Penspen to enhance integrity and reliability at PEMEX
18 Jul 2012
London – Oil and gas engineering group Penspen has signed a $1.2 million contract to develop high level integrity policies and procedures for Mexican state-owned oil and gas company PEMEX.
Under the two-year contract, Penspen will help develop a plan for managing the integrity and reliability of transmission pipelines, gathering pipelines, onshore pipelines, offshore pipelines, storage terminals and maritime terminals.
The group is also to provide training related to pipeline integrity/risk assessment and input into discussions relating to risk assessment methods and evaluation of integrity and compliance.
PEMEX is a major oil and gas company, and like all majors, they must constantly seek to improve both safety and performance, according to Penspen’s technical director, Phil Hopkins.
“This project will give PEMEX the procedures, strategies, and know-how to achieve both these goals,” Hopkins said. “Penspen’s UK and Mexican teams are all looking forward to the technical challenges this project brings …’
As part of the project, Penspen is working in collaboration with Corrosión y Protección SA. DE CV (CPI) to deliver integrity consultancy and training services to Universidad Autónoma de Campeche.
In addition, SENER (National Secretariat of Energy) and CONACYT (National Science and Technology Council) are providing research and development services.
Corrosión y Protección SA. DE CV (CPI) is also working together with CONACYT to develop a unified system for the reliability and integrity management of the Pemex logistics process.
Other organisations signing up to the deal include the National Council of Science and Technology (SENER-CONACYT), Construction Company CPI, the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and Campeche and Texas Universities.
