by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 26, 2021 | Petrochemical Refining and Production
Challenge: The mud pumps on the production deck of a platform in Cook Inlet Alaska were replaced with heavier models. To install the new mudpumps, major support structure below the deck crane needed to be cut, temporarily, so that the new mudpumps could be maneuvered...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 26, 2021 | Petrochemical Refining and Production
Challenge: Vibrations in a refinery FCC unit led to repeated ducting failures. In addition, the gas traveling through the ducting was a source of excessive noise. Hopper Engineering Associates was retained to mitigate both noise and vibration issues in the system....
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 26, 2021 | Petrochemical Refining and Production
Challenge: Hopper Engineering is providing technical support for the removal of an offshore oil platform in Alaska. A new crane of larger capacity is required to handle the heavier equipment necessary for the platform removal process. The new crane pedestal sits...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 26, 2021 | Petrochemical Refining and Production
Challenge: After several years of service in a corrosive environment at a refinery, many concrete piping supports were found to be in a state of deterioration, with cracked and spalled concrete, and exposed and corroding steel reinforcement. An investigation of all of...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 26, 2021 | Petrochemical Refining and Production
Challenge: There is an aging fleet of platforms in the Cook Inlet. It is difficult to perform sub-sea inspections due to the site environmental conditions. As an alternative to sub-sea inspections, vibration monitoring can be used to determine structural damage....
