Degradation assessment and materials consultancy

Improving asset safety and reliability

Evaluating safety and reliability of

Services
in-service equipment
Corrosion assessment and
management Real-life conditions can often differ considerably from original design
parameters with significant consequences on deterioration mechanisms
Development of models for
corrosion/degradation rate which affect equipment reliability and safe operational life.
estimation
Owners and operators of critical assets, therefore, need to rely on expert engineering
Assessment of corrosion risk assessments when making decisions to continue operation, alter operating parameters,
repair or replace plant equipment.
Development of mitigation
strategies including monitoring
Edif ERA engineers have a international reputation for the development of corrosion
tasks, Integrity Operating
assessment and management programs for a variety of industries and assets. This
Windows definition, detailed
spectrum of materials and corrosion knowledge enables our engineers to offer a broad
Inspection plans
range of technical services. These range from on-site field support to the development of
Material suitability analysis complex degradation models to support any Integrity Management Systems in situ.

Materials testing
As a long-standing independent consultancy, Edif ERAs consultants knowledge and
expertise enables them to provide the impartial advice valued by their clients across
industry.
Asset experience:
Pressure vessels Columns and reactors

Fired heaters Pipework

Conventional boilers Offshore structures

Heat exchangers Storage tanks

Helping customers to resolve damage issues

Edif ERAs involvement over the past 30 years in degradation
assessment has enabled its engineers to develop a deep
understanding of industry-specific issues and life-limiting damage
mechanisms.

As a result, they have a successful track record of helping

their clients identify safety-critical items in need of immediate
remediation as well as support for long-term strategic asset
planning for inspection, repair and replacement programmes.

Experience-based assessment and detailed capabilities

Edif ERA can help answer that question by developing crude
Having worked on a broad range of process units and facilities
blending plans in order to run individual opportunity crudes while
across the refining industry, Edif ERA is able to support its clients to:
calculating instantaneous corrosion rates and remaining corrosion
allowance of every circuit involved, considering the following
assess corrosion/degradation potential in circuits with aggressive
parameters:
sulfidation, naphthenic acids
define cost/benefit solutions to address material degradation operating conditions
risks through RBI studies, including defining detailed inspection
material of construction
programmes and specifying both Integrity Operating Windows
and adequate process monitoring strategies flow regime and velocity

understand the implications of new operating conditions on asset piping configuration

life, e.g. high temperature hydrogen attack, creep and fatigue,
high temperature H2S/H2 sulfidation
audit existing integrity management programs
provide experienced and certified API inspectors to support
activities during turnarounds in order to diagnose and evaluate
damage, to assess risk and to advise on reparation alternatives
Through these services, Edif ERA can help its clients to maximise
their assets life and availability while reducing both economic and
environmental/safety risks and repair/replacement costs.
Example of capabilities
Although the Oil & Gas industry is aware of the economic benefits
of processing opportunity crudes, it is not always clear about the
long-term effects of these crudes on the life of the plant. The
question then arises, do the immediate benefits compensate for the
costs incurred when asset life is reduced?
reactive sulfur and acid content
inhibitor injection
Taking into account remaining life, probability of failure and its
consequences, an inspection plan would be developed. Future
inspection should be updated, taking into consideration the latest
inspection results and operating conditions.
These studies provide the rationale for the operator to decide
whether running an opportunity crude is worthwhile, based on a
cost benefit analysis. If it is, the study provides a detailed inspection
and monitoring plan to be implemented according to the new
operating conditions.
About Edif ERA
For critical industries and environments worldwide, we provide
technical inspection, engineering and consultancy services to
reduce risk, optimise performance and enhance capability, giving
our customers the confidence to build successful operations.

To discover more please email info@edifera.com

or visit our website at www.edifgroup.com