Scott Corey: About the Author
President of Operations, Sentinel Integrity Solutions Inc.
Scott Corey is the President of Operations at Sentinel Integrity Solutions, Inc. He has over 20 years of experience in petrochemical and refining facilities in the United States and abroad. Mr. Corey's subject matter expertise have been focused in the area of asset integrity management services, including engineering, RBI and mechanical integrity program implementation, inspection, and NDE/NDT. In addition, he has extensive experience in maintenance, PSM auditing, inspection planning, unit corrosion overviews, scheduling, and project management. Mr. Corey's certifications include: API 510, 570, and 653; AWS Certified Welding Inspector; and ASNT Level II UT, MT, PT, and RTFI.
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Published Articles
One of the major challenges inspectors and plant operators face after each turnaround is to ensure that all repair and scope work is and was completed in accordance with the client’s requirements. Sometimes that verification will be to ensure work was completed in conjunction with the applicable codes, and sometimes that it was completed in conjunction with the client’s own in-house specifications.
In this issue of Inspectioneering Journal, I detail a roadmap for inspection activities during turnaround executions. This roadmap includes the critical elements of turnaround inspections, the keys to optimizing inspection activities, and the emerging challenges and solutions during these projects.
Periodically, oil refinery and petrochemical plant operating companies conduct complex turnarounds for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to, scheduled maintenance, facility upgrades, and code compliance. In this series of articles published in Inspectioneering Journal, I will begin by detailing a roadmap for pre-turnaround inspection planning activities.
