Date: 13th March 2018

ASSIGNMENT – 3

(MECH 6541: Joining Processes and Non-destructive testing)

(Professor Mr. Viwek Vaidya)

NAME STUDENT ID EMAIL ID

Vinay Maisuriya 40041412 Vinaymaisuriya271293@gmail.com
 Causes of Failur
Sr NOS of Cost of
Industry Detail Contary Year of Weld Corrosion/ Pipe Hydrogen Brittle Wrong High Temperature Liquid Metal
NO. Fatigue Creep Death Damage
Accident Failure Errosion Leaking Embrittlement Fracture Material Failure Embrittlement
1 Gas Processing Plant, Umm Said Qatar 1977 * 3 76350000
2 Gas Processing Plant, Abqaiq Saudi Arabia 1978 * - 53700000
3 Offshore Platform, Ekofisk Norway 1980 * 123 -
4 Petrochemical Plant, Edmonton Canada 1982 * - 21000000
5 Refinery, Remeoville Illinois US 1984 * 17 919000000
6 LPG Terminal, San Juan Ixhuatepec Maxico 1984 * 650 19940000
7 Refinery, Las Piedras Venezuela 1984 * - 62076000
8 Refinery, Norco Louisiana US 1988 * 4 254700000
9 Offshore Platform, Piper Alpha North Sea UK 1988 * 167 975000000
10 Petrochemical Plant, Antwerp Belgium 1989 * * - 77000000
11 Refinery, Richmond California US 1989 * - 170000
12 Refinery, Baton Rauge Louisiana US 1989 * - 68900000
13 Petrochemical plant, Coatzacoalcos Maxico 1991 * - 91300000
14 Petrochemical plant, Dhaka Bangladesh 1991 * - 71000000
15 Refinery, North Rhine Germany 1991 * - 50500000
16 Fuel Pipeline, Guadalajara Maxico 1992 * 206 300000000
17 Petrochemical, Westlake Louisiana US 1992 * * - 25000000
18 Refinery, Wilmington California US 1992 * - 73300000
19 Refinery, Sodegaura Japan 1992 * 10 160500000
20 Refinery, La Mede France 1992 * - 260000000
21 Refinery Plant, Baton Rouge Louisiana US 1993 * - 65200000
22 Fuel Pipeline, Simpsonville Sacramento US 1996 * - 27000000
23 Gas Distribution Pipeline, Rio Piedras San Juan Puerto Rico 1996 * 33 5000000
24 Refinery, Martinez California US 1997 * - 80000000
25 Petrochemical Plant, Yokkaichi Mie Japan 1997 * - -
26 Refinery, Yokkaichi Mie India 1997 * 50 64000000
27 Fuel Pipeline, St Helena California US 1997 * - 14000000
28 Gas Processing Plant, Bintulu Serawak Malaysia 1997 * - 275000000
29 Gas Processing Plant, Longford Victoria Australia 1998 * 2 160000000
30 Refinery, Berre l’Etang France 1998 * - 22000000
31 Fuel Pipeline, Idjerhe Niger Delta Nigeria 1998 * 100 -
32 Knoxville Tennesse US 1999 * - 8100000
33 Martinez Caifornia US 1999 * 4 -
34 Crude Oil Pipeline, Winchester Kentucky US 2000 * - 7100000
35 Fuel Pipeline, Hunt Texas US 2000 * - 40000000
36 Fuel Pipeline, Prince Georges US 2000 * - 50000000
37 Refinery, Mina Al-Ahmadi Kuwait 2000 * 5 412000000
38 Gas Pipeline, Carlsbad New Mexico US 2000 * 12 100000000
39 Offshore Platform, Roncador Brazil 2001 * 2 515000000
40 Refinery, Carson City California US 2001 * - 120000000
41 Refinery, Rawdhatain Kuwait 2002 * 4 200000000
42 Natural Gas Pipeline, Brookdale Manitoba Canada 2002 * - 13000000
43 Gas Processing Plant, Moomba Australia 2004 * - 5000000
44 LNG Plant, Skikda Algeria 2004 * 27 30000000
45 Refinery, Humber Estuary Killingholme UK 2001 * - 82400000
46 Natural Gas Pipeline, Ghislenghien Belgium 2004 * 24 -
47 Power Plant, Mihama Japan 2004 * 6 -
48 Refinery, Texas City Texas US 2005 * 15 30000000
49 Natural Gas Pipeline, Sidoarjo East Java Indonesia 2006 * 11 -
50 Natural Gas Pipeline, Free Town Sierra Leone 2007 * 17 -
 Failure Statistics

4%
4% 13%
2%
4%

6%

2%

33%

25%

7%

Weld Failure Corrosion/Errosion Fatigue Pipe Leaking Hydrogen Embrittlement Brittle Fracture Creep Wrong Material High Temperature Failure Liquid Metal Embrittlement