Executive Summary - Roberts Roberts（执行概要-罗伯茨和罗伯茨）.pdfVIP

Executive Summary The SOHIC Study Team was formed by the Vice President of Engineering Services following the incident in the Plant on October 4, 1998. After more than five months of study, the Team is now presenting its findings and recommendations in this report. Within a week after the incident our metallurgical staff identified the failure to be a rare case of stress-oriented hydrogen induced cracking (SOHIC). SOHIC is one of several cracking mechanisms that are possible in wet sour service. This type of failure has never happened before on plant piping within our company. It has been reported a few times on cross-country pipelines throughout the oil and gas industry. The consequences of the Plant incident could have been disastrous, if personnel had been exposed to the released gas or it had caught fire. Engineering Services Management not only recognized the seriousness of the incident, but was also concerned about the possibility of similar problems in other operating facilities. First of all, there are numerous sour gas facilities within the company. Secondly, the cracking happened so rapidly, after only seven months’ service. Accordingly, a team consisting of members from all concerned engineering disciplines was assembled to investigate the broader issues of SOHIC. The Team’s objectives were: 1. investigate the root causes of the failure 2. recommend required actions for the prevention of the reoccurrence of the incident throughout the Company. The Team developed an action plan as follows: a) Short-term actions  investigate the Plant failure.  conduct a Company-wide SOHIC survey.  assist in bringing the Plant back to service safely and expeditiously. b) Intermediate-terms activities  review Co