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VMT Corrosion SurveyStatus Report
TOEM CommitteePWSRCAC Staff
Tom Kuckertz, Linda Swiss, and Anna Carey
Corrosion at VMT
• Scope of Work• Participants• Schedules and timelines• Field activities• Focus Areas for final report• Planned activities• Questions and answers
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Scope of Work
• Extent to which corrosion issues are successfully addressed at VMT
• Cathodic protection at VMT• Procedures and abatement efforts at VMT• Adequacy of inspection schedules • Use of appropriate standards and best
practices• Permitted extants of corrosion
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Scope was refined into achieving a set of the following objectives
• Evaluate corrosion control at Valdez Marine Terminal– Only for systems that can cause oil pollution
• Emphasis on procedures• Review condition of
– Corrosion control efforts– Tanks, piping, berths and related equipment
• Recommend changes, if any, that should be considered
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Project Participants
• Dr. Rust Inc.• PWSRCAC Staff• Alyeska Staff
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Dr. Rust Inc
• Bob Heidersbach– Direct contractor to PWSRCAC– Pipes and corrosion inhibitors
• Kash Prakash– Tanks– Coatings– Berth facilities
• Bob Guise– Cathodic protection
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Dr. Rust, Inc. In ActionBob Guise, Bob Heidersbach & Kash Prakash
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Bob Heidersbach aka Dr. Rust
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PWSRCAC Staff
• Tom Kuckertz • Linda Swiss• Anna Carey• Donna Schantz• Mark Swanson
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Alyeska Staff
• Barry Roberts• Steve Lacatena• Clay Forsyth• Doug Fleming• Tawna Beer-Burns, Coffman• Cecilia Sanchez, Baker Hughes
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Why is corrosion a bigger concern with age
• As oilfields age, corrosivity increases• Inspection and corrosion control efforts need
to be increased in aging fields/terminals• Decreased production often leads to
decreased funding for maintenance and inspection at the same time that the need for these efforts increases.
• Alyeska reports that maintenance and inspection funding has increased.
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Scheduling and Timeline• Pre-visit Activities – Prior to July 31, 2012
– Requests for and analysis of documentation• Anchorage Activities – July 31-August 3, 2012
– Documents review -- Alyeska’s Anchorage office• Valdez Field Work – August 6 – 9, 2012
– Monday – Admin, safety, security, document requests, facilities access requests
– Tuesday – Look at Berth 4, tanks, CP, piping, fire foam systems– Wednesday – Look at Berth 5 and other VMT locations, – Thursday – Exit briefing
• Draft report – September 2012• Final Report – Revise and review – October thru December 2012• Final report – Proposed for acceptance -- January 2013
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• Covered by Alyeska MP-166.3.21, VMT Facility Underwater Inspections
Berths Structural Integrity
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Cathodic ProtectionBerth Platform Legs--OK
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• Fire suppression foam
• AFFF + H2O known to be corrosive
• No longer a corrosionconcern
• “Spiders” in tanks have experienced some corrosion
– Now part of Alyeska T-500 tank inspection protocol (2012 paragraph additions)
AFFF— Aqueous Film Forming Foam
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Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) is of Widespread Industrial Concern
Alyeska reported CUI on eight 20-inch pipes over water on Berths 4 and 5 during week prior to fieldwork in Valdez. Worst case has 70%wall loss.
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A test grid is used to measure and quantify wall loss
Note how corrosion appears to be confined to uncoated welds, a standard practice in the oil industry when the welds were made
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Repairs to Berth 4 and 5 piping effected by addition of sleeves and/or recoating
Worst case, shown here, required specially fabricated sleeves. Most of the other affected pipes merely required cleanup and recoating
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Many instances of insulation damage that could allow water to accumulate under it were encountered.
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Water under insulation in coupon pull site
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Some places subject to routine inspection had uncorrected water intrusion?
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A Coupon-Pull Access Box Full of Water
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A cathodic protection voltage reading is taken during fieldwork
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Cathodic Protection Test Point
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Tank 13 floor is recoated as part of a recent API 653 Inspection
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Focus Areas for Final ReportFinal Report Still Being Developed
• Corrosion under insulation• Inspectability of piping• Corrosion monitoring• Protective coatings• Cathodic protection• Water intrusion and corrosion reporting
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Activities Timeline
• Interim report prepared• Internal review of interim report – Sept• Draft final report from contractor – Oct• Alyeska and PWSRCAC review of final
report – Oct/Nov• Internal and Committee review of draft
final report – Oct/Nov• Final report from contractor – Dec• Board acceptance – Jan, 2013
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Questions & Answers?
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End of Presentation
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