A review of AOC's partnership with the Dow/DuPont Sabine River Facility, Rob Sladek and Gerald Skinner were part of the team tasked to perform an RBI implementation on the plant's steam system, the goal of which was to mitigate risk and reduce maintenance costs associated with the utilities service. This case study outlines a great success story for an often overlooked, but critical, operation within the plant. Presented on January 30, 2019 at the API 2019 Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit.
Slide 1: Steam System Risk Mitigation Using Risk Based Inspection
Slide 2: BIO - Gerald Skinner
Slide 3: BIO - Rob Sladek
Slide 4: What's the Problem?
Slide 5: Steam System Risk Mitigation using RBI
Slide 6: Scope
Slide 7: Project Planning
Slide 8: DMR Findings
Slide 9: Default Semi-Quantitative Methodology
Slide 10: Production Consequence Methodology
Slide 11: Risk Results
Slide 12: Maintenance Recommendations
Slide 13: Inspection Plans
Slide 14: Project Results
Slide 15: Questions?
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