Authorized Inspection Services

For private equity firms, investors, and companies considering an acquisition, we provide comprehensive Mechanical Integrity Audits. Our detailed, on-site assessments uncover the true condition of critical assets like tanks, vessels, and piping. We deliver a clear, data-driven report that identifies hidden liabilities, forecasts future capital expenditures (CapEx), and gives you the confidence to make a sound, multimillion-dollar investment decision.

For the most critical situations, we provide authoritative, unbiased analysis when clarity and credibility are paramount. Our deep, field-proven expertise is sought after for complex incident investigations and to provide powerful expert witness testimony for legal and insurance matters. We deliver clear, definitive analysis to help you navigate your most challenging circumstances.

Inspection, repair, alteration, and reconstruction of aboveground storage tanks. We assess tank integrity for **all forms of corrosion (e.g., pitting, crevice, general, microbiologically influenced corrosion - MIC), various types of cracking (e.g., stress corrosion cracking, brittle fracture, fatigue cracking), shell distortions, foundation settlement, and other environmental degradation mechanisms**. We also specialize in **MFL (Magnetic Flux Leakage) floor scanning** to detect corrosion and pitting on tank bottoms, ensuring safe containment and compliance.

**Application:** Essential for bulk storage terminals, processing plants, chemical facilities, and any industry with large aboveground storage tanks.

Chem Inspection provides specialized Fitness-for-Service (FFS) evaluations and inspections specifically for **aboveground storage tanks** to meet the requirements of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP). These inspections are specifically required for regulated Level 1 and Level 2 tanks, and they determine if an aboveground tank with known flaws or damage can continue to operate safely for a specified period, in compliance with WV DEP regulations and relevant industry standards.

**Application:** Essential for any industrial facility in West Virginia with **aboveground storage tanks** that contain products which, if spilled, could affect water quality. This includes, but is not limited to, the oil & gas, chemical processing, and manufacturing sectors, ensuring regulatory compliance, environmental protection, and continued safe operation of assets.

Chem Inspection offers expert services in developing and implementing Aboveground Storage Tank (AST) Closure Plans in accordance with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) regulations. Our team ensures that tank closure activities, whether temporary or permanent, are executed safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with state environmental guidelines, minimizing environmental impact and regulatory liabilities.

**Application:** Crucial for industrial facilities in West Virginia undergoing tank decommissioning, abandonment, removal, or temporary closure. This includes, but is not limited to, sites in the oil & gas, chemical, and manufacturing industries that need to ensure responsible and compliant management of ASTs at the end of their operational life or during extended periods of inactivity.

Inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating of in-service pressure vessels. Our inspections identify critical damage mechanisms including **various forms of cracking (e.g., stress corrosion cracking, fatigue cracking, hydrogen-induced cracking), localized and general corrosion, erosion, and environmental damage modes such as embrittlement and high-temperature creep** to ensure structural integrity and safe operation.

**Application:** Critical for gas processing plants, petrochemical facilities, power generation plants, and other industries utilizing pressure vessels.

Inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating of in-service piping systems. We are adept at evaluating piping integrity, identifying various degradation mechanisms such as **corrosion (including corrosion under insulation - CUI and microbiologically influenced corrosion - MIC), internal erosion, various types of cracking (e.g., stress corrosion cracking, thermal fatigue cracking, brittle fracture), mechanical damage, and other environmental degradation issues like hydrogen damage or high-temperature creep**, which are crucial for ensuring the safe and efficient transport of gases and liquids across your operations.

**Application:** Crucial for all pipeline networks, plant piping systems across petrochemical, power generation, and other industrial sectors.

Inspection and certification of shop-fabricated storage tanks.

**Application:** Relevant for smaller, shop-fabricated fuel and chemical storage tanks typically found at various industrial sites.

Specialized inspection for Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) equipment, including tanks, piping, and ducts. This involves visual inspection for defects, delamination, **various types of cracking (e.g., stress cracking, fatigue),** fiber exposure, resin degradation, blistering, and **environmental degradation modes specific to composites (e.g., chemical attack, UV degradation, osmotic blistering, thermal cycling effects)**. We utilize a combination of advanced visual inspection techniques and NDT methods specifically adapted for composites to assess structural integrity.

**Application:** Essential for industries utilizing FRP assets for corrosive environments or specific process requirements, such as chemical processing, water treatment, and certain applications in petrochemical and power generation where FRP is preferred over metallic alloys.

Specialized inspection services for glass-lined reactors, storage tanks, and piping, critical for maintaining their integrity in highly corrosive or sensitive process environments. Our inspections focus on detecting common defects such as cracks, chips, pinholes, thermal shock damage, **mechanical impact damage, and erosion/corrosion due to process conditions. We also identify failures related to agitation, baffle damage, or issues stemming from improper cleaning or temperature differentials**; often utilizing visual, spark testing, and other non-invasive methods.

**Application:** Crucial for the pharmaceutical, chemical processing, and specialty chemical industries where resistance to corrosion and product purity are paramount. Ensures safe and efficient operation of glass-lined equipment used for aggressive chemical reactions, storage, or transport.

Chem Inspection provides services for the creation and certification of replacement data plates for pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, and other code-stamped equipment. This is crucial when original data plates are missing, damaged, or when equipment has been rerated, altered, or reconstructed, ensuring that the critical operating parameters and design information are accurately displayed and comply with ASME or API codes.

**Application:** Essential for any facility, including those in the oil and gas sector, needing to maintain accurate, up-to-date documentation and physical identification for their code-stamped assets. This is particularly important for regulatory compliance, insurance purposes, and safe operational management in industries like chemical processing, petrochemical, and power generation.