Coke Drums absorb a lot of stress. During 24 hours, they fluctuate between ambient temperature and 800°F, causing significant expansion. This stretching, however, is not consistent around the drum’s circumference. The coke drum can expand inches in one place and…
It took several years of planning and development to double the size of the Reficar Refinery in Cartagena, Colombia. Reficar is owned and operated by Refineria de Cartagena, an affiliate of Ecopetrol. Ecopetrol is a Colombian-based integrated oil and gas…
In some projects, a client may only need our scaffolding services because they have directly hired us for other scopes of work we perform. At American Electric Power at J. L. Stall Power Station in Shreveport, LA, I&I Soft Craft…
Stricter environmental regulations forced the Paper Industry to figure out a way to dispose of Black Liquor, and because of this, most mills built recovery boilers to burn the black liquor and create steam and electricity simultaneously. Georgia Pacific in…
I&I Soft Craft Solutions recently completed the Insulation, Heat Tracing, and Fireproofing work on several modular projects at CB&I’s Beaumont, TX fabrication yard. These modular projects were for Petrostar in Valdez, Alaska, Conoco Phillips in Wood River, IL, Flint Hills…
The Thunder Horse is the world’s largest production semi-submersible ever built. BP owns 75% of this platform and ExxonMobil owns 25%. The topside is the size of three football fields. The Thunder Horse is designed to extract both oil and…
I&I Soft Craft Solutions has been installing refractory in fired heaters and refractory linings in hydrogen furnaces for several years. Recently, the demand for Hydrogen has dramatically increased. Hydrogen is required as an important component of the process to make…
The insulating of spheres, using Pittsburgh Corning Foamglass, requires special knowledge of layout and the use of a special adhesive system. I&I Soft Craft Solutions has completed several successful installations with this system at Refineries and Chemical Plants. I&I Soft…