The Augustus Group, LLC - An Introduction

The AUGUSTUS Group(TAG)

Our goal is to deliver truly differentiated products and services through our national and international partner network. With our experience and our focus on business risk in its broadest sense, Augustus is well positioned to support our clients' evolving integrity management needs.

.....we provide technology solutions working as a member of your team.....

The Augustus GroupProjects Products and Engineering Consulting© Copyright 2010

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The Augustus Group is privately owned and operated from Houston, Texas. We have among the principal engineers managers and consultants over 100 years of engineering experience in heavy industrial engineering and consulting.

Our staff consists of knowledgeable and experienced professionals with diverse and varied backgrounds in the process industries.

INDUSTRIES

TAG has professionals experienced working world-wide:

• Petroleum And Chemical Downstream• Oil And Gas Upstream, On-shore And Off-shore• Fertilizer, Food, and Pharmaceutical• Nuclear And Fossil Power

SERVICES

• Risk-Based Inspection (API RP 580)• PSM and MI Management Systems

Procedures and Quality Assurance/Control• Atmospheric Storage Tank and Pipe-Line

Integrity Management• Metallurgy, Corrosion Engineering & Fitness for

Service• Incident Investigation & Insurance/Litigation

Support• Audits, Seminars, and Training• QA/QC of New Construction, Materials and

Equipment




The Company

RBI Projects are conducted for many reasons:• Improving Safety in an Old Plant• Baseline Inspection Plan For A New Unit• Planning For An Upcoming TA or Outage• Program Optimization Using Non-invasive

Inspection Technology• Improvement In Overall Efficiency

Implementation Process:• Measures of Success are agreed upon. • Scope, Policies, Procedures and Training

Requirements defined.• Data Collected• Criticality Analysis Done• Tasks Assigned, Planned, Representative Assets

Assigned• Inspections Completed• Analysis Updated• Management Reporting and Audits

RBMI IS A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTING SOLUTION FOR THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF EQUIPMENT

Our alliance with Lloyds Register-Capstone empowers us as a licensed distributor of the RBMI™ Software. We have contributed to implementation of RBI Projects world-wide since 1995 and are experienced in use and application of software by API, Tischuk, TWI, Meridium, and APTECH.

™ Registered TM by LR-Capstone

Is your RBI Program Working for you? TAG fixes broken programs to facilitate implementation and can take the mystery out of the calculations.




RBMI MATRIX

Risk Based Mechanical Integrity

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EXPERIENCE AND APPLICATIONWorking with the Chemical Manufacturer’s Association (CMA) in 1994 we developed the first document by an industry group to interpret the MI Rule. It was used to train 300 of their member companies. Today more than ever industry needs to get back to basics. OSHA’s NEP Program echoes this need.

KEY to a successful PSM program is your Corporate Safety Culture

• Document Management, key to proving compliance – how’s it working for you?

• Process Safety Information, P&IDs up to date?

• Application, covered equipment identified?• Written Procedures, in place used daily? • Training, personnel needing procedures for

critical tasks trained and using them?• Equipment Deficiencies, no backlog?• Inspection Testing and Maintenance, work

identified and up to date?• Control of Material Equipment and

Supplies, all material and equipment installed as designed?

• Quality Assurance and Control of Contractors, documentation in order for new equipment, maintenance and modifications?

TAG has templates available for maintenance tasks and can assist you by engineering review of procedures prior to TA, Outage, and with Quality Control of your Contractors during work execution.

EXAMPLE: Total Refinery TA, identification of critical flanges, negotiation with contractors on best procedures; and QC of contracted work during installation results in week EARLY REFINERY STARTUP; and FREEDOM from leaks during the run.




BOLTING QC DATABASE

SEVEREFLANGE

CORROSION

PSM/MI Management Systems and Procedures

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THREE METHODS ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVE INTEGRITY OF A PIPELINEHydro-testing, Pigging and Direct AssessmentHydro is generally recognized to be of limited value, pigging has limitations, and direct assessment is an evolving practice. The RBMI ™ software provides the accounting tool to structure the documentation to make it work by facilitating:

• Creation of an asset register of covered pipelines• Documentation of design operating maintenance

inspection leak incident reporting• Identification of HCA’s other important hazard

areas and segmenting rationalization• Application of risk tolerance and criteria for

inspection intervals and methods• Inspection plans and management of execution• Disposition of deficiencies and assistance with

hazards needing immediate attention™ Registered TM by LR-Capstone

OPTIMIZE YOUR TANK INSPECTION PROGRAMTAG works with our alliance partner Berkley Springs Inspection, LLC (BSI) to conduct:

• A site survey to scope your fleet of storage tanks• A criticality analysis to prioritize your API 653

inspections. • An in-service floor exam using the INTank OTIS™

(On-Stream Tank Inspection System) probe. with navigation, sludge handling, floor elevation, and ultrasonic array testing capability

• A visual Inspection of the underside of the roof using Quicklook ™

• A UT Inspection using a shell crawler • A remaining useful life analysis of the data using

extreme value statistics• RBI analysis update to optimize the inspection plan

™ Registered TM by BSI




INTANKROBOT

CRITICALITYANALYISOF TANK

COMPONENTS

Atmospheric Storage Tank and Pipeline Integrity

WIRELESS REMOTE MONITORING• Corrosion – UT Thickness, Surface

Temperature, Humidity, Moisture• Vibration and Third Party Damage• Future – Shear and Guided Wave, Flow Rate

and Product Solids Concentration• Continuous and On-Demand Monitoring and

Reporting




4 – TRANSDUCERARRAY SYSTEM

FEATURES• No Pipe Diameter Limitations• Operates Under Insulation• Configurable for Underwater Use• Temporary Attachment, Single to Multiple

Arrays, Flat Surfaces• Low Power Consumption, Sensor Array

Operates within Existing Power Grid or Stand Alone – Solar or Battery Power

• Elimination of Data Errors• Reliable Installation/Reporting on

Defined Schedule

ASK ABOUT THE VALUE PROPOSITION FOR YOUR APPLICATION

• Refinery and Chemical Plants – High Risk Areas Difficult Expensive to Access

• Pipelines – High Consequence or Remote Areas

• Off Shore Structures, Bridges• New Construction• Known Problem Areas• Regulatory Commitments

Imagine the Peace of Mind obtained by Elimination of Human Error

Imagine the Applications and Implications for the Future

EROSION CORROSIONIN 90 BEND

SOIL TO AIR INTERFACESFLANGES TYPICAL HIGH

PROBABILITY OF FAILURE LOCATIONS

EAGLE SENTRY SYSTEMFor Remote Monitoring

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CORROSION MONITORING• Data Is Stored In EPI Reader. Can Be Taken

Without Preloading a UT-Meter• Readings May Be Taken In ANY Sequence On Pipe

and/or Equipment At The Same Time• Download Stored Information From Reader To Your

Database In One Easy Secure And Error Free Step




APPLICATIONS• Corrosion

Monitoring, TMLs

• Fugitive Emissions

• Flange Assembly and Leak Control

• QC Data Storage

BENEFITS• GPS Coordinates Provide Directions To Any

Flange, Valve, Or FE Point Location With Ease• Conversion Into Bearings With Directions (N, S.

E, W) And Physical Location Details In Written Text

• Comment Field Completes Inspection Or Location Details For Any Component

• Eliminate Excessive Labor By Correctly Placing Scaffolding Installation Requirements

• Training New Manpower Issues Reduced Dramatically

Electronic Position Indicator (EPI) Memory Buttons

OUR GOALS ARE SIMPLE• Provide quality services for reasonable

prices• Work with clients as part of their team• Provide practical cost effective and

reasonable solutions• Develop long-term partnerships with clients

BREAKING NEWSAsk us about the EAGLE SENTRY SYSTEM for Wireless Remote Corrosion Monitoring:

• UT Thickness, [GUL and Shear Wave]FUTURE

• Flow-rate and Vibration• Surface Temperature, Humidity, Moisture• Continuous Monitoring• On-Demand Real Time Reporting

WHEN THINGS GO WRONGManaging failure and fitness for service analysis

since the early 1970’s, our role is to bring the team together to do the right thing to assess what went wrong.

Our personnel thrive on assisting clients with immediate response to incidents and damage mitigation and control.

An important consideration that is commonly overlooked is the implication of a failure and its root cause on balance of a company’s facilities. TAG personnel are experts in assisting with such evaluations.




4 – TRANSDUCERARRAY SYSTEM

AUGUSTUS CAESAR

Inspection, Fitness for Service And Incident Investigation

Business

The Augustus Group, LLC - An Introduction