Heliport Pad Restoration on Petrobras PRA-1 Platform

Project 796

PRA-1

Project:

Resurfacing heliport floor

critical to transport of
resources
Shutdown time as
short as possible

Project enclosed entire

heliport perimeter

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Heliport Pad Restoration on Petrobras PRA-1 Platform

Substrate: Aluminum
Specifications:
Project Size: 358m (3853 ft)
Rusted Aluminum Deck

Profile: 40-85microns(2-3mils)
Sponge Media Used:
Silver 30 Sponge Media abrasives
Preparing Containment

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Heliport Pad Restoration on Petrobras PRA-1 Platform

PRA-1

Considered:
Substrate was previously
cleaned with water blasting;
paint was still present
Specifications:
Profile:
50-80 microns(2-3mils)

Cleanliness level:
SSPC SP-7/ SA1
Commercial Brush Off Blasting
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Equipment: (1) 400-HP

and (1) 100-HP Feed Unit
working simultaneously
Safety: Initially, management was
uncomfortable with two Feed
Units blasting side by side

Heliport Pad Restoration on Petrobras PRA-1 Platform

PRA-1

Reason for choosing

Sponge-Jet?

Ordinary blasting would require

a more complex containment
structure

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Heliport Pad Restoration on Petrobras PRA-1 Platform

TWO BLASTERS

PRA-1

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Heliport Pad Restoration on Petrobras PRA-1 Platform

Outcome:
Plant managment
recognized this as a
new, safe and efficient
solution

BEFORE

PRA-1

AFTER

Contracting two more

Petrobras platform
heliports

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Operators doubled
production, using two
Feed Units at the same
time - 358m (3,853 ft)
in 1 days