Refinery sitewide re-insulation in Singapore.
Following a hydrocarbon excursion that exposed wider-than-expected CUI, the operator ran a full sitewide re-insulation program — choosing Pyrogel® XTE and Cryogel® Z to compress an extremely high-cost outage.
Sitewide CUI exposed by a hydrocarbon excursion.
An excursion forced a full re-insulation program once inspections revealed corrosion extending well beyond the leak area.
- Devastating CUI, sitewide. Inspection beyond the leak area showed corrosion across multiple units.
- $2.75M per day in lost production. Every day of downtime carried a direct, large-dollar revenue impact.
- High CUI-mitigation requirement. Safety focus drove a complete material specification review.
Pyrogel® and Cryogel® run in parallel across the site.
The CUI-mitigation advantage was decisive; the fast-application advantage made the schedule possible.
- Specified for superior CUI mitigation. Both materials chosen for their hydrophobic defense and long-term performance.
- Easy installation by non-specialized workers. Critical for scaling crews under emergency conditions.
- Completion and start-up 4 days ahead of schedule. Material’s ease of installation translated directly into recovered production days.
- Significant advantage in emergencies, mini-TARs, and full TARs. Same workflow scales to any window size.
Schedule recovered, production restarted ahead of plan.
The combined Pyrogel® / Cryogel® approach compressed the re-insulation phase of the recovery program, allowing the operator to restart 4 days ahead of the most-likely schedule and recover more than $10M of otherwise-lost margin.
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