The owner of a late life asset needed to change outlet valves from a concrete structural support tank. IK-Group performed a FEED study and was awarded the contract for EPC and installation offshore, based on the solutions and technical know-how.
The following keywords describes the steps taken to perform the work in safe and effective manner:
- Installed new ball valve and adapters to create a safe hot tap barrier
- Hot tapped blind flange/butterfly valve disc and removed the coupons via the installed Ball valve
- Installed and activated a double barrier extended plug to isolate the tank
- Replaced valve while keeping the extended plug activated
