Case Study #1
PROJECT: AB 15 Gas Gathering, EPC3 – Block 15 Exxonmobil
Contracted through Moody International for ACERGY-FRANCE, SA. Based in Bel Valve, Newcastle.
Product: 6”, 10” 12” & 18” HDA Valves, Ball Valves, Gate Valves. API 6A PR2 Qualification Testing.
Visited all cladding/welding sites around the UK , carried out PIM & PPM in all companies.
Witness all cladding, butt welding, radiography, NDT, heat treatment, mechanical testing, machining, painting.
Attended Sheffield Forge Masters & MIS, Doncaster to witness the forging & mechanical testing of material.
FAT witnessing of all valves.
Case Study #3
PROJECT: 48”Production & Pipe to Pipe Hyperbaric Tie-In & 26” Hot Tap Tee
Contracted through Germanischer Lloyd( UK) for Burullus Gas Company. Main contractor on project was Technip.
Full time Client Inspector based in Global Pipelines, Invergordon & National Hyperbaric Centre, Aberdeen.
Product: Welder Qualifications for 48” pipe to pipe hyperbaric tie-in. Witness the welder qualifications for pipeline production welding. Witness the processes & procedures for the 26” Hot Tap Tee.
Witnessed the welder qualification tests of UK, Malaysian, & Turkish welders in Global Pipelines of Invergordon.
Witness all cladding, butt welding, radiography, NDT, heat treatment, mechanical testing, machining.
Welder & WPS qualifications, NDT procedure qualifications.
Case Study #5
PROJECT: Super Duplex Seperator vessel & Carbon steel Methanol vessel for Devenick Field
Contracted through Moody International / Intertek for Aker Solutions, Aberdeen.
Full time Senior welding inspector based at Isleburn, Dunfermline.
Witnessed WPS & Welder qualifications, all production welding, NDT, Radiographic Interpretation, pressure testing, data book review & sign off.
Case Study #2
PROJECT: B11 Re-Development Compression Project (Gas Turbine Compressor)
Contracted through Velosi Europe for Shell Sarawak Berhad. Full time Client Inspector based in Le Havre, France.
I was head hunted by SSB as a result of my knowledge of Inconel cladding. Dresser Rand, the French contractors, had never welded, cladding or butt welding utilising this filler wire. I have over 25 years experience with the cladding.
Product: Replacement Gas Turbine Compressor. Clad with Inconel 625.
Visited various sub contract facilities within France, carried out PIM & PPM in all companies.
Witness all cladding, butt welding, radiography, NDT, heat treatment, mechanical testing, machining.
Welder & WPS qualifications, NDT procedure qualifications. Documentation books reviewed.
RS & MIS, Doncaster to witness the forging & mechanical testing of material.
FAT witnessing of all valves.
Case Study #4
PROJECT: 14” & 18” Duplex Induction Bends
Contracted through ABSG Consulting Ltd.
Full time Client Inspector based in Proclad Induction Bending, Scotland for McDermott (Singapore).
Product: Witness Induction Bending of 14” & 18” Duplex pipe.
Witness all radiography, NDT, heat treatment, mechanical testing, machining & Induction bending, pickling & passivation. Carry out a full documentation book review.
Case Study #6
PROJECT: Two spooling towers & Carousels for Technip fleet
Contracted through Moody International / Intertek for Technip, Le Trait.
Full time QA / Senior Welding Inspector working for Technip, Le Trait on the manufacturing and commissioning of two Spooling Towers & Carousels for Umbilical laying offshore.
I resided full time in France for the contract duration travelling to various sub supply companies manufacturing parts for the final structures.
Witnessed all welding, Heat treatment, NDT, Radiographic Interpretation & coating, documentation review & load out.
