First of Its Kind On-Line Leak Repair
A boiler unit at Esso’s Fawley Refinery was shutdown for repair when a second unit developed a leak. TEAM provided a first-of-its-kind repair to an on-line boiler saving Esso millions.
Esso’s unit 1 boiler at its Fawley Refinery was shutdown for repair. While unit 1 was shutdown, the unit 2 boiler developed a superheater tube leak. A repair of the unit 2 boiler was needed or else a major processing unit would need to be shutdown. There was more bad news. The primary superheater tube leak was in the worst possible place – in dead space 102ft above ground level. It was also directing 1690psi of steam on to an adjoining tube.
TEAM installed an erosion shield by crawling into a lethal confined space, protected by an air-cooled suit. After three days of planning and just two hours of work the process was complete.
TEAM completed the world’s first repair of its kind to an on-line boiler that resulted in a multi-million pound saving for Esso.
