BELZONA® REPAIR OF POWER PUMP
Industry: Oil & Gas (OILG)
Application: PDP-Positive Displacement Pumps (PDP)
Substrate: Steel
Customer Location: Offshore drilling company
Application Date: 1994
Problem: Corrosion of 2-4mm on the mating faces of the manifolds leading to leakage and loss of structural integrity
Photograph Descriptions
- General view of the rig
- The power pump
- Application of Belzona to the pump casing
- A re-faced flow block
Application Situation
Mud injection pumps on a jack-up oil drilling platform
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.