LNG Core Pressure Equipment Inspection

Vertech teams commenced ongoing piping zone and pressure equipment inspections across a major LNG asset in Western Australia in 2021. The scope of works included process and utility piping, including valves and fittings, pressure vessels, columns, serially produced vessels (gas cylinders, accumulators), heat exchangers and atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks.

Process safety requires effectively installing operating barriers for pressure equipment to prevent or mitigate incidents. However, degradation mechanisms can reduce the integrity of barriers over time. Inspection to the client standards and in line with AS 3788 is required to assess and verify the physical condition and integrity of obstacles, reducing the risk of harm to people, equipment, and the environment through potential loss of containment.