Advisory Council

Call for paper-  (http://www.clarion.org/ERRP/ERRP-2011/index.php) Evaluation, Repair and Rehabilitation of Pipelines Conference and Exhibition October 31-November 3, 2011 Houston Marriott West Loop, Houston, Texas, USA Papers are now invited for this international forum which will address key issues in oil and gas pipeline-rehabilitation. The conference program will be divided into the following broad areas of interest: [...]

Common Safety Errors Found in Pressure Washing, Hydroblasting, or WaterJetting Reviewed: 2011-05-17 by Lydia Frenzel The Advisory Council compiled a Special Report of errors, accidents, incorrect assembly practices and faulty work habits in 2002. Luis Ortega Trotter, who is now deceased, from AcquaBlast in Brazil provided the photos to the Advisory Council WaterJet Workshop on [...]

From the comments we received, MegaRust 2010 was another success. San Diego is, of course, a wonderful setting. The fact that they were running their big marathon during the opening day was interesting for some and a bother for others. No one complains about the food, though–especially the food in Old Town, and particularly that [...]

January 2003, a ban on the application of tributyltin TBT -based antifouling paints; and 1 January 2008 as the last date for having TBT-based antifouling paint on a vessel. duct an independent international calibration of environment by mankind’ Goldberg, keynote adavailable alternative non-TBT marine coatings. and 3 the cost benefits from the use of these [...]

The objective of this project was to investigate methods for treating the ballast water from naval vessels that have compensated fuel tanks. With an oil and water interface, there is some mixing of fuel and water so that free oil and emulsified oil are part of the ballast water. However, most shipyards that occasionally deal [...]

This regulatory action lead to an intensive research effort to develop a treatment method for ship s wash water waste stream that could consistently remove TBT to levels below this discharge standard. Coagulation studies have concentrated on evaluating the performance of two metal-salt coagulants and their ability to remove copper and zinc with the large [...]