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Debottlenecking and Troubleshooting

Processing plants are normally designed to nameplate capacities stipulated at the commencement of design. However, this can be misleading. Usually plants have an inbuilt design margin that is not 'visible' to the operator, leading to false operating constraints that cost you lost revenue. On the other hand, bottlenecks are often introduced due to poor design or as a result of incomplete commissioning and poor control. These tend to result in your facility having reduced throughputs coupled with poor uptime. In addition, the production forecasts made to set the design capacities are not realised, typically under-predicting important parameters such as water cut and sand content.

PI's team have a proven track record in reviewing the design and operation of existing facilities to determine the root cause of problems and formulate practical and low-cost solutions. Our strategy is 'fix the cause, not the effect'.

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