Zero Leaks on Nearly 1,000 Flanges in a Joint Integrity Management Project for Western Mining Corporation Project: Overhaul and Reinstallation of 970 Critical Flanges Location: Western Mining Corporation Phosphate Hills Australia TEAM Service: On-Line Leak Sealing and Repair Need and Challenge: Removal, overhaul and reinstallation of 970 critical flanges, during a scheduled outage at the Phosphate Hills fertiliser plant in Queensland. Solution and Outcome As part of a Joint Integrity Management scheme, a 20-strong TEAM TEAM (comprising project manager, safety co-ordinator, engineer, leading hands and 15 technicians) undertook the project in less than four weeks, including torquing/tensioning 970 LG/SM groove, ring joint (RTJ), ANSI and metal-to-metal face flanges. The work scope incl

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