With its unique cold weld design, Lokring is making fluid and gas pipeline installations more efficient and cost-effective than ever.
During the heat of a World Touring Car Championship, Gordon Shedden needs everyone in his team to work at their best. He needs them to adapt to changes in the race conditions instantly to give him the best chance of executing his skill to win.
At Lokring, we have always prided ourselves on our ability to adapt quickly to changing market conditions. Traditionally, our product has been used where a customer couldn’t weld; however, since 2016 and the downturn in the oil and gas industry, operators have become more cost-conscious.
An operator now will look to do more with less. And with the Forties pipeline planned shutdown in 2020, there will be huge pressure on affected operators and contractors to fit as much work into this period as possible. This is no different to a planned shutdown or turnaround. In these, time is an extremely valuable resource.
Lokring has always been faster than a weld. In some cases, by over 90 per cent. So, in these time-pressured situations, it pays to be able to execute work quickly, efficiently and with excellent reliability, with an ASME B31 code qualified connection.
Furthermore, with Lokring, fabrications can be made onsite and systems and can be fully field-routed, significantly reducing design, fabrication and off-site costs while still enhancing safety. Lokring has been used in shutdowns and turnarounds globally almost since its inception as a product. With these clear and obvious benefits, Lokring is used on such projects and turnarounds providing more efficiency and reducing schedules.
Training is provided to non-skilled personnel, so that coded welders can focus on large-bore or critical path piping. This means multiple trades can be stacked during Lokring installation, contributing to higher productivity and quicker turnaround times.
Often customers will turn to Lokring when their backs are against the wall and time is running out. In some cases, where a customer has bought stocks of Lokring for a ‘just in case’ scenario, where the extra product can be placed on a sale or return agreement, Lokring is used as a pre-arranged insurance policy to get plants back online quickly and within the time limitations of such events.
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