Oil & Gas
Our engineering services offer significant benefits to the oil and gas industry through the creation of more efficient, safe and cost-effective systems. Through simulation, we can analyse complex processes under various conditions, allowing performance to be predicted and potential issues to b3 identified before implementation. This reduces the need for expensive and risky physical testing while optimising equipment and processes for better productivity and safety. Additionally, simulation aids in regulatory compliance by ensuring designs meet environmental and safety standards, contributing to safer operations and minimising environmental impacts in a highly regulated industry. Ultimately, engineering design and simulation enhance decision-making, improve reliability, and streamline operations in the oil and gas sector.
Our engineering design and simulation services extend to a vast range of applications in the oil and gas industry, including:
- Fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU), distillation columns/retorts and boilers/reboilers.
- High temperature pressure vessels and shell-tube heat exchangers (to ASME BPVC Section VIII Division 2, AS 1210 or similar).
- Waste heat recovery units (WHRU), heat recovery steam generators (HRSG), once through steam generators (OTSG), economisers and ducting.
- Strainers and metallic/fabric expansion bellows.
- High temperature pipelines, valves and ducting (to ASME B31.3, AS 4041 or similar).
- Flue gas chimneys/stacks and gas flare towers (to ASME STS-1, CICIND, IS 6533 or similar).
- Refractory linings.
- Reaction tanks, storage tanks and transportation vessels (to API 650, API 653 or similar).
- Fans/blowers and impellers.
- Support structures and foundations.
- Transportation vessels exposed to high temperature conditions.
Fracture Mechanics
Combining fracture mechanics theory and simulation with measurement allows accurate prediction of crack growth in critical components.
Root Cause Failure Analysis
Root cause analysis of failures in equipment allows solutions to be developed that mitigate future issues.