Almost a year after the Richmond, California fire, Chevron decided to conduct a voluntary inspection at their El Segundo refinery. Chevron’s El Segundo and Richmond refineries were both built in the 70s, process the same type of crude oil, and are nearly identical. During the tests, the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) discovered [...] Continue Reading…
Earth Day reminds us that we need to think about our carbon foot print. As stated in our November post Pipeline Corrosion in America, there are over 2 million aging pipelines in the United States. These pipelines directly affect our environment, communities, and residents. These aging pipelines resulted in deadly explosions, property damage, and fires [...] Continue Reading…
Once again, BORIN Manufacturing, Inc. enjoyed a successful NACE Conference, this year in Orlando, Florida. Although the foot traffic in the exhibit hall seemed light, we enjoyed seeing most of our more than 114 distributors from 83 different countries. BORIN hosted their annual gala reception, this year at the Rosen Plaza Hotel with more than [...] Continue Reading…
The NACE 68th Annual Corrosion 2013 Conference and Expo took place last month March 17-21 in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. NACE publishes standard practice, test method, and material requirements for the corrosion industry. To date, there are to more than 29,000 corrosion professionals. Borin Manufacturing joined over six thousand executives and [...] Continue Reading…
The Comanche Remote Monitoring System and its integrated Data Center automatically monitors and controls digital and analog functions and processes associated with the oil and gas industries, which include but are not limited to Cathodic protection systems. The Comanche Data Center interface allows you to manage your whole system from one single screen, and is intuitive and easy to navigate at any [...] Continue Reading…
Our BRAND NEW Stelth® HCP™ Hydrocarbon Proof™ reference electrode has just completed extensive field testing and will be available this spring. If you have facilities contaminated by gasoline, crude oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, et cetera and are unable to get a reference cell reading, the Stelth® HCP™ stationary or portable reference electrode will solve your problem. The Stelth® HCP™ will be [...] Continue Reading…
Pipeline violations occur more often than we would like. Some blame vague wording when it comes to reporting threats. Some states have passed bills that increase fines in order to reduce careless behavior by pipeline companies. According to a North Dakota NBC affiliate, the state passed legislation that increased fines from “ten thousand dollars to 200-thousand [...] Continue Reading…
Cathodic protection requirements before 1970 were different than the requirements for pipelines built after 1971. As a result, many of the pipelines are crippling communities. How? Tax payers often end up paying for waterline breaks repairs in addition to what companies have to pay to fix/replace pipes. In Allentown, PA they are dealing with the [...] Continue Reading…
Ever since the GOM British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in 2010, companies are taking the necessary precautions in order to avoid a similar disaster. This morning Bloomberg news is reported that the U.S. has halted drilling on some oil and gas wells with “flawed bolts” on the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). A flaw was discovered after [...] Continue Reading…
Why is cathodic protection so important? You can ask any oil and gas company that question, and they will say that cathodic protection is imperative to protecting their assets. Cathodic protection is the key to protecting and extending the life of metal equipment such as pipelines. It reduces or eliminates corrosion of assets. Many of [...] Continue Reading…
