For over 5 years, APTIM has been providing leak detection and repair (LDAR) services to a confidential petroleum client.
APTIM has provided comprehensive LDAR services for a confidential petrochemical client in California for over 5 years. APTIM has helped the client meet stringent regulatory requirements while supporting ongoing operational excellence through proactive LDAR program implementation.
Project Takeaways
- Performed over 7.5M Method 21 LDAR inspections of fugitive emission sources, including valves, pumps, compressors, and flanges/connectors
- Managed all inspection data and program information to ensure regulatory recordkeeping requirements.
- Conducted optical gas imaging (OGI) camera surveys to detect leaking equipment and performed engine testing to meet regulatory standards
Project History
APTIM (and its predecessor companies) have been providing LDAR services to the refining, natural gas processing, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries for over 35 years. This client is one of more than 120 facilities nationwide for which APTIM has helped achieve compliance with state and federal regulations.
For this client, our team of environmental compliance experts includes approximately 25 full-time employees dedicated to performing ongoing EPA Method 21 testing. We perform daily equipment calibrations and certifications on our portable flame ionization detector analyzers. These instruments are connected to intrinsically safe, hand-held dataloggers that are used to collect monitoring data, which is then uploaded to a third-party database.
Services Provided
- LDAR Method 21 equipment inspections
- Document retention
- Database management
- Regulatory reporting assistance
- Regulatory applicability determination
- OGI camera surveys
- Volumetric flow measurements, engine testing, and equipment calibrations
Learn more about APTIM’s LDAR services.
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