Health & Safety
Te three-year deal will allow the company to become one of a small number of inspection specialists to assess the safety, quality and performance of equipment acquired for BP’s high-profile capital and operating expenditure projects (Fig. 1). Under the agreement, GL Noble Denton will offer bespoke inspection expertise to BP projects across the world through a network of highly- qualified engineers in more than 80 countries. Te company will play a central role in BP’s procurement process, ensuring that goods supplied to the oil company are compliant with industry best practice. Pekka Paasivaara, member of the GL Group
executive board, said: “BP has taken a major step in refining its selection of inspection partners to ensure it consistently receives a world-class service in vendor assessment. We are delighted that GL Noble Denton has been selected to play a central role in this, and we look forward to aiding BP’s continued drive to operate safe and sustainable assets.”
Integrated management system audit In a separate development the GL Group has received a combined certificate of compliance with the BS OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards after successfully passing an integrated management system audit conducted by the German certification body DQS. Te Group is the first technical advisor for assurance, consulting, classification and certification to receive such a combined matrix certificate. GL group says the DQS certificate was issued
as proof of the compliance of its management system with the international standards that assess occupational health and safety management systems - BS OHSAS 18001 - the quality standards of products and services - ISO 9001 - and the environmental friendliness of processes, products and services - ISO 14001. Meanwhile, in January 2012, UTC, a diversified company providing a broad range of high-tech products and services to the global aerospace and building systems industries, awarded SGS a contract to conduct on and off-site inspection and testing on heat exchangers at the Refap refinery in Brazil. Since then, an on-site SGS mechanical team has been opening, inspecting and testing heat exchangers. Te agreement is scheduled to expire in December 2013. Heat exchangers or changers, which efficiently transfer thermal energy from one medium to another, are common and essential equipment in chemical and petrochemical plants. Construction and operational characteristics determine which qualify as pressure vessels under the Brazilian NR- 13 regulations and which therefore require initial safety inspections prior to operational use. Te Refap refinery is located in Canoas, Rio
Grande do Sul state and, as the fifth-largest refinery in the Petrobras system in Brazil, has an installed capacity of 200,000 bbl/d of oil. In addition to petrochemical naphtha, propylene, liquified petroleum gas, jet fuel, fuel oil and asphalt, diesel and gasoline make up most of the refinery’s production. Since the beginning of this year, SGS engineers
Ability to offer a full range of inspection services is critical S
ince its foundation in 1988 Delta Energy Services has focused on supplying high-quality inspection services to many operators and contractors. Today, the company offers clients a complete range of inspection and expediting services across Scandinavia, UK, Europe and other international locations, providing experienced personnel for either single or regular visits plus the option of continuous cover for the duration of projects. Delta says the keys to success in
today’s 24/7 world of inspection are offering services that are fast, flexible, cost-effective, and completely tailored to meet individual needs of
clients. Operating as clients’ ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’, Delta works to reduce the multitude of potential risks that they face. Tese include: non-conformity to contractual requirements, on- site production variations, revised specifications, sub-standard quality and materials, delays in manufacturing schedules and shipping. “We assist your suppliers and manufacturers to implement and reinforce their own quality system and look to drive through improvements in quality, reliability and cost efficiency. “With Delta Energy Services’
support, conformity to specifications is monitored independently and
any required corrective actions are identified and followed up locally on- site,” notes the company. In addition, the company has an
extensive network of strategically located field inspectors ready to assist and support regional quality needs - all of which is designed to build on Delta’s reputation for quality personnel, the speed and flexibility of its response and the wide scope of quality services it can provide. Typical inspection services offered include: witness and verification of critical activities; quality programme management; status reports; quality system audits; and project and procurement expediting services. ●
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