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Sulfur Plant Corrosion and Integrity Operating Windows (API 594)

Presented By

Paul Cripps - Ammonite Corrosion Engineering Inc.

Conference:

tail gas process flowThe presentation reviews sulfur plant corrosion and how integrity operating windows can assist in monitoring plant integrity and corrosion activity during plant operation. Conventional sulfur plant operations and selected tail gas operations are covered. An overview of API 594 Integrity Operating Windows is provided. Examples of typical integrity operating windows with appropriate high level or low level alarms for sulfur plants are reviewed and discussed.

Paul CrippsMr. Cripps holds a Bachelor of Applied Science, Metallurgical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He has 40 years of experience in materials selection, corrosion control and welding engineering in the petroleum field. Paul’s vast project experience includes gas production and refining plants, mid-stream facilities, pipelines and sour oil and gas gathering systems, sour service metallurgy and corrosion control, stainless steel and nickel alloy corrosion. He also has extensive experience in pipeline design, materials and corrosion control.

With his strong leadership skills and extensive supervisory and management experience he is currently managing a group of corrosion engineering specialists.

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