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Gulf of Mexico

De-risking

Gulf of Mexico operations and maintenance practices

By Martha Sandia, Stork aintenance, like safety, is everyone’s business

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Even a cursory examination of successful energy companies reveals a strong commitment to a maintenance and safety hier- archy that goes from employees in the ? eld all the way to the executive of? ces. Strong safety and maintenance cultures go hand-in-hand because poorly maintained assets can be the root cause of accidents and collateral damage to personnel and assets.

Beginning at the ? eld, platform deck or plant ? oor level, a company’s skilled workers may perform complete end-to-end mainte- nance, or management may outsource opera- tions and maintenance (O&M) activities to

Stork’s hot bolt clamping system allows up to eight corroded bolts to be technical services providers. On the Gulf removed from ? anged joints and replaced without the need for a costly

Coast, asset owners and operators routinely shutdown. The bolt clamps replicate the clamping force induced by the existing outsource advanced maintenance and repairs bolts so that activity can be safely carried out in-service with no disruption to to technical service providers who specialize the standard line pressure.

Photos from Stork.

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