Amerapex Presentation

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Amerapex provides a continuum of upstream and

downstream solutions and services for thehydrocarbon extractive and process industries.

Our network of facilities in the Americas, Europeand Asia connects our clients to suppliers and our

technical and procurement staff.

Our life cycle of integrated engineering andinspection services range from concept, feasibility,design, project implementation to operation andmaintenance.


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Pipelines By placing a 2 band with a monitoring plug permanently affixed to the pipeline at up

to 1,000-foot intervals, a permanent probe can be inserted and provide continuous testing foryears with the Guided Wave System.

Electric Power Plants Plants powered by natural gas have extensive above and below ground

pipelines that are natural for Guided Wave System testing.

Refineries and Chemical Plants The extensive processing pipline network at these facilities is

tailor-made for Guided Wave System testing.

Offshore Oil Drilling Platforms The extensive pipelines and platform support structures are

especially vulnerable to corrosion in the saltwater environment. Until now, underwater structural

members in particular could only be inspected visually by divers. A structural member ruptured

from corrosion can lead to explosions, fire, fatalities and environmental disaster all preventable

with Guided Wave System early detection and testing.

Industrial Plant Construction When Guided Wave System equipment is installed during the

construction phase of industrial facilities, it can identify flaws in structural members supplied by

vendors as well as potential problems with welding, bolting, heat treating or other aspects of the

construction process.


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Oil Gas Facilities - Pipe Supports, Heater Tubes, Soil to Air interface, Corrosion Under Insulation,

and CML Re-assignment and removal. This process identifies and the most severe damage an

accesses the damage, places the CMLs at these locations, and removes all unnecessary CMLs. By

using this process up to 75% of CMLs in a given circuit can be removed.

Pipe Supports Identify corrosion at pipe supports with the Guided Wave System to avoid the

leading causes of topside process piping failure.

Underwater Pipelines The Amerapex Guided Wave System can identify damage from corrosion

on pipe equipment and avoid a pipeline needing to be closed, ensuring water and other sources

remain secure while saving millions of dollars.

Heat and Boiler Tubes Quickly and accurately identify corrosion and cracks in the hottest areas

of the boiler tubes and heater tubes saving companies up to 80% over traditional methods.

Scanning has generally been done mechanically using smart pig self-propelled instruments thatcan cost up to $100,000 per heater inspection. And even with such scanning, traditional

checkpoint methods of inspection are still necessary to analyze whether the cracks identified have

actually resulted in pinholes.


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Heat Exchanger Tubing Utilizes the capability of guided waves to travel long distances in the

components without essential attenuation. Advantages include:

Guided wave screening of any type of tubing (carbon steel, titanium, brass, thin walled

ferritic stainless steel)

Screening of the entire heat exchanger tube bundle at a rate of 2-4 tubes per minute,

depending on the screening mode

Full coverage of the length of the tube including U-bends, areas of rolled expansion, andareas under tube support plates

Full coverage of the tube metal volume (internal and external corrosion)

Under Ground Crossings - Identify and access damage to piping caused by corrosion and install

permanent probes for low cost and easy access monitoring.

Platform Risers Inspection and Monitoring Systems (PRIMS) Generates a torsional mode guided

wave in the pipe like structure that travels in the wall of the pipe and has minimal interaction with

liquids in or around the pipelines. The characteristic makes it a perfect candidate for installation

on offshore platform riser pipe to monitor corrosion in the platform legs.


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Our CUI process is an inspection program specifically designed to achieve the

highest level of component coverage and minimize the amount of insulation removal

and scaffolding cost associated with common CUI inspections.

Amerapex can create a CUI program for your facility that includes equipment andpiping within API guidelines complete from beginning to end

Build the program to your needs within any existing inspection program such as RBI

A brief overview of our process is as follows.

A complete visual/temperature survey to identify the correct scope of the CUI

inspection and identify problem areas

A Moisture detection survey using Neutron Backscatter to identify high moistureareas

Open Vision (real time radiography) is used to inspect the areas of high moisture,

all control loops, and problem areas identified visually to determine whether

damage is present and insulation removal for further inspection is necessary

Guided wave ultrasonic inspection is then used at areas where damage is present

and on long straight runs of piping to identify areas of damage where moisture

may not be present during the moisture detection survey Complete follow-up inspections, assessment of continued service and tracking of

captured data

Implement a reporting format that conforms to your specific needs such as

PCMS, Ultrapipe or other data tracking methods you have in place


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1. Our CUI program using Advanced NDE methods offer a savings of

nearly 70% over other CUI inspection methods in craft support

alone2. Our CUI method has a 95% indication to relevant finding ratio

3. Moisture detection coupled with real time x-ray and guided wave

ultrasonic methods offers the best CUI inspection coverage on the

market

4. Our CUI program is specifically designed to minimize the amount of

scaffold and insulation cost associated with this type of inspection5. Our guided wave inspection techniques offer repeatable results with

great distance of inspection

6. No component size limitations for our guided wave method

7. Permanent probe set-ups for guided wave inspection afford

repeatable inspections on difficult to access components i.e. buried

piping, overhead lines8. Multiple pipe supports can be inspected simultaneously from one

location

9. Our guided wave method can easily inspect around elbows


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The Amerapex Corporation takes pride in being anindustry leader in data implementation and

tracking. We can use any existing reporting format

that your facility may be using such as PCMS or

Ultra pipe. The goal is to make our findings andinspection data as accessible and useful to your

facility and its personnel as possible.


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100% coverage is cost effective from thestandpoint that with minimal insulation removal

and scaffold needs using our methods that funds

appropriated for these inspections can be

stretched much further. In short, spend yourmoney on the inspection program and not craft

support.


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Click On Video to Play - Open Vision Demonstration


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1. Multiple Pipe Supports can be inspected from a single

inspection location

2. Soil to Air can be inspected down to 20 feet, Our method has avery small dead zone and can be used in many situations that

other methods cannot

3. Heater Tube inspection is easily done with this method

4. Long straight runs in excess of 300 feet have been inspected

with our method

5. Inspecting piping around elbows6. Permanent Probes can be used in many different situations for

continuous monitoring

7. A Cost Savings over other methods due to the ability to inspect

great distances with minimal access to the component

8. The signal clarity of our method makes the analyzing of data

much easier with less interpretation by the technician

9. Our method uses a pure torsional wave mode that can travel

further and without being affected by the geometry of the pipe

or component


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The Amerapex Corporations patent pending CML Re-assignment/reduction

process involves the use of guided wave inspection to inspect 100% of

piping in services where localized corrosion is possible.

The goal being to identify the areas with the most severe damage, assess

the damage and place CMLs at these locations and remove all of the

unnecessary CMLs.

This process could be used to remove up to 75% of CML locations in a

given circuit.Furthermore, calculations for remaining life and estimated retirement dates

would be much more accurate eliminating the (best guess) philosophy

currently being used.

The cost savings on yearly CML UT surveys and the support needed for

these programs would be greatly diminished.


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