Amarinth has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule using its facility within the United Arab Emirates to meet strict shutdown deadlines.
เกจ์แรงดัน take a look at a newly refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pump for ADNOC at Amarinth’s facility in UAE – Image courtesy of Amarinth.
The UK company equipped the unique pumps to ADNOC in 2016 for sodium hypochlorite dosing duties on the Umm Lulu offshore platform situated in the Arabian Gulf, 30km north-west of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Because sodium hypochlorite is extremely corrosive, Amarinth initially used titanium alloy for all wetted parts.
During a routine capital evaluation, ADNOC decided the pumps were due for refurbishment. The sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps are important to production and refurbishment needed to align exactly with a particular shutdown schedule.
The shutdown schedule would not allow the pumps to be returned to the UK for a full strip, assessment and refurbishment, so Amarinth used its UAE facility to undertake the work.
Amarinth’s UAE facility was capable of full the strip and assessment report inside five working days and suggest two refurbishment tasks. The first concerned a full rebuild, take a look at and guarantee of the primary pump replacing all the titanium elements including impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work wanted to be completed in just eight weeks. Amarinth prioritised the ordering of the titanium parts and was able to have the components manufactured and shipped to the UAE to align with the rebuild schedule. The second challenge undertook the same work on the opposite two backup pumps to be completed on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, stated: “Having supplied the unique pumps to ADNOC we now have a wealth of expertise in working with titanium elements. We are additionally happy with the growth of our native UAE facility for service and help and which enabled us to successfully expediate this explicit refurbishment, benefiting both ADNOC and the local economy.”
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