Amarinth has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule using its facility in the United Arab Emirates to meet strict shutdown deadlines.
Engineers 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 firm equipped the original pumps to ADNOC in 2016 for sodium hypochlorite dosing duties on the Umm Lulu offshore platform situated within the Arabian Gulf, 30km north-west of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Because sodium hypochlorite is very corrosive, Amarinth originally used titanium alloy for all wetted elements.
During a routine capital evaluation, ADNOC decided the pumps were due for refurbishment. The sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps are critical to production and refurbishment had to align precisely with a specific 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 complete the strip and assessment report inside five working days and propose two refurbishment projects. เกจวัดถังแก๊ส concerned a full rebuild, test and guarantee of the primary pump changing all the titanium elements together with impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work wanted to be completed in just eight weeks. Amarinth prioritised the ordering of the titanium elements and was able to have the components manufactured and shipped to the UAE to align with the rebuild schedule. The second venture undertook the same work on the other two backup pumps to be accomplished on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, said: “Having supplied the original pumps to ADNOC we have a wealth of experience in working with titanium parts. We are additionally pleased with the growth of our local UAE facility for service and assist and which enabled us to efficiently expediate this explicit refurbishment, benefiting both ADNOC and the native economy.”
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