| Offshore Production Deck Restoration With Belzona | | | Industry:Oil & Gas (OILG) | | | Application:Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS) | | | Customer Location:Gulf of Mexico, USA | | | Application Date:November 2013 | | | Application Situation:Total restoration of production platform deck using Belzona Cold Plate bonding system. | | | Problem:Years of service without adequate maintenance in the offshore environment caused severe corrosion/metal loss of the production deck, impacting the structural integrity and personnel safety. | | | Products:Belzona 1121 (Super XL-Metal)
Belzona 9111 (Cleaner Degreaser)
Belzona 5811 (Immersion Grade) | | | Substrate:Carbon Steel | | | Application Method:The deck area to be restored was cleaned and prepared by UHP/aggregate/rust inhibitors. Belzona 9111 was used as a wipe down to clean and degrease all areas. The Belzona Cold Plate Bonding System was installed using Belzona 1121 as adhesive. A two coat system of Belzona 5811/Aggregate was installed afterwards. The aggregate was used to create an antislip surface. | | | Belzona Facts:The asset owner had determined it would require 10-12 days of downtime to utilize the traditional welding process to lay down new plates with a production loss of US $ 350,000 per day. The comparison of welding materials/labor and Belzona plate bonding/labor indicated the latter to be about 20% higher. However, considering there would be no downtime/production loss with Belzona, the operator determined the entire materials and labor cost would be offset by one day of downtime, making an overall gain of over US $3 M. | | | Photographs Description
- Condition of deck before restoration.
- Installation of plate bonding system.
- Restoration of new plates complete.
- Two coat system of Belzona 5811 applied to new deck plates.
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