Belzona® Repair Of Power Pump

Industry:

Oil & Gas (OILG)

Application:

Positive Displacement Pumps (PDP)

Customer Location:

Offshore drilling company

Application Date:

1994

Application Situation:

Mud injection pumps on a jack-up oil drilling platform

Problem:

Corrosion of 2-4mm on the mating faces of the manifolds leading to leakage and loss of structural integrity

Products:

Belzona® 1311

Substrate:

Steel

Application Method:

Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona System Leaflet PDP-6.

Belzona Facts:

Replacement pumps would have taken 6 months to deliver. Welding was not practical due to time required to accomplish. Belzona application cost $12000 saving up to a million dollars.

Photographs Description

1. General view of the rig 
2. The power pump 
3. Application of Belzona to the pump casing 
4. A re-faced flow block