Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals
On-time failure prevention, continuous operation and condition based maintenance of critical piping systems and equipment in oil, gas and petrochemical industries are all possible when monitored by QAE NDI systems. No need for costly shutdowns, scaffolding or insulation removal to detect and assess on-line stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, fatigue or thermal damage to detect and assess in operating equipment. QAE NDI has the ability to detect operational conditions causing flaw origination and development which provide important information for predictive maintenance of critical equipment.  


Main applications in oil, gas and petrochemical industries are: 

Application

QAE NDI capabilities

Steam piping

Detection and assessment of piping suffering from caustic cracking, stress corrosion cracking, fatigue, and other flaws.

Gas lines

Cracking of welds, gas leaks and more.

Refinery reactors

Detection and assessment of cracked welds and attachments due to hydrogen embrittlement, stress corrosion cracking and fatigue.

Low density polyethylene reactors

Detection and assessment of fatigue, stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement flaws at earliest stages.

Glass-lined piping and equipment

Detection of cracking in glass liner and in the metal, electrochemical corrosion.



Other applications are:

  • Gas storage tanks and cylinders.
  • Pressure vessels - new, in service and/or after repair
  • Cryogenic tanks.
  • Metal and FPR tanks.
  • Underground and surface hot and cold pipelines.
  • Road and rail railway tankers.