Richard Crawford from Integrated Global Services, a solution provider at the marcus evans Petrochemical & Refining Summit 2012 and Power Plant Management Summit 2012, on asset safety and optimization. Interview with: Richard Crawford, President, Integrated Global Services

1. Boosting Asset Reliability
in the Energy Sector
Interview with: Richard Crawford, How could they protect their spill or explosion at a domestic refinery
President, I ntegrated Global assets? would be disastrous to efforts to
Services maximize domestic extraction and
Addressing the issue of metal wastage production, so there is a strong need for
from erosion and corrosion is essential, this kind of proactive approach to risk
Metal wastage from erosion and as it can lead to expensive unscheduled management.
corrosion can lead to expensive downtime, the costly repair of
unscheduled downtime, the costly repair equipment and potentially unsafe
or replacement of critical equipment working conditions. A well designed
and machinery, and potentially unsafe
working conditions, says Richard
surface protection system involving
customized shop-applied or onsite There is a need
Crawford, President, Integrated thermal spray, weld overlay, and
Global Services. ceramic coatings can extend an asset’s for more
lifespan and lessen maintenance
From a solution provider at the
upcoming marcus evans
expenses within the constraints of even
the shortest plant shutdowns. Plant
environmental
Petrochemical & Refining Summit
2012 and Power Plant Management
operators must carefully consider these
alternatives to traditional epoxies and
and safety
Summit 2012, Crawford discusses
environmental health and safety and
an operate-until-failure approach to
avoid unexpected vessel or boiler wall controls
energy management optimization. thinning and the associated costs of
operating without a preventative
How can efficiency be increased in maintenance strategy.
the petrochemical, refining and How can plant safety be improved?
generation space? Perhaps the most important point is that
when machinery fails due to corrosion As a multi-national contractor, we have
Plant managers are being asked to or erosion, it is critical to investigate the benefitted from being able to witness
produce more with the same aging issue and address the root cause of the different safety programs across
equipment that was used 10, 20 and failure, and to lay the groundwork for a industry and geography. In whatever
even 50 years ago. They are also being more reliable outcome going forward. format they are implemented,
challenged with the increasing amount behavior-based safety should be
of heavier and sourer fuels. What environmental concerns implemented, particularly in culturally
should plant managers focus on? diverse international workforces. In the
Industry executives believe that there is petrochemical and refining space, we
a need to move into alternative fuels It is critical that plant managers perform have seen that many plant-specific
that are cheaper or have a less intrusive risk assessments to anticipate the programs are often quite specific to a
environmental footprint; however, they likelihood and impact of related risks plant, which makes it challenging to
must also continue focusing on specific to the plant. Obviously, a sour introduce new service providers to their
operating with conventional fuels more gas processing plant has a dramatically own way of doing things.
efficiently. different set of potential environmental
concerns than an oil burning power However, on the generation side,
There is now immense pressure to do plant. Most visible environmental risks contractors find it easier to get up to
more with less. The continued need to be addressed at the corporate speed with all requirements regarding
investment in technology improvements level, as the political impact of an safety and efficiency, perhaps because
for increased throughput, efficiency, and environmental mistake can literally they are more acclimated to the process
reliability will become increasingly destroy a company’s ability to operate of packaging the requirements and
important over the next few years. flexibly. The effects of another large instructing new providers.

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About Integrated Global Services
Integrated Global Services (IGS) provides surface protection solutions for mission-critical equipment. IGS’ integrated service
offering of Metalspray®, weld overlay, large particle ash (LPA) filtration, and mechanical services helps power, oil and gas, paper,
and other critical processing companies operate their equipment reliably and safely. A world leader in onsite thermal spray with
over 2,000 successful projects completed, IGS offers proprietary materials and application processes and experienced project
management for dependable assistance in planned or emergency shutdowns.
www.integratedglobal.com
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