Oil & Gas
Compressed gases and high-pressure lines are a major part of Oil & Gas industry. Adequate pressure management system is crucial for preventing leaks, burst or failures of piping or other attached instruments. Considering the need or demand for oil and gas across the globe, industries are functioning across various locations to increase oil and gas production. The process requires a huge workforce or manpower. When it comes to industrial operations, it is essential to follow appropriate safety measures and guidelines to make certain that the devices used are working fine and are at low safety risks.
The combustible dust, gas, and flammable particles released while performing the operations involved in oil and gas production, refinement, storage, and distribution can cause flames that might lead to sudden and dangerous explosion. The pressure-actuated safety devices used ensure end-to-end protection to prevent and eliminate the possibility of explosion. By understanding the complexity of industrial operations and the severity of explosions, the engineering and manufacturing experts decide the type of safety devices to use. Among the popular pressure safety devices available in the market, rupture discs or burst discs are well known for their accuracy and operating efficiency in regulating the overpressure or vacuum conditions that might cause damage to the property and threat to the lives of people.
Following accidents highlight the importance of addressing high pressure hazard in Oil Industries.:
- Deepwater Horizon in 2010 was a result of high-pressure system failure with massive oil spill & 11 fatalities
- Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 is an explosion on the offshore platform leading to 147 fatalities
About Rupture discs and the need for Rupture discs in oil and gas industries
Rupture disc are pressure safety devices that are manufactured and supplied to various industrial units where there is a need to regulate the high pressure or vacuum. Oil and gas industries use diverse types of equipment to extract oil, store and transport it to various locations. During the operations, high pressure or vacuum conditions might occur leading to a potentially dangerous explosion.
In such a scenario, Rupture discs play an excellent role in preventing the safety risks associated with oil and gas production. The safety device once ruptured cannot be used again. A new rupture disc must be replaced with the existing one. A burst disc indicator paired with a rupture disc provides an alert to the operator whenever the device bursts due to high-pressure.
Rupture discs ensure safety in oil and gas industries in
1.Oil Platforms
2.Tank farms
3.Overpressure protection for casing, drill string & downhole tool
4.Downhole pressure activation
5.De-oilers
6.Fired heaters
7.Hydraulic fracking
8.Overpressure protection of Liquid/Gas separators
9.Pressure vessels (Towers, knock-out drums, heat exchangers, separators, accumulators, flare stacks, sulphur recovery units)
10.Process skids
11.Injection & cementing pumps
12.Perforation guns
13.Wellhead protection
14.Intermodal tank trailers
15.Deep water oil exploration
16.Rigs
17.Saltwater disposal system
18.Soar gas application
19.Gas compressors
20.Dehydrators
21.Packer settings
22.Coking drums
23.Distillation column
24.Drain Plugs
25.Tank batteries
