Amarinth has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule using its facility within the United Arab Emirates to satisfy strict shutdown deadlines.
pressure gauge น้ำมัน test a newly refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pump for ADNOC at Amarinth’s facility in UAE – Image courtesy of Amarinth.
The UK firm supplied 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 very corrosive, Amarinth initially used titanium alloy for all wetted elements.
During a routine capital assessment, ADNOC determined the pumps had been 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 wouldn’t permit 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 in a place to complete the strip and evaluation report inside 5 working days and suggest two refurbishment tasks. The first concerned a full rebuild, test and guarantee of the first pump replacing all the titanium elements together with impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work wanted to be accomplished in simply eight weeks. Amarinth prioritised the ordering of the titanium elements and was capable of have the parts manufactured and shipped to the UAE to align with the rebuild schedule. The second challenge undertook the identical work on the opposite two backup pumps to be accomplished on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, mentioned: “Having equipped the original pumps to ADNOC we have a wealth of experience in working with titanium parts. We are also pleased with the expansion of our local UAE facility for service and assist and which enabled us to successfully expediate this specific refurbishment, benefiting both ADNOC and the local financial system.”
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