ANSWERS TO TODAY'S INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
Aging infrastructure, growing knowledge gaps, fewer qualified employees, changing jurisdictional requirements, and a push to produce sustainable products or services. These issues are relevant to all processing facilities.
At Equity, we combine our industry expertise, codes and standards knowledge with a multi-disciplinary approach to address these common challenges. Our consulting services, corporate standards, and software help you improve facility-wide safety, increase inspection efficiencies, reduce equipment downtime, and maximize operational reliability.
How We Help Your Industry
Eliminate Knowledge Gaps
The crew change is here, your subject matter experts (SMEs) are retiring, and there are fewer personnel available to fill those roles. The Equity Engineering Practices (EEPs) capture SME knowledge and integrate that information into the industry’s most comprehensive corporate standards. The EEPs are accessible to all employees, which increases the safety and reliability of your facility.
Comply with Jurisdictional Codes & Regulations
In every industry, jurisdictional requirements are changing to meet environmental targets and address sustainable operations. As active members on many API and ASME committees, we know the codes and standards and use this knowledge on every project and technology we deliver. We help you meet jurisdictional requirements without over-engineering.
Minimize Unplanned Maintenance or Shutdown
Unplanned maintenance or shutdowns are expensive. The equipment needs to restart quickly to minimize production and revenue losses. E2G offers pre-turnaround planning, proactive fitness-for-service (FFS) assessments, and risk-based inspection (RBI) program implementation to help you minimize unplanned shutdowns, improve equipment reliability, and reduce operational risk.
Industries We Work With
Oil & Gas
Address the evolving needs in the upstream and downstream energy industries with E2G’s extensive engineering experience and software.
Midstream
Maintain the safety and integrity of aboveground storage tanks, terminals, and pipelines with proactive engineering services.
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Minimize hazards and improve operational safety processing polymers, petrochemicals, and other feedstocks.
Nitrogen & Fertilizers
Control inspection costs, minimize corrosion or HTHA concerns, and improve reliability to meet the growing global demand for fertilizers and potash.
Renewables & Alternative Energy
Join the energy transition by shifting to sustainable production and operations while balancing operational reliability.
Other Industries
Manage risk, control inspection costs, and create safe operating environments at all types of industrial processing facilities, including nuclear energy, pharmaceuticals, and aerospace.
Industry Insights
Dissimilar Metal Weld Repairs: Best Practices and Case Study
Dissimilar metal welds (DMWs) are often specified in process plants as an alternative to bolted mechanical joints and are successfully used in many corrosive and severe services. However, these welds can be subject to major weldability challenges and may lead to failures due to inherent material differences. In this article, the author examines these failure mechanisms, offers best practices for weld repairs and joint designs, and discusses a recent case study where laboratory analysis was used to identify the cause of a repeat DMW failure.
Bolted Flange Joint Assembly and Integrity
Learn how to improve performance by adopting inspection and maintenance best practices and applying advanced finite element analysis (FEA). This article discusses key design and operational considerations, drawing from codes and standards as well as Equity Engineering’s experience in assessing bolted joints.
Testimonials
Our Experts
Equity is your “go-to” consultants for the hard-to-solve problems. Equity is internationally recognized in the refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries as a leader on aging infrastructure services and support. Our team combines their extensive experience with state-of-the-art technology to help extend the lifecycle of your existing assets and create safe operating environments.
Our experts:
- Are primary authors on WRC 528 and WRC 562
- Are lead investigators on API 579, API 571, and API 581
- Have been an API 520 task force chairperson for more than 25 years
- Are members of API sub-committee of mechanical equipment (SOME)
- Are certified ISO VCAT-IV vibration analysts
