Specialist in Material Selection and Failure Analysis

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Fixed Term Contract

About Penspen:

Penspen is a leading global energy services company, delivering asset integrity, engineering, and consultancy services to the oil, gas, hydrogen, and energy infrastructure sectors. With over 70 years of experience, we help our clients design, maintain, and operate safe, reliable, and efficient assets across the world.

Penspen are looking for a dynamic looking for a Specialist in Material Selection & Failure Anaysis for one of our prestigious projects in Abu Dhabi; UAE.

• Technical – Provision of Material Selection and Failure Analysis Services (Client Based)

This client-based role has various responsibilities outlined below to be completed on an as-needed based under the direction of the Client.

• To carry out corrosion risk assessment and material selection for selected representative wells identified by COMPANY or reservoir specific conditions.
• Use of corrosion modelling software Electronic Corrosion Engineer (ECE-5) or equivalent for corrosion rate calculation.
• The study shall be aimed at verifying that Carbon Steel with or without corrosion inhibitor injection is suitable for the intended design life and process conditions.
• The study shall consider all possible corrosion control measures including corrosion inhibition and monitoring locations.
• Selection of CRA OCTG shall be justified with LCC analysis. The study shall identify and recommend material qualification testing requirements, and the test matrix for laboratory testing shall be generated and included in the study report. This is applicable to all metallurgy including CS for new field development.

• Evaluation of current materials attributes and limitations.
• Identification of alternative candidate materials based on operating environment, cost and manufacturing constraints.
• Recommendation of several candidate materials.
• Evaluate material change through comprehensive product testing.
• Improve existing materials, products, processes and technologies.
• Study selecting different materials and reformulating for better performance.
• Contractor shall be able to develop Material Adequacy Report, which will include corrosion risk, mitigations, upgrades, with respect to the modification in operating / process conditions.

• Failure investigation of various in-service failures of plant equipment, piping, and structural/lifting equipment to establish the failure/damage mechanism and its root causes. Root cause analysis (RCA) studies and detailed investigation of all forms of damage and failures of materials, equipment and systems, particularly corrosion related damage and failures.
• The work shall include, but not be limited to, a comprehensive study of material suitability, review of operating and process conditions, inspection history, failure history, material requirements, etc.
• Depending upon the component type and failure mode, laboratory tests, finite element analyses, and other related laboratory investigations, may be required to be carried out as part of Material and/or Corrosion Assessments, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Investigations, etc.
• Laboratory tests, finite element analyses, and other related laboratory investigations, required for investigations, will be identified and specified by the CONTRACTOR as part of the contract services scope if requested.
• Such laboratory tests, finite element analyses, and other related laboratory investigations, if required, will be carried out by ADNOC Offshore separately.
• Contractor’s scope of work shall include but not be limited to review, discussion, interpretation of the results…