Problems. Solved.
Company Profile
E²G|The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. (E²G) helps clients improve profitability with consulting strategies and software tools that manage risk and control inspection costs throughout the life-cycle of a facility’s equipment. E²G is an employee-owned engineering firm who continues to provide specialized engineering consulting services for new and aging infrastructure in the refining, petrochemical, chemical and other industries.E²G’s engineers have hands-on facilities experience, understanding the changing dynamics of an operating environment and the pressures you face. We know and share your concerns for safety, reliability, optimizing your plant’s operating conditions, and not needlessly inspecting, replacing, or shutting it down. E²G is recognized as having some of the most talented engineers in the industry – the “go-to” consultants for hard-to-solve problems, who offer practical advice and solutions that clients can implement in a timely fashion.
E²G’s engineers, consultants, and researchers are actively involved in professional societies and forums, including AFPM, API, ILTA, MPC, NACE, NISTM, OCIMF, PVRC, and WRC, and participate in and lead a number of Joint Industry Projects, keeping apprised of the latest developments and trends. E²G is dedicated to continuous improvement of processes and methods, our Subject Matter Experts evaluate the changes and, in some cases, have developed enhanced criteria. As industry leaders, E²G continues to evolve to stay ahead of the changing needs of the industry and advancements in technology. Our valued clients benefit directly from this work, as many of these improvements are proprietary.
Corporate Headquarters
20600 Chagrin Boulevard
Suite 1200
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 United States
216.283.9519
Problems. Solved.
CONSULTING: Support provided by subject matter experts (SMEs), consultants, and engineers. SAAS: Equity Engineering Practices, proprietary software, products, and resources that will allow you and your team to solve the problem. TRAINING: SMEs share knowledge and skills to develop your team.
Consulting Services
Engineering expertise and consulting include: Advanced Analysis, Fitness-For-Service, Materials & Corrosion, Pipeline Services, Pressure Relief & Process Design, Process Safety Management Assessment & Auditing, Risk-Based Inspection, and Rotating Equipment, Vibration, & Dynamics.
Equity Engineering Practices (EEPs)
BEST PRACTICES, maintained by us and CUSTOMIZED by YOU! 185+ Facilities, 30+ Companies, 13 Countries, 97% avg. customer retention rate, 65% of users in non-refining industries, 33% active U.S. refining facilities currently using the EEPs. (statistics as of 9.19)
Software
E²G’s state-of-the-art software is available as desktop packages and WebTool solutions. Authored and developed by our experts, many serving as industry committee leaders. Software is continuously improved with the latest committee approved changes often before they have been published.
Training: API, ETI, and Customizable
E²G is the recognized leader on aging infrastructure service and support for the oil and gas industry. E²G significantly invests its resources in the committees that drive our industry, specifically, the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
SIMFLEX-III: Video and Software Demo
SIMFLEX-III a web-based program, checks the sustained, occasional, and displacement (self-limiting) stresses at every data point in a piping system to ensure that the system complies with the stress requirements of ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, and ASME Section III, Classes 2 and 3 Piping Codes.
E²G | The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.'s Inspectioneering Content
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March/April 2021 Inspectioneering JournalBy Nathan Libertowski at The Equity Engineering Group, and Michael Bifano, Ph.D., P.E. at The Equity Engineering GroupThis article provides insights into the AIV damage mechanism, reviews approaches to calculate the probability of AIV failure in piping, provides design practices to prevent AIV failure, and introduces a RBI approach to evaluate risk of AIV failures.
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March/April 2021 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Corrosion under insulation is a form of external corrosion that is caused by trapped water on insulated surfaces. It is an industry problem affecting equipment in the oil and gas, petrochemical, specialty chemical, fertilizer, and related industries.
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January/February 2021 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
Thermal fatigue, a specific form of fatigue driven by varying metal temperature gradients and ensuing differential thermal expansion, is generally most effectively mitigated by reducing the severity of metal temperature gradients.
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January/February 2021 Inspectioneering JournalBy Mike Sparago at The Equity Engineering Group, and Chris Massengale at The Equity Engineering Group“Condition monitoring location (CML) optimization” is a frequently used term, particularly for piping circuits. Everyone wants their circuits to be “CML optimized,” but what does this truly mean?
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November/December 2020 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
Conventionally, three primary fatigue analysis methods have been used to estimate fatigue life; these are the stress-life (S-N) approach, the strain-life (ε-N) approach, and the fracture mechanics (crack growth) approach.
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September/October 2020 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article reflects the first in a series on damage mechanisms that will appear in this recurring Inspectioneering column entitled “Damage Control.” The inaugural topic discussed in this column is thermal fatigue.
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May/June 2020 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Brian R. Macejko, P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., and Seetha Ramudu Kummari, Ph.D., P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article provides an overview of brittle fracture, details on several industry failures, and a summary of deficiencies and concerns with current published methods for screening susceptibility of equipment to potential brittle fracture failures.
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November/December 2019 Inspectioneering JournalBy Joel Andreani at The Equity Engineering GroupMuch like the equipment and piping they support, structures should be part of a comparable structural integrity (SI) program. This article will examine key components of a comprehensive SI program as an essential companion to an MI program.
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July/August 2019 Inspectioneering JournalBy Jeannie Lewis at The Equity Engineering GroupThis article provides a case study showing the real costs and effects of having a dated engineering standards program, as well as the financial benefits through increased reliability of having a thriving engineering standards program.
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January/February 2018 Inspectioneering JournalBy Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Given the concern throughout industry regarding the potential for brittle fracture failures, PWHT guidance to address potential issues arising from the recent changes in PWHT code requirements for carbon steel is examined in this article, and...
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July/August 2016 Inspectioneering JournalBy Mark Geisenhoff at Flint Hills Resources, Jonathan D. Dobis at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., and Dr. Michael S. Cayard at Flint Hills ResourcesThis article summarizes a recent finite element analysis (FEA)-based study that employs creep simulation techniques to investigate the elevated temperature response of piping with peaked longitudinal weld seams.
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BlogMay 16, 2016 By Valerie Magyari at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
When was the last time you reviewed your Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) methodology? Are you using calculation procedures for probability of failure, consequence of failure, and risk that haven’t had their basis reviewed in years?
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September/October 2015 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article addresses a debate mechanical integrity professionals in the O&G and Chemical Processing industries periodically have about how thickness data gathered during a thickness monitoring inspection (TMI) should be recorded.
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March/April 2015 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
The tubes of heat exchangers (HX), whether for a shell and tube bundle or an airfin, are typically subject to some form of nondestructive examination (NDE) to try and quantify the remaining wall thicknesses and corrosion rates to help a plant to...
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July/August 2014 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.One of the more common inspection monitoring programs for pressure vessels is to perform thickness measurement at Corrosion Monitoring Locations (CMLs) to allow monitoring of minimum thicknesses and provide estimates for corrosion rates. These...
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Small Bore Piping Inspection Programs: How a Serious Incident and Investigation Led to a Best Practice
November/December 2013 Inspectioneering JournalBy Anthony J. Rutkowski at A.J. Rutkowski, LLC, and Anthony M. Damron at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Small bore piping is present in many variations throughout numerous industries. This article will address an incident involving a small bore piping failure that occurred on a 140,000 BPD crude distillation unit in the refining industry.
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September/October 2013 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article is the fifth of a series of articles that will focus on one critical sub process within a PEIP that is key in managing the integrity of process piping; Thickness Monitoring Programs for Internal Corrosion.
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May/June 2013 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Piping failures still represent a frustrating and ongoing problem for processing plants. Failures are still commonly reported and contribute to large losses. In the author’s experience, piping represents the highest percentage of fixed equipment...
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A Discussion on the Piping Thickness Management Process - Part 3: Data Collection with Ultrasonics and Radiography
January/February 2013 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article is the third of a series of articles that will focus on one critical sub process within a PEIP that is key in managing the integrity of process piping: thickness monitoring programs for internal corrosion. These articles will discuss...
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A Discussion on the Piping Thickness Management Process - Part 2: Determining Corrosion Monitoring Locations
November/December 2012 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Piping failures still represent a frustrating and ongoing problem for processing plants. Failures are still commonly reported and contribute to large losses. In the author’s experience, piping represents the highest percentage of fixed equipment...
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September/October 2012 Inspectioneering JournalBy A.C. Gysbers at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.Piping failures still represent a frustrating and ongoing problem for processing plants (example in Figure 1). Failures are commonly reported and contribute to large losses. As well per the author’s experience, piping still represents the...
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May/June 2010 Inspectioneering JournalBy P.A. Henry, P.E. at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., D. Baham at ConocoPhillips, and Valerie Magyari at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.This article describes the API Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) methodology for pressure relieving devices (PRDs) as detailed in the soon to be released 2nd edition of API 581 "Base Resource Document On Risk-Based Inspection" This methodology has been...
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July/August 2004 Inspectioneering JournalBy Jonathan D. Dobis at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Dana G. Williams at Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, and David L. Bryan, Jr. at Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC
The following is the final part of a 2-part series outlining the relationship between key operating parameters and corrosion that has been used to develop a set of guidelines to define an operating envelope.
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May/June 2004 Inspectioneering JournalBy Jonathan D. Dobis at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc., Dana G. Williams at Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, and David L. Bryan, Jr. at Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC
Corrosion and fouling in HF Alkylation Units are closely linked to feed quality and operating conditions. This article outlines the relationship between key operating parameters and corrosion that has been used to develop a set of guidelines to...
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Press ReleaseE²G | The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. , November 3, 2020The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. announced today that its API RBI Extension for Intelligent Assets is now available for online purchase on SAP App Center, the digital marketplace for SAP partner offerings.
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Press ReleaseThe Equity Engineering Group, October 1, 2020E2G | The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. announced today that it has acquired CorrSolutions, LLC, a specialty corrosion, materials & inspection engineering consulting firm serving the refining and petrochemical industries.
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Press ReleaseThe Equity Engineering Group, Inc., January 8, 2019The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. (E2G) has been given exclusive rights for SIMFLEX-III, Pipe Stress Analysis Software. SIMFLEX-III will complement proprietary programs to meet current industry needs and ensure compliance with newest regulations
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Sponsored eBookThis eBook offers practical guidance for, and real examples of, in-service degradation attributed to thermal fatigue. It provides a detailed discussion on thermal fatigue detection, characterization and evaluation, and mitigation or remediation.
