking: Developing a Risk Mitigation
Strategy
Ø Integrating FFS and RBI
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th
Open Meeting - Regulatory Roundtable: EU
Compliance, Inspection Planning and Regulatory
Acceptance
v Morning Session
Ø EU RBI Guide Document CEN CWA
Ø Obtaining Government Approval in France & the
Netherlands
Ø Experiences of NIS in Combining the API RBI
Approach with the New EU & Other Requirements
Ø Case Study: Using RBI to Evaluate Current Best
Practices Related to Integrity Management for
Ø Onshore, Offshore & Midstream Applications
6 INSPECTIONEERING JOURNAL July/August 2008
v Afternoon Session
Ø Business Decision-Making: Using RBI to Define
Corporate Best Practices
Ø Case Study: Impact of RBI on Long Term
Inspection Planning
Ø Case Study: Using RBI to Extend/Shorten
Inspection Intervals
Ø Panel Discussion
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29th
v Open Training - API RP 581
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st
v API RBI User Group Training - API RBI Software
Training
For additional information,
e-mail Milano_Workshop@equityeng.com or
contact Lynne Kaley in Houston, TX
at telephone 281-283-6052.
EUROJOIN 7
Seventh European Congress
on Joining Technology
The European Welding Federation (EWF) and the Italian
Institute of Welding (IIS) invite all people involved in
welding and joining technology to take part in EUROJOIN
7 / GNS5.
The event is planned on 21 and 22 May 2009 in Lido
of Venice (Italy) at the Congress Centre of the Casinò
Palace.
The Congress is organized in sections devoted to the
following main themes:
Theme 1: Advanced base materials and consumables
Theme 2: Automation, robotics and sensing systems.
Theme 3: Advanced and improved traditional welding
processes.
Theme 4: Welding fabrication management.
Theme 5: Reliabilty of welded components and
structures.
Theme 6: Diagnostic and NDT on welded components
and structures.
A Poster Section and a Sponsor Exibition are also foreseen.
For further information regarding Eurojoin 7 and GNS 5
please contact:
Istituto Italiano della Saldatura – Lungobisagno Istria, 15
-16141 Genova (I)
PRN - Technical Events Dpt.
franco.lezzi@iis.it - +39 010 8341 372
sergio.giorgi@iis.it - +39 010 8341 386
stefano.morra@iis.it - +39 010 8341 431
 HEAT EXCHANGER
TUBULER INSPECTION
A USER’S PERSPECTIVE

John T. Reynolds (retired)

W. David Wang
Shell Global Solutions, Inc.
W. David Wang John T. Reynolds
INTRODUCTION
This paper covers most of the common (and some not so common) types of NDE methods for heat exchanger
(HX) tubular in-service inspections. In addition to noting some of the various advantages and limitations with these
methods, the paper covers heat exchanger tubular inspection planning, data analysis needs, a consequence
rating method for scheduling inspection and bundle renewals, tubular cleaning methods and tubular inspection
technician qualifications. This paper was also published in the proceedings of the ASME PVP 2008 conference.

HX TUBULAR INSPECTION PLANNING If you do calculate corrosion rates in order to determine

As with the inspection of all other pressure equipment,
inspection planning is key to successful inspection and
maintenance of heat exchanger tubulars. Planning
starts with establishing what data you need from your HX
inspection and what you will do with it (covered next).
Knowing that information, along with whether the tubes are
ferromagnetic or non-ferromagnetic, helps to pick the most
appropriate NDE technique (covered later). Planning also
involves scheduling the frequency of bundle inspections
and repairs (tube plugging, partial or fully retubing or bundle
replacement) based on the impact of potential tube failure
(covered later). One must also establish the scope and
inspection effectiveness required during the examination.
Once a tubular NDE technique is established, one must then
determine the method and degree of tubular cleanliness that
must be achieved (covered later). And finally, the right type
and amount of follow-up QC needs to be planned during the
conduct of the inspection.
HX TUBULAR DATA ANALYSIS
How one plans to use the data generated from tubular NDE
has much to do with what technique one should select. If for
instance, one is looking simply for qualitative descriptions of
how thin the tubulars are getting, one might choose a more
qualitative screening method of inspection like remote field
eddy current (RFEC) or magnetic flux leakage (MFL). If
on the other hand, one is looking to conduct calculations
for reasonably accurate corrosion rates and remaining life,
then one might choose a more quantitative method like the
Internal Rotating Inspection System (IRIS).
remaining life, then you should consider establishing a
retirement thickness, which serves to signal when it’s time
to replace tubes or the complete bundle. That retirement
thickness might depend upon the risk or consequence of
a tube leak. For instance, if a bundle is critical to safety or
environmental risks, then you would set a higher retirement
thickness to minimize the chance of a leak before retubing,
e.g., a thickness in the range of 0.035 to 0.045 inches. For
tubulars that don’t have significant safety or environmental
risks, but would carry business risks, then lower retirement
thickness values could be established e.g., in the range
of 0.020 to 0.030 inches, depending upon the degree of
business risk. And for tubulars that have little if any risk
associated with leaks, retirement thickness values could
be established in the range of 0.010 to 0.015 inches. The
forgoing examples of retirement thickness values would
apply to carbon steel tubes in typical lower pressure refining
and petrochemical services. Higher values of retirement
thickness would likely be needed for higher pressure
services or for higher alloy tubulars.
For those using API RBI to determine inspection intervals,
another data analysis issue would be the “inspection
effectiveness” associated with the selected inspection
method and coverage as indicated in API 581.
Extreme value analysis can be used in conjunction with
API RBI for determining the minimum remaining thickness
by using a sample size of 20-30 tubes, regardless of how
large the bundle is. At that sample size, levels of inspection
effectiveness (A, B, C & D) can be achieved by using lower

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HEAT EXCHANGER
TUBULER INSPECTION
bound values of 99%, 95%, 90% and 80% confidence
intervals, respectively (1).
INSPECTION SCHEDULING
There are at least four common methods of scheduling
bundle inspections: time-based, condition-based; risk-
based, and consequence based. Time-based is probably
the oldest and simplest method. It entails simply
scheduling inspections primarily based on the calendar
and most often connected with maintenance opportunities
like turnarounds. Condition-based was the next method
developed and entails scheduling inspections primarily
based on deterioration rates, i.e. usually corrosion rates
calculated from previous inspection data. Risk-bases
scheduling is the most recent method, which involves
planning inspection based on condition i.e. calculated
deterioration rates as well as the consequence of failure.
Higher risk bundles are inspected at more frequent intervals
than lower risk bundles. Consequence-based scheduling
is an offshoot of risk-based method of scheduling bundle
inspections, and as the name implies is primarily based on
the impact of tubular failure on the business. As alluded
to in the previous section, consequence-based inspections
would not only have higher retirement thickness values
established for higher consequence failure, but would likely
have shorter inspection intervals established. For instance,
bundles classified as a significant risk to process safety
or environmental damage might have inspection intervals
scheduled in the range of quarter to half life, depending
upon the magnitude of the consequence. Bundles with
little if any risk to the business from tube leaks could have
inspection intervals scheduled at full life or even wait for a
detection of a leaking bundle. And bundles with primarily a
business risk associated with tube leak, i.e. unit shutdown
or slow down could have intervals established in between
the previous two categories, depending upon the financial
implications of tube leaks.
HX TUBULAR INSPECTION TECHNIQUES
This section covers the advantages and limitations
of the most commonly used and available methods
to HX tubular inspection and some not-so-common
methods that have specialized applications. This
is not a technical treatise on each method (which
is available elsewhere), but rather a summary of
some of the key advantages and disadvantages
of each technique.
Internal Rotating Inspection System (IRIS) is one of the most
commonly used methods. It’s biggest advantage is that it
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can detect and size corrosion on both the ID and OD of
the tube, including pit depths, and measure remaining wall
thickness fairly accurately. That makes it one of the methods
of choice for anyone whose HX bundle inspection program
is based on calculated corrosion rates and remaining life.
Its biggest disadvantage is that the tube’s ID surface must
be very clean to avoid “data drop out”. But once you find
the right cleaning technique for each process service and
have a rigid quality control program to obtain the specified
cleanliness, then this disadvantage becomes considerably
less so.
Shear Wave IRIS (SWIRIS) is similar to IRIS in using a
rotating mirror to direct the ultrasonic waves, but the mirror
is cut in a different plane to generate and receive shear
waves in the tube material for detection of cracks. It’s
conducted separately from the normal straight-beam IRIS
and does not have many vendors providing the inspection,
i.e., availability may be an issue for some sites. SWIRIS can
be used to inspect ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic
tubes, although inspection of non-ferromagnetic tubes for
cracks can be done by using eddy current, which requires
less surface cleaning and is faster than any IRIS type of
inspection.
Standard Eddy Current (EC) is one of the oldest techniques
available, but is only applicable to non-ferromagnetic
tubulars. It can be used to detect, characterize and size
tubular flaws, including wall thinning, cracking, de-alloying
and subsurface voids due to microbiologically influenced
corrosion. It may also find titanium hydrides in titanium
tubes. It’s faster than IRIS, but generally less accurate for
general wall thinning and requires a highly skilled technician
to get good quality results.
Remote Field Eddy Current (RFEC) is applicable to
ferromagnetic materials for detection and sizing of
thinning, but is less accurate than IRIS and not reliable
for measurements around baffles and tube supports. It is
generally more applicable for screening type measurements
of wall loss and generally not applicable where the user
wants to quantitatively calculate corrosion rates. RFEC may
also be used to inspect for cracks, although the application
is even less reliable than thinning inspection. RFEC is faster
and less sensitive to surface cleanliness than IRIS. Similar
to the standard EC, it also requires a high level of technician
skill to get good results.
Saturation Eddy Current (SEC) and Partial Saturation EC
(PSEC) can be used on ferromagnetic materials to locate
and size both cracks and wall thinning. Though it’s faster
than IRIS, it is not as accurate in determining wall loss, and
therefore is more qualitative. It also requires a high level of
technician skill to get good results.
Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) can be used to inspect
ferromagnetic tubulars for thinning. It is faster and requires
less tube cleanliness than IRIS. However, it is less accurate
in sizing wall loss and thus is more useful as a qualitative
screening technique. MFL may also be used to detect
cracks, although the reliability is not high. It also requires a
high level of technician skill to get good results.

Remote Visual Inspection devices using fiber optic and/or

video probes can provide a visual image of ID flaws, pitting
and holes in tubes, but does not produce any measurements
of wall loss. It’s simple to use and requires very clean
tubes.

Laser tools may be used to inspect ferromagnetic and non-

ferromagnetic tubes for internal wall loss with good sizing
accuracy. The method does not require use of water as
a couplant, and thus can be a good choice when a “dry”
inspection is preferred and only ID wall loss needs to be
detected and sized. To apply the method, the tubes need
to be clean, free of scales and deposits, similar to IRIS’s
surface cleaning requirements. However, unlike IRIS,
Laser tools cannot find OD wall loss. Laser is not widely
used by inspection service vendors, so availability can also
be an issue.

HX TUBULAR CLEANING METHODS

There are numerous methods of cleaning HX tubulars in
preparation for inspection, but they can be roughly grouped
into four categories: hydro-blasting, abrasive blasting,
chemical cleaning and other methods. The method chosen
will depend largely on the degree of cleanliness required for
the selected inspection method, but also on cost, availability,
safety, speed, and degree of corrosion or fouling present in
the tubulars.

Hydroblasting is perhaps the most widely used method. The

cleaning is accomplished by directing water into each tube
separately with a cleaning lance that usually has a tip on the
end of the lance for multiple-directional flow to increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of the cleaning process. Often
those tips have a proprietary design. Hydroblasting can
be classified into at least four categories, depending upon
pressure:

1. Low pressure hydroblasting (less than 10k psi) is

the simplest, least expensive method. It can be
used to clean tubes having relatively soft fouling
and/or to open plugged tubes (done without a flow
directional tip).

2. Medium pressure hydroblasting is the next

pressure level (up to 20k psi). It’s a bit more
expensive, a bit slower and more complex than
lower pressure hydroblasting. It can remove
most fouling and corrosion products when using
appropriate flow directional tips.

3. High-pressure hydroblasting is the next step up in

pressure (up to 30k psi) and is useful for heavily
fouled or blocked tubes. It produces a high level
of cleanliness, but the higher the pressure, the
slower the process.

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 services using qualified technicians is needed to ensure

HEAT EXCHANGER
delivery of good quality work. The QA/QC should include
reviewing vendor’s procedures (including procedure

TUBULER INSPECTION
updates), verifying compliance to training and qualification
requirements, examining equipment maintenance and
calibration records, and auditing field work as necessary.

4. The fourth step up is ultra-high pressure SUMMARY

hydroblasting (up to 40k psi), and it’s a final step
up for HX tubes that cannot be adequately cleaned
with normal high pressure hydroblasting. It is the
slowest, most complex (track-mounted, remotely
operated) and most expensive hydroblasting of the
four hydroblasting methods.
There are two methods of abrasive blasting utilizing solid
particles with or without water as a carrier. Both can be
more effective at removing hard scales and corrosion
products where hydroblasting has not achieved adequate
cleanliness, e.g., cooling water deposits. Abrasive blasting
is more costly than hydroblasting because of the added
complexity of introducing the abrasive and having to
clean it up. Also with dry blasting, there are the potential
disadvantages of producing unhealthy dust and static
electricity if there is still some hydrocarbon present in the
tubes. Furthermore, if the operator is not too skilled or gets
distracted, excessive erosion from the blasting can occur or
even penetrate a tube.
There are two methods of chemical cleaning: one using
vats of chemicals for dipping the bundle and other the being
in-situ with the chemicals pumped through the bundle. The
older style of dipping bundles in vats of sulfuric acid seems
to be waning in the industry because of safety hazards
associated with the chemicals, cost of maintaining the
vats, and problems dealing with plugged tubes. But in-situ
cleaning has some applications for specialized cleaning
needs and the advantage of being done in-situ.
Getting good results from HX tubular inspections is only
possible because of a combination of several key factors,
including:
• Doing the appropriate amount of quality inspection
planning,
• Selecting the most appropriate inspection method
depending upon how the user will use the data,
• Making sure the selected company and technician
are suitably qualified and experienced to do the
job,
• Ensuring that the tubulars are adequately cleaned
for the inspection methods to be performed,
• Doing adequate QC during the inspection, and
• Doing the right type of data analysis to evaluate
the condition of the tubulars to determine the
remaining life of the bundle.
REFERENCE
(1) Proceedings of the PVP2006-icpvt-11 Conference,
Extreme Value Analysis of Heat Exchanger Tube
Inspection Data, W. David Wang, PhD. Shell

Several other methods that will not be summarized here

have some specialized cleaning applications, including:
ultrasonic cleaning, aqua drill, bullets, mechanical cleaning
and high temperature bake-out.

HX NDE TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATIONS

One of the critical success factors for obtaining good quality
HX tubular inspections is to have qualified technicians
using the best available (calibrated) NDE equipment. A
performance demonstration program is needed to test
technicians with their equipment and procedures. The
technician should be able to: 1) demonstrate proficiency
with the specific NDE equipment that will be used on-site;
2) demonstrate proficiency in detecting, characterizing and
sizing know defects in a test bundle; and 3) demonstrate
proficiency in accurately reporting of findings in the test
bundle. In addition, QA/QC of vendors providing inspection

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 CAPE 2009
First Announcement
and Call for Papers
9th International Colloquium on Ageing Materials and Methods for the Assessment
and Extension of Equipment Lifetimes
As in previous cases, CAPE 2009 aims at cross-
fertilization of ideas and procedures - used by workers
in aero-space, power generation, petro-chemical,
mining and other industries – through case histories
and open discussion February 27-29, 2009 at the
Ocean View Hotel in Strand near Capetown, Republic
of South Africa.
The subject of the Colloquium is a critical one in
the making of decisions, which ensure the highest
reliability, and safety of engineering components and
systems. These systems are often expected to work
at higher loadings and temperatures and increasingly
aggressive environmental conditions, with longer
lifetimes. Consequently the financial and social costs
of failure, down-rating and closure of large systems
can be huge. Rigorous lifetime extension methods
can assist in the decisions of asset managers for more
economic plant operation/production. In addition,
much of the plant is aged by more than two decades
beyond design-by-code levels.
The Colloquium intends to bring together an
international grouping of practitioners and researchers.
The forum for this will be arranged in ways to promote
maximum exchange of ideas for the definition of critical
problems, solution procedures and, perhaps most
importantly, organization for effective cooperation
and dissemination of results. The meeting will be of
special interest to plant operators and inspectors,
design engineers, metallurgists and those concerned
with design for advanced high temperature plant and
new alloys.
COLLOQUIUM TOPICS
The Organizing Committee invites offers of papers of
utility on topics which contribute towards providing
improvements in the understanding of the deterioration
of extending lives of structures and facilities, their
maintenance, economy and betterment of future
design. These need to be in terms of analyses of
factors involved in the successful management of
operation during overhaul, residual life evaluation and
renovation studies. A non-exclusive listing of relevant
topics includes:
• Fitness for service and post-construction
aspects; Codes guidelines/analysis
• Design for serviceability and refurbishment;
mechanical integrity
• Mechanisms of high temperature and material
strength under long time exposure
• Materials characteristics and property data
basis; virgin and aged; creep cracking; forensic
investigations
• Code, computer-based and robust lifetime
assessment methods
• Risk-based inspection; monitoring; data
collection
• Flaw defect assessment methods; in-plant
measurements life monitoring; defect
management; cases and knowledge-based
systems
• Corrosion and incipient failure monitoring;
protective coatings
• Probabilistic risk assessment of components and
systems; reliability optimization
• Economic aspects for life extension decision-
making; human error; training
• Advances in NDE techniques; holography;
ultrasonics
Authors wishing to submit a paper are requested to
forward a title and an abstract of 500 -1,000 words
in English. Abstracts should reach the Colloquium
Secretariat no later than 30 November 2008. Abstracts
and papers will be peer reviewed for acceptance
and subsequent publication in the Proceedings.
Presentations will be in English. Deadline for abstract
submissions is November 30, 2008. For more
information or to submit abstracts contact CAPE 2009
– Colloquium Secretariat, c/o R K Penny & Associates,
P O Box 174,
NOORDHOEK – 7979. Tel: (+27) 21 – 785-3493 South
Africa or E-mail: rkpenny@iafrica.com
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 United States CSB Determines Massive
Propane Fire at Valero Refinery in Sunray,
Texas, Resulted from Water Freezing and
Cracking Idle Section of Process Piping
The final report calls on the American Petroleum
Institute to develop improved practices for refinery
freeze protection, fireproofing, isolation valves, and
fire protection systems. A new CSB (Chemical Safety
Board) safety video covering this incident has been
released and can be accessed on-line at the following
URL http://www.csb.gov/index.cfm?folder=video_
archive&page=index#
A massive fire that injured four workers and caused
the total shutdown and evacuation of the Valero
McKee Refinery in Sunray, Texas, in February
2007 likely occurred after water leaked through a
valve, froze, and cracked an out-of-service section
of piping, causing a release of high-pressure liquid
propane, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said
in a final investigation report issued on July 9, 2008.
The CSB released a new 13-minute safety video
to accompany the final report, including a 3-D
computer-generated animation depicting the accident
scenario. The video has been posted on the Board’s
website, CSB.gov, and on YouTube. DVD copies are
available free of charge using an online request form.
The CSB’s final report concluded the root causes of the
accident were that the refinery did not have an effective
program to identify and freeze-protect piping and
equipment that was out of service or infrequently used;
that the refinery did not apply the company’s policies on
emergency isolation valves to control fires; and that current
industry and company standards do not recommend
sufficient fireproofing of structural steel against jet fires.
‘This was a significant accident that seriously burned
three people, shut down a major oil refinery for two
months, and contributed to gasoline shortages hundreds
of miles away in Denver,’ said CSB Chairman John
Bresland. ‘The CSB investigation points to a number of
areas where oil industry practices should be improved
to reduce the likelihood and the severity of process-
related fires. Fireproofing, remotely operable shutoff
valves, and effective water deluge systems can spell the
difference between a small, quickly contained fire and
a massive blaze that cripples a large industrial facility.’
The fire occurred in the refinery’s propane de-
asphalting unit, which uses high-pressure propane as a
solvent to separate gas oil from asphalt; gas oil is used
as a feedstock in other gasoline-producing refinery
processes. The propane leaked from an ice-damaged
12 INSPECTIONEERING JOURNAL July/August 2008
piping elbow that is believed to have been out of service
since the early 1990s, CSB investigators said. Unknown
to refinery personnel, a metal object had wedged under
the gate of a manual valve above the piping elbow,
allowing liquid to flow through the valve. Piping above
the valve contained liquid propane at high pressure, and
small amounts of water were entrained in the propane.
‘The elbow was part of a ‘dead-leg’ formed when the
piping was taken out of service,’ said CSB Investigations
Supervisor Don Holmstrom. ‘This was a section of
piping that remained connected to the process but
was not intended to have any flow of liquid through
it. Dead-legs can pose special hazards in refineries
that should be carefully managed.’ Mr. Holmstrom
said the refinery, then owned by Ultramar Diamond
Shamrock, did not identify hazards arising from the
dead-leg when it was created in the 1990s and did not
implement safeguards, such as removing the piping,
isolating it from the process using metal plates known
as blinds, or protecting it against freezing temperatures.
Over time, water seeped past the leaking valve and built
up inside the low point of the piping elbow. A period of cold
weather in early February 2007 likely caused the water
to freeze, expand, and crack the piping. On February 16,
the daytime temperature increased and the ice began to
melt. At 2:09 p.m. high-pressure liquid propane flowed
through the leaking valve and was released through the
fractured elbow. Investigators estimated that propane
escaped from the pipe at an initial rate of 4,500 pounds
per minute, quickly creating a huge flammable vapor
cloud, which drifted toward a boiler house where CSB
investigators believe it contacted an ignition source.
‘Once the fire started, there was no way to shut off the
supply of fuel, because the refinery had not implemented
Valero procedures requiring the installation of remotely
operable shutoff valves,’ Mr. Holmstrom said. ‘Such
valves are especially critical in high-pressure service
to prevent large inventories of flammable material
inside process equipment from contributing to a fire.’
The growing fire caused the failure of a pipe flange
on a large extractor tower filled with propane, igniting
a powerful jet fire that was aimed directly at a major
pipe bridge carrying liquid products throughout the
refinery. Because the pipe bridge supports were not
fireproofed, they quickly collapsed, severing process
pipes that were essential to the operation of the refinery.
‘Valero and industry standards require fireproofing of
structural steel supports up to a maximum of 50 feet from
possible fuel sources,’ said Mr. Holmstrom. ‘The collapse of
a non-fireproofed pipe bridge 77 feet away from the source of
the jet fire indicates that industry practices need to be revised.’
The fire at Valero also caused the release of an estimated
5,300 pounds of toxic chlorine from three one-ton
cylinders stored 100 feet from the fire. The chlorine, used
to disinfect cooling water, could have posed a serious
threat to emergency responders had they not already
been evacuated, investigators said. In addition, the fire
threatened a large spherical tank that contained up to
151,000 gallons of highly flammable liquid butane. As a
result of the growing fire, the valves controlling a water
deluge system designed to cool the sphere became
inaccessible to operators and could not be opened.
‘The consequences of this accident could have been
even more serious, under slightly different circumstances,’
Chairman Bresland said. ‘Refineries should minimize the
presence of hazardous substances near units where they
may be exposed to fire hazards and should ensure that
emergency systems remain operable if a disaster strikes.’
The CSB made recommendations to the American Petroleum
Institute (API), a leading oil industry trade association that
develops safety practices that are widely followed in the
U.S. and overseas. The Board called on the API to develop
a new recommended practice for freeze-protection of
refinery equipment and to improve existing practices related
to fireproofing, emergency isolation valves, and water
deluge systems. The report also called on Valero Energy
Corporation, the nation’s largest refiner, to improve freeze
protection, fireproofing, hazard analysis, and emergency
isolation procedures at its North American refineries.
The CSB urged Valero to implement its strategic plan to
eliminate the use of chlorine for water treatment in favor
of inherently safer alternatives such as bleach. The Board
also recommended that McKee refinery staff work with
the United Steelworkers, which represents employees
at the plant, to upgrade hazard analysis procedures.
The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with
investigating industrial chemical accidents. The agency’s
board members are appointed by the president and confirmed
by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects
of chemical accidents, including physical causes such as
equipment failure as well as inadequacies in regulations,
industry standards, and safety management systems.
The Board does not issue citations or fines but does
make safety recommendations to plants, industry
organizations, labor groups, and regulatory agencies such
as OSHA and EPA. The CSB web site is, www.csb.gov
For more information, please contact Director of Public
Affairs Dr. Daniel Horowitz (in Amarillo, Texas) at
(202) 441-6074 cell or Sandy Gilmour (in Washington,
DC) at (202) 261-7614 / (202) 251-5496 (cell).
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 Interview
with
Scot Haines
Hess Corporation
Fixed Equipment
Reliability Coordinator
Editor’s note: The following is an interview with Scot Haines,
(Corrosion Engineering Advisor). The IJ wishes to thank Scot
and the Hess Corporation for taking the time to share with the “IJ”
community.
Gregory C. Alvarado
Chief Editor
Inspectioneering Journal
IJ: Scot, will you share with the IJ readership
when and how your career started in the Oil and
Gas industry and in what capacity, and how you
got to where you are now?
Scot: I completed my BS degree in chemistry
in 1971. After completing my active service
commitment in the US Air Force I entered the
workforce as a quality control chemist for Dayton
Tire Company. It didn’t take long to figure out that
the opportunities and entrepreneurial spirit in the
oil and gas industry were much more suited to
my style. In 1973 I started working for Champion
Chemicals as a technical service chemist. Less
than a year later I joined ARCO in the oilfield
chemicals division based on some work I had
done for them. As a technical service chemist
supporting the sales force I learned the value of
applied problem solving. I entered the company
as a bench chemist and left as a water treating
chemicals supervisor with a specialty in corrosion
inhibition.
14 INSPECTIONEERING JOURNAL July/August 2008
My association with Hess started in 1979 as part
of an ARCO team awarded a ‘no service’ oilfield
chemicals contract. This was a new concept in
the business at that time as oilfield chemicals
were typically sold with service included, which
accounted for about 40% of the cost to the
customer. I started with Hess in 1980 as a
corrosion engineer. What a ride! I have had the
opportunity to reinvent myself every 3-5 years
to remain current and provide relevant support
to Hess operations. Initially, I provided oilfield
chemicals formulation and QA/QC support for
chemical bids for all Hess operated regions in the
US. I expanded my corrosion engineering support
to include cathodic protection, coatings and
materials to one of three production regions in the
US. I got field experience during a move to West
Texas to provide onsite corrosion engineering
support for a larger region which included a
Carbon Dioxide tertiary recovery project.
Soon after PSM was legislated I shifted my focus
from production operations to gas plant operations.
In addition to plant corrosion engineering I provided
mechanical integrity (MI) support to Hess US gas
plants and successfully completed API 510 and
570 certification examinations. I initiated and
matured the MI programs for the company’s gas
plants. I continue to be actively involved as an
advisor to the company’s plant inspectors, Chuck
Easterbrooks and Michael Westbrook, who are
onsite and owners of the process.
Currently, I am an advisor to global operations
in the area of MI and also serve as the technical
expert for the global integrity management (IM)
project. This project was initiated after production
management considered an area worthy of
additional focus.
IJ: What type of company is the Hess
Corporation?
Overall, I don’t know another company that offers
more of what I want in a job and that is why I am
still here.
IJ: What types of businesses do they operate, in
what parts of the world are they located and what
peculiar issues do you face, in your job, because
of their external environments?
Scot: Hess views itself as an independent with
onshore and offshore production, refineries, retail
outlets and other energy related ventures. We
have global production operations - North Sea,
Russia, Africa, SE Asia and the US.

Scot: In a word - Outstanding. I made the decision Most of the issues I currently face are related
to work for Hess during my initial interview. The to initiating Integrity
interviewers projected a Management (IM)
corporate philosophy that programs on a global
embraced ‘out of the box’ scale to minimize
thinking. Hess welcomed operational risk in our
the innovative spirit that I assets. The number of
had demonstrated during assets and their locations
my work on the ‘no services’ dictate that they cannot all
oilfield chemical package be done simultaneously
together and thought that with current staffing and
the Hess philosophy was contractor support levels.
very compatible with my Prioritization of risk by
style. In essence ‘You can asset, business unit
do anything you think you and region is a complex
are big enough to do.’ In activity. The task becomes
almost 28 years Hess has more difficult when
empowered me to do just issues relating to existing
that! workload in operations,
cultural differences and
I am extremely proud competency gaps are
of Hess and the considered.
metamorphosis they have made to a first class
Exploration and Production Organization and
Company. Many of the IM processes are mature in PSM or
similarly regulated assets. In some production
That said, there are a few bumps in the road operations, however, they are non existent.
primarily as a result of the explosion in hiring Another significant issue is that of building a
that has occurred over the past 5 years. There technical support structure with responsibility for
have been challenges in integrating the best of IM.
the corporate cultures the new hires bring into
the existing Hess culture, for sure. Overall, the IJ: What assets are you responsible for?
changes have been for the better. And with such
a favorable business climate the opportunities are Scot: I am responsible for providing corrosion
abundant. Exciting, yes, but a little overwhelming engineering support to the gas plants. In practice,
at times.
15 INSPECTIONEERING JOURNAL July/August 2008

Interview
with
Scot Haines
I work with global production and gas plants
operations and engineering staff on corrosion
engineering, and global IM and MI issues, as
needed.
IJ: What do you see as the most exciting
advancements in the areas of inspection and fixed
equipment reliability in the last 5 years?
Scot: Certainly, the continuing effort to adapt
risk based inspection software to production
operations has to rank right up there and it is still
evolving. As a member of the API RBI user group
I appreciate the refining industry experience and
the detailed basis of technical expertise contained
in the API RBI software. The refining industry
has done a lot of work in contributing to the
development of world-class RBI software. I am
excited about tapping into this and developing a
similar product that is more closely aligned to the
risk and inspection issues related to production
operations and applying it to the upstream
business. Toward that end and with Lynne Kaley’s
(Vice President, Equity Engineering Group)
assistance Hess has used the software to provide
senior management with a high-level relative-risk
assessments for our global producing assets –
onshore production, offshore platforms and gas
plants. In addition, we used a modification to the
Management Systems questionnaire contained
in the API RBI Software to identify IM pockets of
excellence in management processes and areas
requiring improvement. I appreciate the level of
technical effort that has gone into the development
of the API RBI technology and software and the
fact that the technical basis is documented, and
available in the public domain. Again, this makes
the approach unique in the industry.
16 INSPECTIONEERING JOURNAL July/August 2008
IJ: What do you see as the future for improvement
of fixed equipment reliability programs in the next
5 years?
Scot: There is a need to take the best that the
existing technology has to offer and apply it to
the upstream segment. In the post Texas City
environment many of my industry friends have
come to the realization that integrity management
programs are needed. But the question of how to
do it always comes up. Bringing the inspection
expertise up to a level approaching that in the
refining industry may become a requirement in
the future
IJ: What are your top 4 biggest challenges for
today and the near future?
Scot:
• Continuing adaptation/development of RBI
software for upstream operations,
• Finding the right organizational structure
for integrity management
• Providing global integrity management
support
• Improving contractor inspection quality
IJ: Where do you see answers to these challenges
will come from?
Scot:
• RBI software development teams must
come to grips with the need to expand
the technology to fit the task for upstream
operation by adapting where feasible and
developing new technology where needed.
Production operations must commit the
resources to support this effort.
• Management must ‘right size’ the IM
organization and determine its ‘best fit‘ in
a rapidly growing and changing upstream
industry
• A deeper level of understanding of the
inspection methods is needed by company
employees in order to be qualified to
determine contractor competency
• Inspection companies should high grade
their employment practice and continue
to invest in employment packages that
encourage long term commitment by
inspectors.
IJ: What are your most commonly used NDE
methods, today, for the various business sectors,
by business?
Scot: In the gas plants NDE methods include
the generic standards like visual examination,
compression wave UT, WFMT, PT, RT, MFL, etc.
In the field locations common methods are visual
examination and UT. We tend to do more in
the area of corrosion monitoring in the field and
look at water chemistry, coupons and electronic
methods such as resistance probes, galvanic and
PAIR probes.
2009 NPRA Reliability & Maintenance Conference
May 19-22, 2009
Gaylord Texan Hotel
Grapevine, TX
Call for Papers Deadline: August 8
NPRA is seeking workshop presenters for the 2009
Reliability & Maintenance Conference. If you have
done something novel, implemented a new technolo-
gy, learned an especially valuable lesson, or improved
your organization’s effectiveness, the Program Com-
mittee invites you to present your results in a workshop
and then facilitate a discussion among the attendees.
A significant portion of the 75-minute session should
be devoted to this dialogue.
The program committee is seeking presentations for
the following categories:
➢ Benchmarking
➢ Capital project execution
➢ CMMS improvements
➢ Contracting strategies
➢ Environmental
➢ Equipment health monitoring
➢ Fundamentals of reliability and maintenance
➢ Inspection technologies
➢ KPI’s
➢ Life cycle engineering
➢ Maintenance technologies
➢ Multi-skilling
➢ New technology
IJ: What advanced methods is Hess using?
Scot: Plants use phased array, longitudinal and
shear wave UT, IRIS, EMAT, etc. Field locations
use potentiodynamic polarization, MFL, smart
pigs, etc.
IJ: Scot, thank you very much for your time and
sharing. I am sure our readers will find your insight
both practical and valuable and we look forward
to hearing from you again.
➢ Operating envelopes
➢ Operations’ role in turnarounds
➢ Operator-driven reliability
➢ Planning & scheduling
➢ Procurement strategies
➢ Productivity improvements
➢ Project engineering best practices
➢ Project management
➢ Reliability (RBI, RCM, etc.)
➢ Repair technologies
➢ Root-cause failure analysis
➢ Safety
➢ Training
➢ Turnarounds
➢ Workforce issues
Priority deadline for submissions is August 8, 2008.
The Program Committee will review the applications
and a member of the Program Committee will contact
you for more information if your workshop application
merits further consideration. Workshop leaders that
are selected for the 2009 program will be notified in
early December. NPRA appreciates your support for
the Reliability & Maintenance Conference and your
contributions to its success.
For more information visit the web site
www.npra.org
17 INSPECTIONEERING JOURNAL July/August 2008
 European Committee of User
Inspectorates (ECUI)
ECUI, the European Committee of User Inspectorates, Members; Associate Members are entitled to attend
was conceived during late 1992 as a result of an all meetings until representative UI organizations are
initiative by the Engineering Equipment and Materials formed in their respective countries.
Users Association (EEMUA) in the UK. This initiative Considerable progress has been made in expanding
was developed by a nucleus of parties with in-house membership since 1992, and these efforts are
inspection interests in Netherlands, France and the continuing.
UK, leading to an inaugural meeting in June 1993.
Composition
Founding members included: ECUI is made up of User Inspectorate organizations
from across Europe, which themselves represent a
–France (APITI)
much larger number of companies. See further details
–Holland (WEID)
for more information.
–United Kingdom (EEMUA)
For more information visit the web site
Mission Statement http://www.eemua.co.uk/
To promote the safe, reliable, efficient and profitable
use of engineering equipment by European industry
through enhancing the recognition, status and formal
responsibility and accountability of User companies
in general and User Inspectorates in particular
Achieved by providing an organization to:
• Monitor and, when appropriate, advise on the
development, transposition and interpretation
of European legislation concerning new
equipment
• Encourage the maximum flexibility consistent
with safety in National Regulations and
possible European directives concerning
in-service equipment
• Participate in the development of relevant
European and international standards
• Contribute to effective implementation of
European conformity assessment procedures,
including support for the harmonization of
procedures for accreditation of Inspection
Bodies Sunoco, Inc., an independent refiner and marketer
• Promote the User view within other pan- of petroleum in Toledo, has an immediate need
European bodies such as the Parliament, for an Inspection Manager.
Commission and trade or sectoral The selected applicant will manage a staff of
associations and institutions; and liaise with inspector’s to ensure the mechanical integrity of the
other user organizations refinery and provide technical leadership in solving
• Provide a framework to facilitate co-operation complex problems involving refinery equipment.
and collaboration on non-competitive
Candidates must hold a BS in Engineering and ten
technical inspection matters
years of refinery experience or 20 years inspection
Membership and Constitution experience with ten or more year’s refinery inspection
Membership of the Committee is open to two background. Knowledge of API 5/10/570/653.
representatives from each country within the EU and Supervisory experience required.
EFTA.The nominees each represent a national or
industry-sector UI organization. For confidential consideration, please submit your
resume through our website career center at
Representatives from individual user companies may
www.sunocoinc.com
be invited to attend specific ECUI meetings, at the
EOE/M/F/D/V
discretion of the Committee, as prospective Associate

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