Important Update: Changes to API ICP Exam Administration We want to inform all our visitors about a significant change announced by the American Petroleum Institute (API) regarding the administration of their Individual Certification Program (ICP) exams. Discontinuation of Remote API Proctored Exams API has recently decided to discontinue the option for remotely proctored exams for their core certification programmes, effective …
A-Z of Pressure Equipment Integrity We’re often asked, “What kind of things do your courses cover?” Well, we couldn’t get that all down on here, but here is an A-Z snapshot of some common topics that are covered in our training courses. A – Anodic Protection Anodic protection is a technique used to prevent the corrosion of metal surfaces by …
Navigating Temporary Repairs: Risks and Compliance Essentials Post Construction Codes (PCCs) API 510/570/653 define these as temporary repairs but a feature of ASME PCC-2 is that it provides technical details and leaves the user to decide themselves. What is temporary? There’s no agreed definition of temporary. The nearest is from API codes as ‘to the next maintenance/replacement opportunity’. Temporary …
What is Patina? Patina is a layer of corrosion that forms on the surface of metal objects, particularly those made of copper, brass, bronze, and other metal alloys. Patina is formed by a combination of chemical and physical processes, including oxidation, corrosion, and the accumulation of pollutants and other substances on the metal surface. Patina can have a variety of …
When most hear the words Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC), our minds immediately start thinking of Chloride induced SCC in stainless steels or Sulphide SCC. However, In March 2019, Step Change in Safety issued a Safety Alert about slightly less common phenomena of Methanol Stress Corrosion Cracking in Carbon Steels. The incident occurred on an outlet line from a …
HF Damage Mechanisms – the threat to your assets. The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board have issued the final report on a significant fire and related explosions that occurred in June 2019 at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CSB). The cause of the accident, which shut down a refinery that could produce …
Living with weld defects comes as a surprise to many. Construction codes (ASME, EN etc.) are based on years of experience and contain acceptance criteria for materials, design, fabrication, testing and certification. A construction code is not specifically to produce fitness-for-service. Surprised? Here are some examples of when a code-compliant vessel may not be fit-for-service. – The materials …
LET’S SAY (just occasionally maybe) that some reports are not as good as they could be. You’ve paid for them (or someone has) and they just don’t give value for money. We’ve designed the Wilkinson Coutts REPORTING MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP to make your reports valuable. Join our 2-day public workshop. We take a maximum of 10 delegates so we can give everyone …
HTHA – A serious threat to pressure equipment integrity. Covered extensively in our API 571 Training Course, we’re often asked about HTHA. When carbon steel is used to manufacture pressure equipment for hydrogen-containing (gaseous or liquid, even when it is a constituent portion of a fluid) service, the service conditions should be limited to avoid High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA). …
Sometimes, A Little Change Is A Good Thing Fitness For Service Training – API 579/ASME FFS-1 – must be up there as one of the most comprehensive and helpful resources out there in the world of technical codes and standards. First published in January 2000 it provides the refining and petrochemical industry with various methods for the reliable …