Amarinth has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule using its facility in the United Arab Emirates to satisfy strict shutdown deadlines.
Engineers check 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 located 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 pressure gauge ออก หลัง , ADNOC decided the pumps were due for refurbishment. The sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps are important to production and refurbishment had 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 complete the strip and assessment report inside five working days and propose two refurbishment tasks. The first concerned a full rebuild, check and guarantee of the first pump replacing all of the titanium parts including impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work needed to be accomplished in just 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 venture undertook the identical work on the other two backup pumps to be completed on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, stated: “Having supplied the original pumps to ADNOC we’ve a wealth of expertise in working with titanium components. We are additionally pleased with the expansion of our native UAE facility for service and support and which enabled us to efficiently expediate this particular refurbishment, benefiting each ADNOC and the local economy.”
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