Service protects oilfield equipment
Houston, Texas and vicinity is a major base for much of our
petrochemical industry. Expensive pieces of oil field equipment such
as large pumps, motors, hoists, etc. often sit waiting in service areas
until the actual hour of need arrives. Then prompt delivery to an actual
drilling site is practically an emergency. These items are purchased
and stored outdoors, often sitting exposed to the elements, rain and salt
air for up to two years or more. The customary and long-time practice has
been a liberal protective application of cosmolene. Anyone who has ever
cleaned a firearm or small tools, thus protected, knows how hard and long
the procedure. Imagine cleaning a large pump weighing several thousand
lbs.! Also consider the problem of containing the environmentally
damaging toxic run-off from the procedure? Steve Hanna, President of Dallas based Protective Packaging Corporation
was approached by a major oil field equipment dealer (who prefers to
remain anonymous for competitive reasons) who had many pieces of such
equipment stored in an open lot. The dealer was actually spending millions
of dollars each year in re-work and corrosion removal. Some pieces
of equipment valued at up to $250,00.00 were actually rusting to the point
of “no-repair possible.” Hanna traveled to Houston and reviewed
the valuable equipment inventory. He suggested and implemented a
rust protection program for each piece. The long-term protection program
recommended by Hanna, and implemented by Protective Packaging Corporation,
was based on a combination of moisture barrier bags, anti-corrosion shrink
film, desiccants, and vapor-corrosive inhibitors. All machines were
completely enclosed within high-strength corrosion vapor barriers bags or
shrink film wraps and enclosing corrosion prevention and moisture
absorbent materials. The end result – at an average cost of $125.00 each, the equipment
dealer was guaranteed the protected pieces were save from rust and
corrosion for a period of two years. The payback potential was an absolute
no-brainer and the entire inventory was treated immediately. Hanna narrated how that assignment and subsequent “word-of -mouth”
inquiries spawned from petro-chemical colleagues led to a related field
service business for the Protective Packaging Corporation: “We have been doing quite a few "on site packaging" for new
and old customers. For example, a customer calls and says that he has a $5
million compressor that has to go to Iraq. The size is 50 ft wide by 100
ft long by 20ft tall. It will be traveling as deck cargo and must be
protected against corrosion from the salt air and drastic dew point
changes. He is concerned about the damaging conditions the valuable
equipment will face. We tell him not to worry, we will come to his
location and package the product in its entirety and guarantee our work.
We will bring the materials, etc. All he needs to do is provide the
forklifts or cranes, etc. We charge a basic hourly rate plus materials. We
have found that we can do it much faster than his people and save a lot on
the materials because they waste a lot in cutting, etc., and we will do it
right the first time. The bottom line is, we can do it cheaper and better
than the customer’s in-house people because we have had years of
experience doing all kinds of jobs on site such as: oil field equipment,
jet engines, heavy road equipment, etc. Sometimes we may a huge moisture
barrier bag and other times we may use shrink film. Whichever, our cost to
do the job is insignificant when compared to the cost of the piece of
equipment we are protecting.” For more information, contact: Protective Packaging Corporation
972.446.2247
shanna@protectivepackaging.net
www.protectivepackaging.net